The draft order comes after Republicans in Congress failed to pass a federal ban on state AI regulation, as more lawmakers raise concerns about the technology.

A leaked draft shows the White House pushing federal AI standards that could override state laws, reshape regulation and spark a major showdown over America’s AI future.

President Trump is taking aim at state artificial intelligence (AI) laws that his administration sees as threats to the growing industry and the U.S’s ability to dominate it. The clash with

President Donald Trump is considering pressuring states to stop regulating artificial intelligence. A draft executive order obtained by The Associated Press reveals the plan.

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

An executive order reportedly planned for Friday calls for applying a legal concept known as the “dormant commerce clause” to AI — an idea that has been percolating in tech-industry memos and certain legal scholarship for more than a year. And now it appears to have jumped directly into the White House’s policy thinking.

President Donald Trump has drafted an executive order that would block states from enforcing regulations around artificial intelligence, renewing an AI deregulation push that’s raising concerns among tech safety advocates and state lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

White House AI czar David Sacks has reportedly been leading the charge to kill the GAIN AI Act, which Nvidia says 'would restrict competition worldwide.'