US House Speaker Mike Johnson rejected calls to pause artificial intelligence development on Tuesday, telling reporters "We cannot have a moratorium on the development of AI" because the US "will lose…
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Tuesday that the United States cannot afford a moratorium on artificial intelligence development, warning that any pause would hand a competitive edge to China,…
Former Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., called on President Donald Trump during a Monday CNBC "Squawk Box" appearance to use executive authority to pause new artificial intelligence IPOs until Congress pass…
House Speaker Mike Johnson said at his weekly press conference on Tuesday that the media is "spun up" over AI threats and that Congress will not take "stupid, knee-jerk reaction prescriptions" on regu…
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) dismissed the idea of swiftly adding regulations on the AI industry during remarks with reporters Tuesday morning, as calls mount for more transparency and guardrail…
Congress has not passed any comprehensive AI legislation in the three years since Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Sam Altman met with senators in September 2023, and lawmakers are unlikely to act befor…
House Democrats are calling on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to cancel recess and legislate on AI safety after former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon said AI "could kill us by the end of the decade," w…
Vice President JD Vance is expected to address artificial intelligence regulation during a Tuesday appearance before the House Republican Conference, as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) faces pressur…
US President Donald Trump said on Sep 14 that the only guardrail AI needs is a "STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT," dismissing industry calls for regulation and calling the push a "hoax," while Vi…
Leaders of frontier AI labs are calling for the United States government to act on AI safety, but President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson have shown no interest in regulating the technol…
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Congress has a role in regulating AI and that "guardrails there make sense to me" for frontier models, putting him at odds with President Trump, who pos…
President Donald Trump called Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during a company all-hands meeting on Monday, telling Huang on speakerphone that AI safety concerns are a "hoax" and that the U.S. must beat China…
Congress is weighing AI legislation ahead of the November elections, with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) telling reporters that a meeting with top AI executives and the White House is in the works.…
President Donald Trump dismissed warnings from AI industry leaders that artificial intelligence poses an existential risk, calling the concern a "hoax" in a series of Truth Social posts and saying "Th…
House Speaker Mike Johnson advocated for AI "guardrails" and corporate accountability on CNN on September 13, 2026, the same day President Donald Trump called AI takeover risks a "HOAX" during a press…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is making AI safety a top Democratic priority, calling for urgent congressional action during an appearance on ABC's "This Week" on September 13, 2026, after form…
President Trump downplayed the need for regulatory guardrails on artificial intelligence in a social media post, saying a "high IQ" president is enough to oversee it, according to NBC News reporting b…
The House is set to vote this week on the Ratepayer Protection Act, which would force tech companies to pay for infrastructure tied to data center development, even as President Trump hardens his posi…
President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post Monday that artificial intelligence needs no guardrails beyond "a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT," and warned that "we already have tremendous…
Former President Barack Obama is urging Democrats to make artificial intelligence regulation one of their "central agendas" in this year's elections, according to a New York Times report, but the Wash…