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Who is Brendan Carr?

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Brendan Carr is an American attorney who has been serving as the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from January 2025, during Donald Trump’s second administration. He is known for being a controversial and high-profile leader of the agency and has taken on major media companies for actions he sees as being hostile to conservatives.