Makena Kelly

Last month, Biden nominated Gomez to break a 2-2 deadlock at the FCC. Gomez replaced Biden’s first pick, Gigi Sohn, after the longtime public interest advocate revoked her nomination in March.
Unlike Sohn, Gomez is a relative unknown. She’s a veteran government lawyer with no public voting history and an unremarkable social media presence.

Last week, parts of I-95 in Philadelphia collapsed after a tanker truck hauling gasoline burst into flames. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said construction crews would be working around the clock for the foreseeable future to repair it.

The Senate Judiciary Committee passed the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) in a 14-7 vote today. That means the bill, which would let news publishers negotiate with Facebook and Google to get paid for content posted to their platforms, can be brought up for a floor vote.