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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.

Dina Powell McCormick: Ehemalige Trump-Beraterin wird Meta-Spitzenmanagerin
Dina Powell McCormick, Ex-Bankerin und -Beraterin von Präsident Trump, kommt in die Konzernspitze von Meta. Sie soll unter anderem KI-Projekte vorantreiben.

Weeks after the Trump administration lowered minimum wages for some temporary farmworkers,
the Trump Organization sought approval to hire 36 foreign workers for its Virginia winery at a pay rate nearly $2 an hour below what it previously offered
—highlighting the company’s continued reliance on overseas labor even as Donald Trump argues Americans are being pushed out of jobs

Trump Vineyard Seeks Foreign Workers At Lower Wages After Trump Administration Policy Shift
Records show the Trump Organization has requested over 2,000 foreign workers since 2008. Its latest request seeks a $13.90 hourly wage—the lowest the winery has offered since 2021.

Take the good news where you can find it: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/12/orsted-rhode-island-wind-project-trump

Auto worker calls Trump "Pedophile Protector" - Trump flips him off
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/1/13/2363294/-Auto-worker-calls-Trump-Pedophile-Protector-Trump-flips-him-off

Trump says Microsoft will "ensure" Americans don't face higher bills due to data centers' power use and Big Tech must "pay their own way" for their data centers (Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-micr

Trump says that Microsoft will 'ensure' Americans don't 'pick up the tab' for its data center power consumption
President Donald Trump said that tech companies must pay for their own data centers without spiking utility bills for American households.

Trump was sued on Friday by preservationists
asking a federal court to halt his White House ballroom project until it goes through multiple independent reviews and wins approval from Congress.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a privately funded group,
is asking the U.S. District Court to block Trump’s White House ballroom project,
which already has involved razing the East Wing,
until it goes through comprehensive design reviews, environmental asses…

Trump sued by preservationists over White House ballroom project
President Donald Trump has been sued by preservationists seeking an architecture review and congressional approval over his White House ballroom project. The National Trust for Historic Preservation is asking a federal court to stop Trump’s White House ballroom project until it goes through comprehensive design reviews, public comments and wins approval from Congress. The National Trust argues that Trump, by fast-tracking the project, has committed multiple violations of the Administrative Pr…

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 gave the middle finger to a heckler during a campaign tour at a Ford plant in Michigan Jan. 13,
-- mouthing "F you" in what the White House described as
"an appropriate and unambiguous response."
The ruffian was touring a Ford F-150 assembly facility in Dearborn when a worker on the plant floor shouted what sounded like
“pedophile protector”
as Trump stood on an elevated walkway
Trump turned toward the person and appeared to respond…

Trump flips off 'lunatic' heckler at Ford plant in Detroit
A cell phone video shows Trump flipping off a heckler at a Ford facility in what the White House says was 'an appropriate' response

Wall Street decries the government putting its thumb on the scale
— except when the thumb belongs to Trump
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-attacks-free-markets-wall-street-1235498727/<…

Wall Street Is Dancing While Trump Assaults Free Markets. It Won’t End Well
Donald Trump has been attacking free markets, including by going after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. It won't end well.