Trump signs executive order for single national AI regulation framework, limiting power of states

Trump signs executive order for single national AI regulation framework, limiting power of states

Published Thu, Dec 11 2025

6:43 PM EST

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• President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order issuing a single regulation framework for artificial intelligence.

U.S. President Donald Trump looks on, as he signs an executive order on AI in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. Dec. 11, 2025.

Al Drago | Reuters

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday issuing a single regulation framework for artificial intelligence, undermining the power of individual states.

The Trump administration, with the aid of AI and crypto czar David Sacks, has been pursuing a path that would allow federal rules to preempt state regulations on AI, a move meant to keep big Democratic-led states like California and New York from exerting their control over the growing industry.

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