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Policymakers behind key state AI bills scoff at Trump's EO; some GOP governors are pushing ahead with their own AI bills; Steve Bannon says Sacks misled Trump (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/12/trump-states-defiant-ai-executive-order

States defiant in face of Trump's AI executive order
States are forging ahead with AI laws despite President Trump's new executive order aimed at reining them in.

The NYT says it won't be deterred in its work after Trump posted on Truth Social that reporting by The NYT and others about his health was "seditious" (David Bauder/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-health-press-new…

New York Times says it won't be deterred from writing about Trump's health
The New York Times and President Donald Trump are fighting again. The news outlet said Wednesday it won't be deterred by Trump's “false and inflammatory language” from writing about the 79-year-old president's health. The Times has done a handful of stories on that topic recently, including an opinion column that said Trump is “starting to give President Joe Biden vibes.” In a Truth Social post, Trump said it might be treasonous for outlets like the Times to do “FAKE” reports about …

Yesterday, Trump gave passes to all his convicted cronies who are now scott free.
Trump voters & people who didn't vote: This is your fault.
✅ Trump issues pardons for Rudy Giuliani and others in fake elector plot - The Independent
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Trump issues pardons for Rudy Giuliani, Sydney Powell and others involved in 2020 fake elector scheme
Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s disbarred and disgraced former attorney, joins other Trumpworld loyalists in receiving an unconditional pardon

The Trump administration is reportedly trying to strongarm the International Criminal Court (ICC) into changing its founding document
to carve out an exception for Donald Trump and his top officials
ensuring that they are never prosecuted by the court for potential war crimes.
The administration is threatening the ICC with yet more sanctions
if they do not amend the Rome Statute, which established the court in 2002,
to ensure Trump and his administration’s top …

Trump Administration Reportedly Pushing ICC to Exempt Trump From War Crimes Prosecution
“This is rogue state behavior,” one expert said.

tiktok is heading toward being full maga.
If your business or life is centered on that app, take steps now to change that.
I am happy to help however I can.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-p…

Barron Trump tipped for top job at TikTok after dad tells users they ‘owe’ him for saving platform
The president has previously claimed that users ‘owe’ Barron Trump for saving the social media platform in a video from the Oval Office

Trump's AI EO directs federal agencies to look into withholding federal funding for states that introduce "burdensome" AI regulations (Gerrit De Vynck/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/12/11/trump-executive-ord…

Trump defies GOP critics by signing controversial order threatening states over AI laws
Trump’s latest executive order attempts to punish states that regulate artificial intelligence technology, a policy that has triggered division in the GOP.

Trump orders Defense Dept. to issue military paychecks during shutdown

Trump said that the Pentagon would repurpose money to make payroll,
as military service members were poised to miss paychecks on Wednesday.
Most other government workers will not be paid.
https://www.…

Trump orders Defense Dept. to issue military paychecks during shutdown
Trump said that the Pentagon would repurpose money to make payroll, as military service members were poised to miss paychecks on Wednesday. Most other government workers will not be paid.

Trump says the US would impose an extra 100% tariff on imports from China and export controls on "any and all critical software" from November 1 (Dan Mangan/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/10/trump-trade-tariffs-china-software.html

Trump puts extra 100% tariff on China imports, adds export controls on 'critical software'
President Trump's announcement followed a move by China imposing export controls on rare earths minerals from that nation.

A federal judge on Monday
struck down Donald Trump’s executive order blocking wind energy projects,
saying the effort to halt virtually all leasing of wind farms on federal lands and waters was
“arbitrary and capricious” and violates U.S. law.
Judge Patti Saris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
vacated Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order blocking wind energy projects and declared it unlawful.
Saris ruled in favor of a coalition of…

Federal judge throws out Trump order blocking development of wind energy
A federal judge has struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking wind energy projects, saying the effort to halt virtually all leasing of wind farms on federal lands and waters was “arbitrary and capricious” and violates U.S. law. Judge Patti Saris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts vacated Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order. Saris ruled in favor of a coalition of state attorneys general from 17 states and Washington, D.C., led by New York's attor…

In his EO, Trump orders US AG Pam Bondi to create an "AI Litigation Task Force" that meets regularly with David Sacks to challenge "inconsistent" state AI laws (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/ai/trump-orders-c

Trump orders creation of litigation task force to challenge state AI laws
On Thursday evening, President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for a single regulatory framework governing artificial intelligence in the US...