Senate in party-line vote rejects measure to overturn FCC net-neutrality rules

By Gautham Nagesh, Josiah Ryan and Brendan Sasso | The Hill The Senate rejected a bid to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s controversial net neutrality rules on Thursday in a party-line vote. The measure passed the House in April, but failed in the Senate on a vote of 52 to 46. It needed 51 votes [...]

Project backed by prominent Dem donor could interfere with military GPS

By Shaun Waterman-The Washington Times The boss of an upstart Virginia company said Wednesday that his firm is on the cusp of solving technical problems that have dogged its effort to build a nationwide high-speed wireless network that critics worry will cripple military and commercial navigation systems. “Watch this space,” Sanjiv Ahuja, CEO of Reston-based [...]

Top antitrust official in Justice stepping down

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WASHINGTON — Christine Varney, the top antitrust official in the U.S. Justice Department, is stepping down, the department said Wednesday. She will join elite law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore, the firm said in an internal memo on Wednesday. She will be leaving the Justice Department as of Aug. 5, the department said. Varney’s decision [...]