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Trump Taps FCC’s Brendan Carr, One of Project 2025’s Authors, to Chair Communications Agency

HeadlineNov 18, 2024

In other transition news, Trump has picked Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr to chair the agency. Carr wrote the Project 2025 chapter on the FCC for the Heritage Foundation. He is a critic of Big Tech who is expected to roll back many Biden-era policies, including net neutrality protections. Carr has served on the FCC since 2017.

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