News Alert | Trump Gives Big Tech Early Christmas Gift With AI Order
Trump Gives Big Tech Friends an Early Christmas Gift With Order Against State AI Regulations “This reward to Big Tech is a disgraceful invitation to reckless behavior by the world’s largest corporations,” said one watchdog group. US President Donald Trump displays a signed executive order crypto czar David Sacks and others look on in the Oval Office on December 11, 2025. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at preventing state-level regulation of the burgeoning artificial intelligence industry, a gift to tech corporations that bankrolled his inauguration and are currently funding his White House ballroom project. Trump’s order instructs the US Justice Department to establish an AI Litigation Task Force with a single mandate: sue states that enact AI laws that the administration deems “onerous and excessive.” The order also threatens to withhold federal funding from states that implement AI regulations. excer...