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A new federal program is available to help cover the costs of internet bills and devices for low-income and qualifying households.

NBC Bay Area Consumer Investigator Chris Chmura explains how the Emergency Broadband Benefit works and how to apply.

The U.S. government will hold a massive auction later this year to bolster 5G service, the next generation of mobile networks. President Donald Trump showcased the announcement Friday, declaring that the race to stand up these faster, more powerful networks is a competition “America must win.” “We cannot allow any other country to outcompete the United States in this powerful...

Now that Democrats have captured control of the House for the next two years, the party’s most senior members are poised to regain the wide-ranging power of committee chairmanships. While some of the Democrats have gained fame in feuds with President Donald Trump, others are relatively little-known outside of Capitol Hill. A look at the Democratic lawmakers expected to wield...

High voter turnout may have helped build a “blue wave” of sorts for Democrats, but not quite the tsunami for which they had hoped, in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Republicans are still in charge of the Senate, but Democrats did take control of the House.

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo announced Thursday that he has submitted his resignation from a Federal Communications Commission board he was serving on due to “the pervasive and overwhelming influence of big telecom and industry,” according to a mayor’s office representative.