President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled "Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence" on Tuesday directing every federal agency to use "Super Intelligence" and "SI" in place of "Artific…
Sen. Bernie Sanders is convening senators for an AI briefing, citing a Senate HELP Committee report projecting nearly 100 million US jobs at risk from automation over the next decade, with 47% of truc…
The House Energy and Commerce Committee held a September 3 hearing on the draft Water Cost Accountability Act, which would bar public water systems from passing data center water infrastructure costs …
Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Greg Casar have called for a ban on artificial superintelligence, proposing legislation that would criminalize AI systems matching or exceeding human cognitio…
Steve Bannon, former chief strategist to President Trump, has joined forces with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) to oppose the AI boom, specifically backing thei…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) mocked President Trump on Monday, suggesting an AI data center be built near his Mar-a-Lago resort after Trump said communities opposing such facilities would be '…
Republican Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee, typically a close ally of President Donald Trump, said he is 'backwards and poor' for opposing the president's push to build more AI data centers, citing poo…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) joked on Monday that an AI data center should be built at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, responding to Trump's comment that communities opposing such facil…
Donald Trump criticized opponents of AI data centres, saying 'they want to end up being backwards and poor' and warning that killing the 'Golden Goose' would leave them to blame. In the first three mo…
A Salon analysis argues that 'local control' of data centers is a con by Big Tech, noting that 70% of Americans oppose data centers in their area. Wisconsin gubernatorial candidates David Crowley and …
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, representing 901,000 members, has urged Congress to oppose any bills banning data center construction, citing high-quality union jobs and economic …
A Gallup poll published in May found that an average of 7 in 10 Americans oppose data center construction in their area, including 48% who strongly oppose such facilities being built locally, as data …
In the Massachusetts Democratic Senate primary, 47-year-old U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton is challenging 80-year-old incumbent Sen. Ed Markey, arguing that Markey is too old for another term, a claim that ha…
Data centers, which critics decry for their energy and water use, are far less harmful than the factories that powered America's industrial rise, argues a New York Post opinion piece. The piece notes …
High school students, including 17-year-old Sadie Cisneros of Pittsburg, California, are mobilizing against AI data centers, citing environmental and health concerns, with Cisneros speaking at a City …
Axios found that none of nearly 20 potential 2028 Democratic presidential contenders support Bernie Sanders' call to pause AI development, and only former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel offered a critique…
Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) aligned with former President Donald Trump's push for rapid AI development, warning that U.S. regulatory hesitation benefits China, which he called a 'China First' agenda…
Fox News' 'Fox & Friends' aired a segment on August 19, 2026, portraying opposition to AI data centers as a 'far left' culture war issue, echoing a private memo from the National Republican Senatorial…
A growing populist revolt against data centers and AI has led to 274 bans, rejections, restrictions, or moratoriums in the U.S. in the first seven months of 2026, compared to 49 in all of 2025 and nin…
A new Axios-Generation Lab poll of 1,075 Americans aged 18-34 finds that 27% believe they or someone they know has lost a job due to AI replacement, and 66% disapprove of President Trump's job perform…