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Trump administration detonates expansion of rural broadband access

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President Donald Trump announced the end of the Biden-Harris era Digital Equity Act .

Trump called the program, which allocated $2.75 billion to digital inclusion programs, "racist" and "illegal" The NTIA terminated grants for 20 different state projects under the act.

The decision points to an uncertain future for existing broadband and digital connectivity efforts managed or funded by the federal government.