Departing chairwoman of the FCC, Jessica Rosenworcel, warned of efforts to tie the broadcast station license renewals to news content.

President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office next week, and his second-term agenda is taking shape as he fills out his administration. One of the

WASHINGTON —In response to a Jan. 15 Federal Communications Commission vote to impose new cybersecurity rules, Commissioner Brendan Carr, who is slated to become the agency’s chair in the new Trump administration, has issued an unusually harsh statement criticizing the vote.

As the US faces “the worst telecommunications hack in our nation’s history,” by China’s Salt Typhoon hackers, the outgoing FCC chair is determined to bolster network security if it’s the last thing she does.

Citing various past presidents who clashed with the press, Rosenworcel noted that “More recently this threat to the First Amendment has taken on new forms, as the incoming President has called on the Federal Communications Commission to revoke licenses for broadcast television stations because he disagrees with their content and coverage.

I have directed the FCC to take a stand on behalf of the First Amendment," she said. "We draw a bright line at a moment when clarity about government interference with the free press is needed more than ever.

Brendan Carr is a leading voice for broadcast deregulation, which could bring both opportunities and challenges to the industry, writes Ed Czarnecki.

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday rejected complaints about how ABC News moderated the pre-election TV debate between U.S. President Joe Biden and Republican rival Donald Trump, and appearances of Vice President Kamala Harris on CBS' "60 Minutes" and NBC's "Saturday Night Live.

The outgoing head of the Federal Communications Commission said a massive Chinese-linked cyber-espionage operation against U.S. telecoms firms known as "Salt Typhoon" is a "clarion call" to address significant telecommunications security issues.

The outgoing Democratic chair of the Federal Communications Commission is taking bold action on the way out the door, rejecting what she described as four efforts to weaponize the government’s TV licensing authority for political purposes.

Olivia Trusty is President-Elect Donald Trump’s pick to fill the seat on the Federal Communications Commission that will come open next week.