Trump's choice for FCC chairman says agency 'will end its promotion of DEI' next year

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said early Monday morning that the agency's focus on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) will end next year.

Brendan Carr, who currently serves as the senior Republican member of the FCC, posted a snippet of the agency's budget request for Fiscal Year 2025 on X, which stated that its second-highest strategic goal is promoting DEI.

"The FCC’s most recent budget request said that promoting DEI...