{"ok":true,"article":{"slug":"brendan-carr-is-one-firing-away-from-an-unchecked-fcc-69d0a2f1","title":"Brendan Carr is one firing away from an unchecked FCC","url":"https://www.theverge.com/policy/978783/trump-fcc-nominee-quorum","canonical":"https://www.aimode.news/article/brendan-carr-is-one-firing-away-from-an-unchecked-fcc-69d0a2f1","sourceName":"The Verge","summary":"President Donald Trump already holds a Republican majority in the agency tasked with regulating America's communications systems. But with a new nomination to the Federal Communications Commission, he could move to shut out opposing voices altogether - albeit at a legal risk. The FCC is currently composed of two Republicans and one Democrat - Republican Chair Brendan Carr and Commissioner Olivia Trusty, and Democratic Commissioner Anna Gomez. This mixed group gives the agency a three-member quorum that allows it to vote on major actions, though it still falls short of the five members (no more than three from a single party) the FCC is mean … Read the full story at The Verge.","category":"Technology","image":null,"lang":"en","publishedAt":"2026-08-12T13:31:19+00:00","createdAt":"2026-08-12T14:00:14.083076+00:00"}}