Trump backs Ted Cruz’s Internet domain crusade

Sen Ted Cruz (R-TX) has yet to endorse Donald Trump for president, but Donald Trump is endorsing Ted Cruz’s top legislative priority. Trump announced that he supports a GOP-led push to delay a planned end to the US government’s role managing a group that oversees Internet domain names.

Sen Cruz has been leading the charge to maintain US control over the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) as part of a short-term government spending bill that must pass before Sept. 30 to prevent a government shutdown. The fight to prevent control of ICANN from transitioning to international stakeholders on Oct. 1 has become a sticking point in negotiations over the stop-gap spending bill in recent weeks. Trump’s latest announcement will likely make it more difficult for negotiators to resolve the issue.