Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr announced he would be investigating two publicly funded media outlets.

President Donald Trump‘s newly appointed chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, suggested “the swamp” was left in “shock and awe” after the commander in chief’s quick action to rid the federal government of diversity,

Brendan Carr will move the complaints against ABC, NBC and CBS – which accused them of being partial to Kamala Harris – back to active or pending status.

As promised, President Donald Trump signed an order officially designating Brendan Carr as the new FCC Chairman.

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday slammed Trump’s claims that diversity, equity, and inclusion caused the deadly plane crash that killed 67 people near Washington, D.C.—and is drawing attention to the fact that Trump eliminated members of a key aviation safety committee just days before this disaster.

Brendan Carr is now formally the chair of the Federal Communications Commission, giving him the power to set the agency’s agenda and usher through a host of regulations with major implications for the tech and media industries as soon as he has a Republican majority.

Donald Trump has officially appointed Brendan Carr as the new chairman of the FCC. Carr’s appointment does not require Senate confirmation because he is already a sitting commissioner. Trump first mentioned Carr’s name as a possibility for FCC chairman back in November 2024, shortly after the election.