Trump's push to overrule AI regulation falters as Republicans split

• Trump says federal regulations would avoid state-level “patchwork”
• Lawmakers say states are in a better position to react more quickly
• Trump accused of siding with Big Tech

An important conflict is playing out over whether the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) should block state-level AI regulations, and President Trump is pressuring Republicans to include a nationwide ban on state AI laws in the NDAA.

Trump argues that a single federal standard would be necessary in avoiding a “patchwork of 50 State Regulatory Regimes.”

In a Truth post, the President wrote: “Overregulation by the States is threatening to undermine this Major Growth ‘Engine’… If we don’t, then China will easily catch us in the AI race.”