On December 11, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order directing the federal government to build a “minimally burdensome” national framework for AI and to push back against state AI laws the Administration views as harmful to innovation. The EO takes a new, novel approach via Executive Branch authority, creating an AI Litigation Task Force and asking the U.S. Department of Commerce to evaluate state AI laws and identify “onerous” laws (explicitly citing laws that require models to “alter their truthful outputs”.)
