White House signs Executive Order 14365 on a national AI policy framework
Signed Executive Order 14365, Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence — an AI Litigation Task Force under the Attorney General to try to invalidate state laws, a link to BEAD funding, and a recommendation for federal preemption legislation
Why it matters
The point at which the federal government and the states shifted from a hierarchical relationship to an adversarial one
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Governmentfederalregister.govhttps://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/16/2025-23092/ensuring-a-national-policy-framework-for-artificial-intelligenceAdded in Week 35, 2026 · See that week