The Trump administration's push to block state-level AI regulation through federal preemption legislation has hit a wall on Capitol Hill amid partisan divisions.

A new pro-AI political operation backed by former Trump aides is preparing to spend over $100 million in the 2026 midterms to elect candidates supportive of the administration's AI agenda.

Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order requiring AI safety and privacy guardrails for state contractors, positioning California as a counterweight to Trump's federal AI deregulation agenda.

President Trump has appointed Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and Oracle's Larry Ellison to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), co-chaired by AI czar David Sacks, while notably excluding Elon Musk and Sam Altman.

President Trump convened top AI and tech executives at the White House to sign the Ratepayer Protection Pledge, committing companies to build or buy their own power and cover all infrastructure costs for AI data centers without passing expenses to consumers.

President Trump has directed all federal agencies to phase out Anthropic's Claude AI, labeling the company a national security threat after it refused Pentagon demands to remove safety guardrails for military use.

Trump's aggressive pro-AI agenda is generating unexpected backlash from within his own base, as MAGA voters join progressives in opposing data center proliferation over energy costs and community disruption ahead of the 2026 midterms.

The White House unveiled the Tech Corps initiative within the Peace Corps to deploy STEM volunteers abroad, promoting U.S. AI exports and countering China's growing influence in developing nations.

The Trump administration is preparing to sue states including Colorado and California over AI laws it deems burdensome, while also threatening to withhold federal broadband grants, drawing pushback from lawmakers across party lines.

The Trump administration is partnering with Palantir to use its AI technology, dubbed the 'Ironman suit,' to identify and combat fraud across various government agencies.