A sweeping executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Tuesday would place the FCC under the increased supervision of the White House.

President Donald Trump is moving to give the White House direct control of independent federal regulators such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission.

White House seeks sway over FCC, FEC, FTC and some Fed operations. Politics professor Sarah Binder says it "grabs power from Congress."

President Donald Trump is moving to give the White House direct control of independent federal regulators such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission.

What does President Trump’s executive order giving the White House oversight of the FCC and other independent agencies mean for the world of broadcast? We asked several legal observers. Their consensus is that the executive order was principally issued to set up a court case challenging the Supreme Court’s Humphrey’s Executor doctrine,

President Donald Trump is moving to give the White House direct control of independent federal regulators such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission.

Republican FCC Chair Brendan Carr slammed former Transportation Secretary Buttgieg for claiming the Trump administration is putting Americans "at risk" with incompetence.

PBS President Paula Kerger has felt the heat from politicians over government funding before. But this time the FCC is focusing on the nonprofit's sponsorships.

An accompanying fact sheet issued by the White House said the order applies to "so-called independent agencies like the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order aiming to expand the White House’s authority over various independent regulatory agencies, a move likely to prompt legal challenges.

As the U.S. Federal Communications Commission probes CBS for potential violations of the agency’s rarely-invoked policy on “news distortion,” communications lawyers and FCC scholars say that the move under newly installed commission chair Brendan Carr could mark a sharp departure from agency precedent.