White House pauses executive order that would seek to preempt state laws on AI, sources say

Also: From Steve Bannon to Elizabeth Warren, bipartisan backlash erupts over push to block states from regulating AI (NBC News)

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Source: Reuters

White House pauses executive order that would seek to preempt state laws on AI, sources say

By Karen Freifeld
November 21, 2025 3:40 PM EST Updated November 21, 2025

Nov 21 (Reuters) - The White House has put on hold a draft executive order that would seek to preempt state laws on artificial intelligence through lawsuits and by withholding federal funds, two sources said on Friday.

The draft order, which Reuters reported on earlier this week, would have likely faced significant pushback from states. But its consideration shows how far Trump is willing to go to help AI companies overcome a patchwork of laws they say stifle innovation.

The White House did not have a comment on Friday. On Wednesday a White House official said that until officially announced, discussion of potential executive orders was speculation.

The draft order would have tasked Attorney General Pam Bondi with establishing an "AI Litigation Task Force whose sole responsibility shall be to challenge state AI laws, including on grounds that such laws unconstitutionally regulate interstate commerce, are preempted by existing federal regulations, or are otherwise unlawful," according to a document seen by Reuters earlier this week.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/white-house-pauses-executive-order-that-would-seek-preempt-state-laws-ai-sources-2025-11-21/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/white-house-pauses-executive-or-der-193210329.html

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Source: NBC News

From Steve Bannon to Elizabeth Warren, bipartisan backlash erupts over push to block states from regulating AI

Sharp critiques of efforts to limit state AI laws have MAGA populists and progressive advocates joining forces in an unexpected coalition.

Nov. 21, 2025, 7:41 PM EST
By Jared Perlo

New efforts this week in Washington to effectively ban individual states from governing artificial intelligence have provoked bipartisan backlash.

The push from House Republicans and the White House to assert federal control over AI regulation, which echoes a similar attempt over the summer, has forged new lines of agreement between far-right commentators and progressive activists.

“It’s a coalition of almost everyone against a few extreme tech billionaires who are trying to buy unfettered power,” said New York State Assembly Member Alex Bores, a proponent of states’ ability to govern AI and a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House. “States protecting our citizens is overwhelmingly popular and bipartisan.”

A new poll released Friday night, conducted by YouGov in partnership with the conservative-leaning Institute for Family Studies, found that surveyed adults opposed congressional pre-emption efforts on AI by a 3-to-1 margin.

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Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/steve-bannon-elizabeth-warren-bipartisan-backlash-erupts-push-block-st-rcna245040