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Senate Commerce
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12/17/2025
FCC Chair Says Agency No Longer Independent
A lot is going to be made about the fireworks coming out of Wednesday’s Senate Commerce hearing over the broadcast public interest standard and the Jimmy Kimmel saga, but those with business in front of the FCC may want to pay closer attention to Chairman Brendan Carr’s responses on whether it’s an independent agency.
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12/16/2025
DirecTV Scores Big Win in Long-Running Nexstar Fight
A day after CFX flagged the DirecTV challenge lingering before the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals, a decision came down finding the pay-TV provider has standing to proceed with its federal antitrust claims against Nexstar and its shared services partners.
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12/02/2025
Senate Hearing Explores U.S. Cybersecurity Threats
The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media held a hearing to investigate how the government can assist with curbing any vulnerabilities.
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06/30/2025
Big Bill Watch and Wait
As we wait for the outcome of the “Big Beautiful Bill,” there’s plenty of fretting over a newly brokered AI moratorium on states’ ability to regulate AI.
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05/28/2025
Telecom Groups Call for States’ Rights in BEAD
A group of telecom associations is pushing President Trump to get the BEAD program for broadband deployment up and running—and to keep the states in control.
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05/14/2025
Eyes on Cruz in Spectrum Wars
It took 26 hours to get through the House Commerce markup of the Republican budget reconciliation text, but it was finally approved on a 30-24 party line vote.