Trump is trying to preempt state AI laws via an executive order. It may not be legal

President Trump, center, and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, right, listen as U.S. Sen Ted Cruz, R-Tex. speaks during a signing ceremony for an executive order on AI at the White House on Dec. 11, 2025. Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images

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The Trump administration is seeking to challenge state laws regulating the artificial intelligence industry, according to an executive order the president signed on Thursday,

The order directs the Justice Department to set up an “AI Litigation Task Force” to sue states over their AI-related laws and also directs the the Federal Trade Commission and

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