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Howard Lutnick
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick testifies during a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on fiscal year 2026 budget requests for the Department of Commerce, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 5, 2025. (Oliver Contreras / AFP via Getty Images)

Commerce Sec. Lutnick releases new BEAD guidance, with ‘tech-neutral approach’

As promised, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has released new guidance for the nationwide broadband overhaul, rescinding final approvals in several states.
Howard Lutnick
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, left, accompanied by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company CEO C.C. Wei, speaks as he joins President Donald Trump in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 3, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

Commerce Dept. revamping broadband program after ‘woke’ Biden-era mandates

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said he's “ripping out” the “pointless requirements” inserted by former President Joe Biden into the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program.
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U.S. Sen. Peter Welch
U.S. Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) talks to an aid as Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on March 28, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images)

Senator coalition joins ask for eased BEAD requirements

A group of 14 U.S. senators wrote a letter to federal telecommunications officials asking for relaxed requirements put on internet service providers participating in a major broadband…
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