Trump Scraps Biden’s Digital Equity Act, Calling It Illegal

President Donald Trump said on May 8 that he would end the Digital Equity Act as part of his administration’s cost-cutting efforts, noting that the funding provided under the Biden-era law was illegal. Trump said he discussed with Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, and they agreed that the law, which former President Joe Biden signed in 2021 to close the digital gaps by funding projects aimed at enhancing broadband access and increasing digital literacy, was unconstitutional. In his Truth Social post, Trump stated that the Digital Equity Act had been used to distribute “handouts based on race,” though he did not provide details to support the claim....