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President Joe Biden speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, in Washington. From left, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Biden, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden signs bill to ease costs for prisoner calls to family

By Colleen Long - Associated Press

Jade Piros de Carvalho, director of the Office of Broadband Development in the Kansas Department of Commerce, talks about the need for broadband internet service across the state with a map of state grants for projects, Wednesday Dec. 13, 2022, in the department's offices in Topeka, Kansas. States are facing a tight deadline for proposing corrections to the federal government map that spells out which areas lack broadband service. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

States contend with short timeline to correct broadband map

By Kavish Harjai - Associated Press

A technician stands at the entrance to a Huawei 5G data server center at the Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital in Guangzhou, in southern China's Guangdong province on Sept. 26, 2021. The U.S. is banning the sale of communications equipment made by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE and restricting the use of some China-made video surveillance systems, citing an “unacceptable risk” to national security. The 5-member Federal Communications Commission said Friday, Nov. 25, 2022 it has voted unanimously to adopt new rules that will block the importation or sale of certain technology products that pose security risks. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

FCC bans sales, import of Chinese tech from Huawei, ZTE

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In this Aug. 11, 2019, file photo, a man uses a cell phone in New Orleans. Major phone companies are telling the country’s state attorneys general that they will do more against robocalls. It’s the latest step from government and industry to combat the growing problem. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Officials warn of spike in scams related to Biden student loan forgiveness plan

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

In this Saturday, April 24, 2021, photo made available by NASA, the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule approaches the International Space Station for docking. NASA says the International Space Station remains at increased risk from orbiting debris following this week's Russian weapons test. On Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, Russia used a missile to destroy a satellite in an orbit just above the space station. (NASA via AP) **FILE**

FCC votes unanimously to implement ‘five-year rule’ for deorbiting satellites

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Fla.,Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. The rocket is carrying a batch of Starlink satellites. Spacex's newest fleet of Starlink satellites are tumbling out of orbit because of a geomagnetic storm. In an online update Tuesday, Feb. 8, Elon Musk's company reported that up to 40 of the 49 small Internet-service satellites launched last Thursday have either re-entered the atmosphere and burned up, or are on the verge of doing so. (Craig Bailey/Florida Today via AP)

Regulators scrap bid by Musk’s Starlink for $885 million in subsidies to deliver rural broadband

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

A call log displayed via an AT&T app on a cellphone in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) **FILE**

FCC orders a crackdown on auto warranty robocall scam

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez, left, speaks at a news conference along with Cuban exiles, of their concern of the sale of two local Spanish language radio stations, Wednesday, June 8, 2022, at the Bay of Pigs Museum and Brigade 2506 headquarters in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood. Cuban exiles describe it as a clear attempt by Democrats to stifle conservative and anti-Communist voices in a Hispanic community where they've lost ground. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Miami Cubans oppose Democrats’ Spanish-language radio deal

By Adriana Gomez Licon - Associated Press

The seal of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seen before an FCC meeting to vote on net neutrality in Washington on Dec. 14, 2017. Washington has expelled another state-owned Chinese phone carrier from the U.S. market over national security concerns amid rising tension with Beijing. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

D.C. joins FCC investigation of robocall scams

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Gigi Sohn, who is President Joe Biden's nominee to serve on the Federal Communications Commission, testifies before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, during her nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.( Pete Marovich/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

On Gigi Sohn, the vote is ‘No’

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

The iPhone 5S, left, and iPhone 5c are displayed, Sept. 17, 2013, in New York. As telecom companies rev up the newest generation of mobile service, called 5G, they’re shutting down old networks — a costly, years-in-the-works process that’s now prompting calls for a delay because a lot of products out there still rely on the old standard, 3G. AT&amp;T in mid-February is the first to shut down the 3G network, which first launched in the U.S. just after the turn of the millennium. AT&amp;T says a delay in retiring the network will hurt its service quality. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)

EXPLAINER: Will burglar alarms still work after 3G shutdown?

By Tali Arbelt - Associated Press

In this Oct. 14, 2020, file photo, people wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus look at a display from Chinese telecommunications firm China Unicom at the PT Expo in Beijing. The Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to revoke China Unicom's authorization to operate in the U.S. over national security concerns. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

FCC bans state-owned China Unicom from operating in U.S.

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

FCC Nominee Gigi Sohn Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Senate should take another look at Gigi Sohn

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

In this file photo, a member of the flight crew sits in the cockpit of the Israeli flag carrier El Al's airliner. U.S. telecoms have been forced to delay 5G rollout over aviation concerns even as European regulators have seen no concerns meriting a pause on the rollout. (Nir Elias/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Europe presses forward as U.S. aviation and telecom behemoths brawl over 5G

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

FCC Nominee Gigi Sohn Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Patronizing ‘progressives’ at the FCC

By Frank Washington

FBI Director Christopher Wray revealed Thursday that his agents are investigating several instances where someone in the U.S. weaponized a drone by adding an improvised explosive device. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) ** FILE **

‘Huawei on Wings’: FCC member wants to block taxpayer dollars from buying Chinese drones

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this. Oct. 8, 2020 image from video provided by the 36th District Court in Detroit, Jacob Wohl, left, and Jack Burkman, shown in the center left photo, are seen during an arraignment being conducted over Zoom in Detroit. The two conservative hoaxers face a record $5.1 million fine for allegedly making illegal robocalls to wireless phones without the owners' consent in the 2020 election. The Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2021, that the proposed fine for Wohl, Burkman, and Burkman's lobbying firm would be the largest ever for violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. (36th District Court/Zoom via AP Rile) **FILE**

FCC seeks record $5 million fine for conservative operatives over mail-in voting robocall

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - In this. Oct. 8, 2020 image from video provided by the 36th District Court in Detroit, Jacob Wohl, left, and Jack Burkman, shown in the center left photo, are seen during an arraignment being conducted over Zoom in Detroit. The two conservative hoaxers face a record $5.1 million fine for allegedly making illegal robocalls to wireless phones without the owners' consent in the 2020 election. The Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2021, that the proposed fine for Wohl, Burkman, and Burkman's lobbying firm would be the largest ever for violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. (36th District Court/Zoom via AP Rile)

Conservative hoaxers face $5.1M fine for election robocalls

By David Eggert - Associated Press

This June 19, 2015, file photo, shows the Federal Communications Commission building in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Biden push for more broadband regulation rekindles Obama-era fears of price controls

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

Internet Regulations and net neutrality Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Biden looks to strangle internet innovation with net neutrality

By Casey Given