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Fifth Circuit Judges Probe USF Spending, Administrator

A Fifth Circuit panel heard oral arguments Wednesday in Consumers' Research's latest challenge to the program

Jake Neenan

Jake Neenan

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Fifth Circuit Judges Probe USF Spending, Administrator
Photo of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Chief Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod from the University of Houston Law Center

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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