US EditionArkansas Loses Millions in Federal Broadband Funds After Trump Decries Grant Program as ‘Woke’
- President Donald Trump blocked funding from the Digital Equity Act, part of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, affecting states including Washington.
- President Donald Trump labeled the Digital Equity Act as racist and unconstitutional and pledged to terminate it, casting doubt on efforts to broaden nationwide broadband access.
- The Act's $2.75 billion grant program aimed to improve internet equity for veterans, disabled people, rural communities, and others left behind in connectivity.
- Washington state faced a $16 million canceled grant for a cybersecurity literacy program, which officials say will widen digital divides and strain budgets during a challenging economy.
- Experts and lawmakers warn that blocking these funds could slow digital equity progress, increase inequalities, and undermine Congress's intent to support multi-generational high-speed networks.
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Flawed Federal Programs Maroon Rural Americans in Telehealth Limbo
Uncertainty around federal efforts to expand high-speed internet — and with it telehealth access — to all Americans swirled fast this week after President Donald Trump vowed to end what he called the “racist” and “unconstitutional” Digital Equity Act. The act is part of the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021, which passed under former President Joe Biden and included $65 billion for broadband infrastructure. But before…
Trump is trying to kill rural internet because the law that pays for it has ‘equity’ in the name
Since President Donald Trump took office, one of his fondest pastimes has been firing off randomly capitalized social media posts lambasting various laws as—and this is a technical term—too woke to be legal. Among his targets last week was the Digital Equity Act, which he deemed “RACIST,” “ILLEGAL,” and “totally UNCONSTITUTIONAL.” He wrapped by promising to (attempt to) end the program immediately. “No more woke handouts based on race!” he wrote…
Trump administration's cancellation of internet access grants will cost Southwest and Southside Virginia, officials say
An Abingdon nonprofit organization, looking to expand broadband access and literacy, put its blueprints in place.People Inc. of Virginia used $55,000 in federal money and worked with multiple Southwest Virginia nonprofits to create a plan that would help a variety of Southwest Virginia residents with digital literacy, coding and consumer protection, and would provide devices for doing schoolwork to children living below the poverty line, among o…
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