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Disney, under CEO Bob Iger, is facing mounting financial and reputational pressure as box office flops like Snow White, political controversies, and a federal investigation into its DEI practices fuel investor concerns and challenge the company’s efforts to refocus on entertainment over ideology.

Disney scaled back DEI policies this year. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr still opened an investigation.

Another early detail arrives from an FCC filing

A probe into Disney is the latest in a series of efforts by the Trump administration to curb DEI practices

The elections for the governing committee of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of South Asia in Delhi, scheduled for Saturday, were indefinitely postponed following an “ugly” and “unsavoury” incident involving two candidates. 

Ambitious project could soak up funding for subatomic physics for decades, say opponents

FCC chief Brendan Carr investigates The Walt Disney Company as Trump moves to eliminate all manner of DEI efforts across both public and private sectors.

Federal Communications Commission says its DEI efforts may breach equal employment opportunity regulations

A majority of the Supreme Court appeared reluctant Wednesday to wipe out a Federal Communications Commission program.

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a major legal fight over the $8 billion a year the federal government spends to subsidize phone and internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas, in a new test of federal regulatory power

The US Commerce Secretary has recently encouraged leaders to use Starlink's satellite internet in rural areas instead of broadband.