Roberts halts imminent deadline for FCC to rule on Democrats’ TV ad rate challenge

Chief Justice John Roberts halted, for now, a deadline for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to rule on Democrats’ challenge to a policy giving party committees access to cheaper television ad rates in the lead-up to the midterms. A lower court had ordered the FCC to decide the challenge by Friday, but the Trump administration has...

Chief Justice John Roberts halted, for now, a deadline for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to rule on Democrats’ challenge to a policy giving party committees access to cheaper television ad rates in the lead-up to the midterms. A lower court had ordered the FCC to decide the challenge by Friday, but the Trump administration has...