Order, which lacks the force of law, also creates taskforce whose ‘sole responsibility’ will be challenging states’ AI laws

Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that seeks to halt any laws limiting artificial intelligence and block states from regulating the rapidly emerging technology. The order also creates a federal taskforce that will have the “sole responsibility” of challenging states’ AI laws.

At a signing ceremony, the president touted AI companies’ enthusiasm for wanting to “invest” in the United States and said that “if they had to get 50 different approvals from 50 different states, you could forget it”.

Measure to redistrict, which would add two GOP-friendly seats, failed 19-31 after 21 Republicans joined 10 Democrats

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Indiana Republicans rejected an effort to redraw the state’s congressional map on Thursday, a stunning and blunt rebuke of Donald Trump and Republican efforts to reconfigure the state’s congressional districts to add two more Republican-friendly seats.

The measure failed 19-31, with 21 Republicans joining 10 Democrats in rejecting the new maps.

C'est une décision qui a de quoi laisser stupéfait, et qui montre que la guerre culturelle qui se joue aux États-Unis se glisse jusqu'à des détails insignifiants. Le secrétaire d'État Marco Rubio a ordonné aux diplomates de ne plus utiliser la police de caractères Calibri. Le motif ? Trop « woke ». Il vaut mieux re-basculer sur le bon vieux Times New Roman.

C'est une décision qui a de quoi laisser stupéfait, et qui montre que la guerre culturelle qui se joue aux États-Unis se glisse jusqu'à des détails insignifiants. Le secrétaire d'État Marco Rubio a ordonné aux diplomates de ne plus utiliser la police de caractères Calibri. Le motif ? Trop « woke ». Il vaut mieux re-basculer sur le bon vieux Times New Roman.