The FCC wields authority over media companies, and Trump-appointed chairman Brendan Carr has sought to rattle that industry ...

Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr told NBC News-parent Comcast it is opening a probe into the company's ...

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 ...

Fox, it added, had violated the FCC’s policy on licensee character qualifications due to its handling of the 2020 election, making it unfit to maintain broadcast licenses through its local stations.

In one of her final announcements, Jessica Rosenworcel said that Trump’s attacks on the free press are a new extension of those by past presidents.

The FCC, an independent federal agency, issues eight-year licenses to individual broadcast stations, not networks.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has revived three complaints against broadcast stations accused of bias against President Donald Trump.