As the top Republican at the FCC, Carr was widely expected to receive the job. But as one of the authors of Project 2025, the 900-page "presidential transition project" released by the Heritage Foundation,

Brendan Carr, the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has laid out an aggressive agenda for overhauling social media and boosting satellites.

Brendan Carr wrote Project 2025's chapter on overhauling the Federal Communications Commission. Here's what to know.