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WASHINGTON — At a House oversight hearing on Wednesday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announced plans to obliterate longstanding media-ownership rules.

Regulators eliminated a nearly 80-year-old requirement for TV and radio stations to maintain a main studio in or near the communities they serve, a step that critics called a step toward homogenized programming.

WASHINGTON — The FCC voted on Tuesday to eliminate the “main studio rule,” which requires TV and radio broadcasters to maintain studios in or near the communities they serve.

Federal regulators have voted to eliminate a longstanding rule covering radio and television stations in a move that could reshape America’s media landscape.

WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, a bipartisan coalition of senators introduced the USA RIGHTS Act, which would reform Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

After a campaign season spent boosting Trump, Sinclair looks set to grow even bigger thanks to the president’s appointees at the Federal Communications Commission.

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, Sens. Amy Klobuchar, John McCain and Mark Warner introduced the “Honest Ads Act.” The bill is Congress’ first effort since last year’s election to introduce some transparency and accountability in the massive online political-advertising market.

There’s an opportunity to take a pioneering lead in restoring crucial communications networks, including radio.

Days after President Trump suggested that network outlets’ broadcast licenses should be revoked because of “partisan, distorted and fake” news coverage, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is being pressed to speak out on what some journalism groups see as an attack on First Amendment values.

A group of 21 free-speech activists, including three former FCC commissioners, called on the FCC chairman to publicly repudiate President’s Trump tweeted suggestion that the FCC revoke broadcast licenses for airing “fake news” about him.