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WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission has circulated a proposal that, if adopted, will repeal the FCC’s 2015 Net Neutrality rules — with devastating impacts on communities of color. The final order will be voted on by the FCC at its next open meeting on Thurs., Dec. 14.

WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai circulated a proposal to review and revise the agency’s national television-ownership cap.

WASHINGTON — FCC Chairman Ajit Pai plans a full repeal of Net Neutrality protections, exposing internet users to blocking, throttling and paid prioritization of online content by the handful of internet service providers that control access in the United States.

Ajit Pai, the Federal Communications Commission’s Trump-appointed chairman, is moving to gut the Net Neutrality rules that progressive activists and a massive online movement successfully pushed for during the Obama administration.

The Department of Justice sued AT&T Inc on Monday to block its $85.4-billion acquisition of Time Warner, saying the deal could raise prices for rivals and pay-TV subscribers while hampering the development of online video.

WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, the Department of Justice moved to block AT&T’s $85.4-billion takeover of Time Warner on antitrust grounds.

If you want to understand how AT&T’s proposed $85-billion purchase of Time Warner might affect you, you only have to be a Taylor Swift fan.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, critics warn, is aiming to “destroy the internet as we know it and give even more gatekeeper power to a few huge companies like AT&T, Comcast, and Verizon.”

Federal regulators took steps Thursday to ease broadcast-ownership restrictions, a move seen as favorable for the Sinclair Broadcast Group’s proposed $3.9 billion takeover of Tribune Media.

Poor people would be cut off from their communities and from potential employers under a proposal approved Thursday to dramatically shrink a program Ronald Reagan created to subsidize phone service for the destitute.