The artificial-intelligence industry’s political machines battling each other over how to regulate the technology are trying a new tactic in Florida after fighting in primary elections across the US: joining together to make multimillion-dollar bets on the same candidate.

A key Senate committee on Wednesday advanced a package of bills aimed at improving children’s safety online, teeing up a showdown with the House over whether to hold Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google liable for harms done to minors on their social media platforms.

President Donald Trump said he is open to the possibility of temporarily withdrawing Todd Blanche’s nomination as attorney general amid opposition from two Republican senators, suggesting he could renominate his pick after those lawmakers departed office.

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman said he supports slowing the pace of artificial intelligence development, highlighting the company’s shifting approach to the emerging technology after one of its advanced AI models inadvertently hacked Hugging Face Inc. last week.

Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang defended open-weight artificial intelligence systems as crucial to the nascent AI industry, sending a cautionary message to officials in Washington who are debating how to respond to a surprise breakthrough from Chinese startup Moonshot.

Anthropic PBC Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei and five other employees of the company gave more than $2 million to a super political action committee focused on regulating artificial intelligence, boosting the AI safety movement’s war chest in this year’s midterm elections.

South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster picked Darline Graham Nordone to complete the remainder of the late Senator Lindsey Graham’s term, which expires in January.

Progressive lawmakers Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders led the first wave of opposition to data centers. Now Republican candidates around the US are seizing on the fervor even as President Donald Trump actively courts tech titans and promotes the rapid, streamlined expansion of the energy-hungry facilities.

Progressive lawmakers Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders led the first wave of opposition to data centers. Now Republican candidates around the US are seizing on the fervor even as President Donald Trump actively courts tech titans and promotes the rapid, streamlined expansion of the energy-hungry facilities.

The House on Monday passed legislation to require new online safety protections for children, a sign of growing momentum in Washington to address a widespread concern among US parents even as the measure sets up a clash with senators seeking stronger safeguards.

From data center backlash to boundless cash from tech billionaires and concerns about deepfaked campaign ads, AI is everywhere in the 2026 US elections.

From data center backlash to boundless cash from tech billionaires and concerns about deepfaked campaign ads, AI is everywhere in the 2026 US elections.

Artificial intelligence billionaires including venture capitalist Marc Andreessen and OpenAI President Greg Brockman scored a key victory in a New York City congressional primary that became a $29 million proxy battle over who will control the future of AI.

Artificial intelligence billionaires including venture capitalist Marc Andreessen and OpenAI President Greg Brockman scored a key victory in a New York City congressional primary that became a $29 million proxy battle over who will control the future of AI.

Momentum is growing in both the US House and Senate on dueling efforts to pass children’s online safety legislation this summer, raising prospects for a breakthrough after big tech lobbying and partisan squabbles stalled the legislation for years.

Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates told a House panel investigating the late financier Jeffrey Epstein that his meetings with the sex offender were “a grave error in judgment.”

Senate Republican Leader John Thune urged President Donald Trump to nominate a permanent national intelligence director to expedite congressional renewal of US spy agencies’ broad electronic surveillance authority.

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman says he has no plans to make any financial contributions toward this year’s US elections, even as other Silicon Valley billionaires have already pledged to spend heavily to influence midterm races that will decide control of Congress.

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman says he has no plans to make any financial contributions toward this year’s US elections, even as other Silicon Valley billionaires have already pledged to spend heavily to influence midterm races that will decide control of Congress.

Banks are crafting a political spending strategy that resembles a structure the crypto industry has used.