Republican candidates in at least five states, including Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, have adopted tougher rhetoric on data centers or proposed restrictions on their development, breaking fr…
State lawmakers across the United States are introducing data center bills at a record pace as public backlash grows against the facilities that power AI platforms, according to the Washington Post. L…
A growing number of Republicans running in the 2026 midterm elections are distancing themselves from President Donald Trump's pro-data-center stance, according to Fox News, as polls show most American…
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…
The Trump administration is backing OpenAI in its copyright dispute with The New York Times, arguing that using copyrighted material to train artificial intelligence models can be protected by fair us…
Bloomberg reports that backlash against AI data centers is uniting a broad swath of Americans while dividing Republicans in Washington, as Donald Trump's call to 'let Data Reign' highlights the rift a…
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 '…
President Trump warned Monday that communities opposing data centers will 'end up being backwards and poor,' according to the Wall Street Journal, putting him at odds with most Americans who say they …
Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) is using AI-generated videos of his challenger, Rebecca Cooke (D), including fake footage of her ordering 'peasants' to support her candidacy, according to Wisconsin Publ…
A major pro-AI group launched a multimillion-dollar ad campaign in Kansas, Ohio, and Wisconsin to reshape public opinion on data centers, which have become a flashpoint in the battle for Congress and …
Canada erected a giant sign reading 'Lake Ontario. Now and Always' on Saturday in response to the U.S. government's administrative renaming of Lake Ontario, while President Donald Trump posted an AI-g…
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh, in his first major speech since his nomination by President Donald Trump, promised to bust inflation while highlighting artificial intelligence as a new focus for th…
Opposition lawmakers in Argentina held a five-hour congressional hearing on Friday into Peter Thiel's interests in the country, intensifying scrutiny of the tech billionaire who has purchased a mansio…
A federal judge ruled late Thursday that the Trump administration violated Anthropic's First Amendment rights by blacklisting the artificial-intelligence company as a supply-chain risk. U.S. District …
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the use of automated-license plate readers has gotten 'out of control,' as debates continue across the country over Flock Safety's AI-enabled cameras. DeSantis stated, '…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton released a 'data center plan' Monday proposing federal legislation to block data centers from using Chinese technology and to hold them criminally liable if they powe…
Axios reports that Flock cameras, the AI-powered license plate readers, have become a major target in the 2026 midterm campaigns, with members of Congress and candidates leveraging grassroots anger ov…
The New York Times reports that a borrowing binge by the world's biggest technology companies to fund artificial intelligence growth is driving up U.S. government bond yields, which hit nearly two-dec…
Ukraine proposed a plan to President Volodymyr Zelensky to launch waves of AI-enabled drones at Moscow's airports, aiming to stop international carriers from flying in and out of the Russian capital, …
Republicans who have supported the AI boom are shifting to a middle-ground stance on data centers, calling for 'guardrails' and tax-break rollbacks instead of moratoriums, as populist pushback grows, …