The North Coast States Carpenters Union filed a formal complaint Tuesday with the Pittsburg city council, alleging that its members were subjected to racial slurs, including the N-word, and threats du…
Sabrina Javellana, a victim of AI deepfake pornography, criticized House Republicans for stalling the DEFIANCE Act, a bipartisan bill introduced by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and co-sponsored by Re…
Senator Bernie Sanders demanded that Meta, OpenAI, and Anthropic immediately pause advanced AI development, citing autonomous hacking incidents and AI-assisted virus design as proof that safety thresh…
Abdul El-Sayed, a left-wing insurgent, won the Democratic Senate Primary in Michigan on July 20, 2026, defeating four-term moderate Congresswoman Haley Stevens, who was backed by Governor Gretchen Whi…
Senator Bernie Sanders, in December 2025, became the first member of Congress to demand a moratorium on new AI data centers, and by March he partnered with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to i…
Michigan House candidate Will Lawrence, a Democratic Socialists of America member, advocated for a federal moratorium on new AI data centers during a Fox News Digital interview on Saturday, arguing th…
Willie Nelson criticized AI data center construction near his hometown of Abbott, Texas, in an Instagram post on Tuesday, calling the facilities 'loud, water thieving, light polluting' and urging rura…
Republican leaders in the House are blocking the DEFIANCE Act, a bipartisan bill backed by Paris Hilton that would let victims of AI-generated deepfake pornography sue their abusers, because they do n…
At least five bills targeting AI data centers are moving through Congress, with the Ratepayer Protection Act—approved unanimously by the House Energy and Commerce Committee—leading the pack by requiri…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the nation's first statewide moratorium on data center development, citing an overwhelming surge in applications from small communities that lack the negotiating powe…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's DEFIANCE Act, which would allow victims of nonconsensual deepfake AI pornography to file civil lawsuits, passed the Senate unanimously but is stalled in the House, and …
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez publicly backed a teen activist leading a campaign against the AVAIO Perseus Data Center, a 76-acre AI data center campus planned for Pittsburg, California, amid a nation…
IBM shares fell more than 23% after the company issued a warning about AI spending returns, sending a shockwave through the tech industry. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon urged calm over AI's impact on…
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order on Tuesday pausing construction of new data centres drawing 50 megawatts or more for up to a year, making New York the first US state to impose…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez praised the late Sen. Lindsey Graham for backing the DEFIANCE Act, which would allow victims of nonconsensual AI-generated deepfake pornography to file civil lawsuits. Th…
President Donald Trump criticized New York Governor Kathy Hochul's executive order imposing a one-year moratorium on new large data centers, calling it a 'terrible decision' and urging the state to re…
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has imposed a first-of-its-kind data center moratorium, using executive power to halt AI infrastructure expansion while keeping legislative negotiations open, a move tha…
New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a one-year moratorium on Tuesday banning construction of data centers using 50 megawatts or more, making New York the first state to impose such a ban. The mor…
Senators Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act on March 25, 2025, to halt construction of large data centers until Congress enac…
A US heatwave is straining the power grid and water supplies, intensifying concerns over the rapid expansion of AI data centers that consume vast amounts of electricity and water. Lawmakers across the…