The Trump administration released the AI Action Plan last week, unveiling a new roadmap to AI dominance and global leadership for the US. It highlights actions that remove regulatory barriers to prioritize developing AI...more
7/30/2025
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China ,
Data Centers ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
Infrastructure ,
Innovation ,
National Security ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Semiconductors ,
Trump Administration
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which allocates over $1 billion toward advancing the federal government’s use of AI.
The funding package reinforces the administration’s...more
7/14/2025
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China ,
Export Controls ,
Federal Funding ,
National Security ,
New Legislation ,
Popular ,
Semiconductors ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department
On Tuesday, July 1, the Senate passed the “Big Beautiful Bill” with Vice President Vance casting the tie-breaking vote.The bill as passed contains no moratorium on state-level AI laws. Even after the provision that had passed...more
Parts of the Trump administration’s AI Action Plan were disclosed online, according to reporting from various news outlets. The disclosure of AI.gov, a new federal website aimed to “accelerate government innovation with AI,”...more
On April 16, the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) published a report on the Chinese company DeepSeek’s AI model with findings from the committee’s investigation into DeepSeek.
The report...more
4/25/2025
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Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
China ,
Export Controls ,
New Legislation ,
NVIDIA ,
Popular ,
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U.S. Commerce Department
The emergence of DeepSeek has complicated the outlook for the amount of investment necessary in data centers and electricity generation for AI advancements. Against that backdrop, on March 5, the House Committee on Energy and...more
3/10/2025
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China ,
Clean Energy ,
Data Centers ,
Electric Generation Suppliers ,
Electricity ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
Infrastructure ,
Investment ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration
The breakthrough of the Chinese company DeepSeek’s AI model, which rivals leading US AI models but costs a fraction to develop, changes the equation for the Trump administration and calls into question its initial inclination...more
On December 5, incoming President Donald Trump announced that David Sacks would be the “AI and Crypto Czar” under the next administration.
A prominent venture capitalist, member of the “PayPal Mafia,” and co-founder of an...more
12/13/2024
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China ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Deregulation ,
Emerging Technologies ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Investment ,
National Security ,
Nominations ,
Popular ,
Research and Development ,
Trump Administration
Donald Trump’s election to a second term as president means that Trump will help shape the future of AI at a pivotal moment when AI continues to advance rapidly and the next administration’s policies will affect the future...more
11/15/2024
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China ,
Deregulation ,
Foreign Adversaries ,
Free Speech ,
Innovation ,
Machine Learning ,
National Security ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Research and Development ,
Risk Mitigation
Last week, the Secretary of the Treasury released a final proposed rule to implement the Biden administration’s August 2023 Executive Order on outbound investments.
The proposed rule seeks to “prevent countries of concern...more
7/1/2024
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Artificial Intelligence ,
CFIUS ,
China ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Investment ,
Hong Kong ,
Macau ,
National Security ,
Outbound Transactions ,
Prohibited Transactions ,
Proposed Rules ,
Semiconductors ,
Technology Sector ,
U.S. Treasury
Congress — Big Agenda & Little Time -
With the holidays behind us, Congress returned this week for the second half of the 118th Congress with a long list of items to address and, as the 2024 campaign season ramps up, limited...more
1/12/2024
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DEA ,
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
FCC ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Federal Highway Administration ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FERC ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Healthcare ,
Labor Shortage ,
Legislative Agendas ,
NHTSA ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Popular ,
Primary Elections ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Research and Development ,
Tariffs ,
Tax Incentives ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury
Welcome to this week's issue of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and its government affairs affiliate, ML Strategies.
The accelerating advances in artificial intelligence (“AI”) and the practical,...more
The second half of 2021 will be a busy stretch for Congress. In addition to the typical must-pass legislation, Democrats controlling both chambers and the White House are committed to several big spending bills, too. What...more
The bills listed reflect a relatively active cybersecurity agenda for the 117th Congress. As reflected in the proposed legislation, many Members are interested in focusing federal policy on matters such as supply chain...more
5/7/2021
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Foreign Relations ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Personal Information ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Supply Chain