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)
Ten House Democrats are asking the Commerce Department to provide guidance on using federal broadband funding for things like workforce development, telehealth and cybersecurity.
People view a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a payload of 22 Starlink internet satellites into space after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base on March 18, 2024 as seen from Los Angeles, California. (Mario Tama / Getty Images)
A new report from The Pew Charitable Trusts found that state broadband polices informed by federal data fall short in their abilities to "target funding, identify existing…
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick delivers remarks during the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Annual Days of Remembrance ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on April 23, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)
A map released by the U.S. Department of Commerce shows the areas where download speeds fall below FCC standards for fixed broadband. (U.S Department of Commerce / NTIA)
Researchers at New York Law School found that more than half of locations originally eligible to receive federal broadband funding are no longer eligible.