Republican FCC commissioner Simington will step down this week-February 2024-www.financetom.com

Republican FCC commissioner Simington will step down this week

News World Market Environment Technology Personal Finance Politics Retail Business Economy Cryptocurrency Forex Stocks Market Commodities

Republican FCC commissioner Simington will step down this week

Jun 4, 2025 9:56 AM

WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) - Republican Federal

Communications Commission member Nathan Simington said Wednesday

he plans to resign this week after more than four years in

office.

Simington was confirmed in December 2020 to the five-member

FCC after he lead a regulatory effort during President Donald

Trump's first term in office seeking to rein in social media

companies. Democratic FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks said last

month he plans to step down in June.

Previous page： Google agrees $36 million fine for anti-competitive deals with Australia telcos Next page： Tesla's European sales slump for fifth month as EV rivals gain momentum

Comments

Welcome to financetom comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.

Show More Comments

Related Articles >

Google agrees $36 million fine for anti-competitive deals with Australia telcos

Aug 17, 2025

SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...

Tesla's European sales slump for fifth month as EV rivals gain momentum

Jun 24, 2025

(Reuters) -Tesla's new car sales in Europe fell 27.9% in May from a year earlier even as fully-electric vehicle sales in the region jumped 27.2%, with the U.S. EV maker's revised Model Y yet to show signs of reviving the brand's fortunes. Overall car sales in Europe rose 1.9%, with the strongest growth coming from plug-in hybrids and cars powered...

Swedish investor Norrsken earmarks $348 mln for 'AI for good'

Jun 24, 2025

STOCKHOLM, June 25 (Reuters) - Sweden's Norrsken Foundation has committed 300 million euros ($348 million) to investing in European startups that are using AI for good for solving challenges in climate, health, food, education and society, it said on Wednesday. The foundation, established in 2016 by Klarna founder Niklas Adalberth, manages several venture capital and investment funds, which have a...

Trump says China can buy Iranian oil, but urges it to purchase US crude

Jun 24, 2025

(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that China can continue to purchase Iranian oil after Israel and Iran agreed to a ceasefire, a move that the White House clarified did not indicate a relaxation of U.S. sanctions. China can now continue to purchase Oil from Iran. Hopefully, they will be purchasing plenty from the U.S., also, Trump said...