Fifth Circuit Judges Probe USF Spending, Administrator
A Fifth Circuit panel heard oral arguments Wednesday in Consumers' Research's latest challenge to the program
A Fifth Circuit panel heard oral arguments Wednesday in Consumers' Research's latest challenge to the program
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5, 2026 – Judges probed the role of the $8 billion-per-year Universal Service Fund and its administrator Wednesday.
Conservative nonprofit Consumers’ Research is challenging the Federal Communications Commission program again, after a defeat at the Supreme Court last year.
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