Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information Arielle Roth said during a speech on Tuesday at the Free State Foundation that the Trump administration has overhauled the failed Biden-era BEAD program, which is projected to save $21 billion and will expand internet access for Americans everywhere, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.
Trump’s Assistant Secretary of Commerce and administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Arielle Roth, outlined the Administration’s policies for reforming the wasteful Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program in a speech at the Hudson Institute this week. According to Roth, “For years, BEAD was weighed down by red tape and extralegal conditions that slowed down states, deterred providers, and sidelined innovative technologies.”
The Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed on Monday that Wells Fargo executive Mao Chenyue is trapped in the country, claiming she is part of a “criminal case” and has an “obligation to cooperation.”
An employee with the U.S. Department of Commerce who traveled to China to see family is not being allowed to leave due to failing to “disclose” who his employer was, according to a report.
President Donald Trump’s administration has eliminated one of the federal government’s most prominent shrines to the cult of climate alarmism.
LONDON — American and Chinese delegations arrived at Lancaster House in London on Monday morning to begin a new round of trade negotiations, with rare-earth minerals and advanced technology at the center of the talks. The meeting follows a phone conversation last week between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping that helped pave the way for the diplomatic thaw.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick testifies before the House Appropriations Committee on Thursday, June 5.
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has announced $420 million in savings after cancelling over 100 contracts with a ceiling value of $1.1 billion.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday to drive further investment in the United States, as major companies have combined for trillions of dollars in American investments since he took office.
WASHINGTON – Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and FBI Director Kash Patel were sworn in Friday following their respective Senate confirmations.
President Donald Trump is directing his Treasury and Commerce secretaries to begin the process of establishing a U.S. sovereign wealth fund.
The U.S. Commerce Department said on Monday it wants to ban Chinese and Russian software and hardware from Internet-connected and autonomous vehicles, citing the security risks to American drivers and U.S. national security.
A Chinese national named Song Wu, employed by a gigantic Chinese state-owned defense conglomerate, was indicted in the Northern District of Georgia on Monday for a scheme to hack U.S. government agencies including NASA, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
A Senate Commerce Committee document exposes how the head of an AI safety agency at the Commerce Department could stifle competition, consolidate AI developments in the hands of a few big tech companies, and facilitate “government-Big Tech collusion seen during the pandemic and the 2020 election,” Breitbart News has learned exclusively.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” 2024 presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said that he wants to eliminate the Departments of Education, Commerce, and Energy, along with the IRS and if Congress won’t do
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) lobbied President Joe Biden’s administration to secure a multimillion-dollar grant on behalf of a coalition of groups that included an organization with ties to his campaign, according to Fox News.
U.S. retail sales decreased slightly less than half a percent in February after jumping a revised 3.2 percent in January.
The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge eased further in December, and consumer spending fell — the latest evidence that the Fed’s series of interest rate hikes are slowing the economy.
The U.S. economy expanded at a 2.9% annual pace from October through December, ending 2022 with momentum despite the pressure of high interest rates and widespread fears of a looming recession.
House Republicans unveiled legislation on Friday that would prevent sensitive national security technology from falling into the hands of China and other adversaries, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.
President Joe Biden and his Departments of Commerce, Labor, and Transportation have failed to solve a supply chain crisis causing the backup of supplies at U.S. ports and cross country transportation as the left-wing media lays the blame solely on the coronavirus.
A group of 15 Republican governors sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo requesting the release of the Census data to be sped up due to the burdening the delay is causing on the redistricting process across the nation.
Republican members of the House Oversight Committee demanded answers from Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, on questionable treatment and “political interference” from the Biden administration in the 2020 Census.
The Biden administration announced on Monday that it is putting forth a government-wide push to increase offshore wind farms.
Appearing Thursday on MSNBC, Biden Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said former President Donald Trump’s tariffs on cheap steel and aluminum have been “effective.”
Freedom of speech on the internet did not lead to a rise in “hate crimes,” according to a report sent from the U.S. Department of Commerce to Congress in January — a report that has yet to appear on any government website.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said he will vote “no” on President Joe Biden’s nomination of Gov. Gina Raimondo (D-RI) to lead the Department of Commerce.
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo’s (D) installation as President Joe Biden’s commerce secretary will be a downgrade for the U.S. economy but an upgrade for Rhode Island.
President Trump signed an executive order to increase domestic production of critical minerals needed for the economy and national security.
The Trump Administration will not include a question regarding citizenship on its census in 2020, according to a Justice Department lawyer.
The Silicon Valley Masters of the Universe at Google are reportedly attempting to maintain business ties with Chinese tech giant Huawei despite the company’s addition to the entity list by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
In June, DeVos said it was her hope that adopting some of the education policies of these nations would “help catch us up” to students from other countries.
China Mobile has reportedly been censoring content banned by the Chinese government’s “great firewall,” even when Chinese citizens are in the United States — prompting the FCC to debate its license.
Hispanic unemployment currently sits at 4.6 percent for the month, dropping from its previous record of 4.8 percent from October of 2006.
The United States trade deficit dropped in May to the lowest level in 19 months as exports rose to a record level.
Massive increases in U.S. steel imports from Vietnam that coincided with led to a Commerce Department investigation and announcement on Tuesday that China is using Vietnam to circumvent anti-dumping and countervailing duty orders.
Hard to believe, but we’re almost halfway through the second quarter of the year. That’s the point where it makes sense to start checking in on where the regional Fed banks’ forecasting models see GDP growth for the quarter.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra sued the Trump administration on Tuesday, arguing that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’s decision to ask in the census whether the people being counted are U.S. citizens violates both federal law and the U.S. Constitution.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, during Tuesday’s briefing, defended the inclusion of a question on citizenship in the U.S. census as providing data to the Department of Justice to protect voters and comply with the Voting Rights Act.
President Donald Trump established the new Presidential Advisory Council on Infrastructure Wednesday, to advance American infrastructure projects.
