Trump’s new telecoms chief bins broadband subsidies for the poor

The Trump administration’s propensity for bold and sudden action reached the United States Federal Communications Commission on Friday, as commissioner Mignon Clyburn and the Commission’s chair Ajit Pai clashed over an end-of-week “news dump” that has profound policy implications.

The FCC dropped a dozen announcements on Friday, and Clyburn complained in a statement that doing so late in the week meant it was taking out the trash in the hope decision would escape scrutiny.