Overview
- President Donald Trump said he will issue an executive order this week to create a single federal framework for AI and limit states’ ability to regulate the technology.
- A leaked draft describes a Department of Justice AI Litigation Task Force to challenge state measures, with potential funding penalties and directives pushing FCC and FTC toward national standards.
- National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Trump reviewed a near-final draft, signaling the order’s contours are largely set.
- Bipartisan opposition has mounted, with figures such as Ron DeSantis, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Marco Rubio objecting, alongside letters from state lawmakers and attorneys general warning against overriding state protections.
- Legal challenges are expected after Congress stripped a 10‑year state-law moratorium in a 99–1 Senate vote and left similar language out of the defense bill, even as industry allies including David Sacks, Sam Altman, and Jensen Huang argue uniform rules are needed to avoid a state patchwork and to compete with China.