Trump to end spending on Biden-era digital equity law, calling it ‘racist and illegal’

Trump to end spending on Biden-era digital equity law, calling it ‘racist and illegal’

THE SIGNAL

President Trump said he is ending the Biden-era Digital Equity Act, intended to provide digital service to lower-income communities, to save the country billions of dollars.
Mr. Trump said in a social media post Thursday that he spoke with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and they agreed to end the act passed by Congress in 2021 and incorporated into the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Biden.

It aims to ensure that everyone had access to skills that would help them benefit from the digital economy, and Mr. Trump slammed it as “unconstitutional.”

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