Congressional Republicans recently decided not to include a Trump-backed plan to block state AI laws in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), although it could be included in other legislation. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has also failed to get congressional backing for legislation that would punish states with AI laws.

President Donald Trump is heading into the 2026 election year vowing to pull out all the stops to promote artificial intelligence — just as American voters are starting to voice some doubts.

President Donald Trump said he will withhold federal broadband funding from states whose laws to regulate artificial intelligence are judged by his administration to be holding back American dominance in the technology.

President Trump pushes back on a Wall Street Journal report saying China’s huge power grid gives it an AI edge, insisting new U.S. data centers will make their own energy.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was in the Oval Office as Trump signed the executive order. Cruz pushed for a 10-year moratorium on state AI legislation as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act was nearing Senate passage, but it was soundly rejected by members of both parties. Trump latest executive order is likely to be challenged in court.

A photo is circulating on social media that appears to show President Donald Trump using a walker, but it is AI-generated . The image was originally posted on X by Democratic strategist Keith Edwards, and has been viewed 6 million times early on Friday.

U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to bar state laws on artificial intelligence that he says slow innovation will face political and legal opposition from states seeking to preserve their right to regulate the rapidly growing technology.

President Donald Trump plans to give remarks this week in Rocky Mount, home of one of the most watched congressional races in North Carolina.

The order creates an "AI Litigation Task Force" to challenge state laws and uses federal funds for broadband access as a bargaining chip.