Brendan Carr becomes FCC chair in Trump's second term

Trump appoints Brendan Carr as FCC Chair at the start of his second term. Carr, a Republican commissioner since 2017, has publicly advocated using FCC licensing authority to hold broadcasters accountable for content he considers biased against conservatives. Before his appointment, Carr writes op-eds arguing the FCC should scrutinize broadcast licenses more aggressively and calls for investigations into major networks. His appointment signals an intent to activate licensing authority as a tool of political enforcement in ways the agency has not pursued since the Nixon era. Carr''s FCC takes office with a Republican majority on the five-member commission.