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House Passes Federal Tech Procurement Bill Without Senate Backing

House Passes Federal Tech Procurement Bill Without Senate Backing
House Passes Federal Tech Procurement Bill Without Senate Backing
July 21, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

The House passed a bill Monday (July 20) that its supporters said would improve federal technology procurement. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Global Payments May Feel US CBDC Ban First
Global Payments May Feel US CBDC Ban First
July 13, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Nothing visibly changed in American payments when the clock struck midnight on Saturday (July 11). Consumers still used cards, bank accounts and cash, and businesses...

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Bipartisan AI Bill Is Getting Preempted by Bipartisan Resistance
Bipartisan AI Bill Is Getting Preempted by Bipartisan Resistance
July 07, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Efforts to enact comprehensive federal artificial intelligence (AI) regulations keep getting preempted. In the most recent example, a bipartisan discussion draft of the Great American...

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White House Signals Hands-On Approach to Oversight of AI Systems
White House Signals Hands-On Approach to Oversight of AI Systems
July 06, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

From hands-off to hands-on. The Trump administration increasingly is taking a direct role in overseeing the release of the most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) models,...

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Trump Threatens 100% Tariffs if European Countries Tax US Tech Firms
Trump Threatens 100% Tariffs if European Countries Tax US Tech Firms
June 26, 2026  |  Business

President Donald Trump said Friday (June 26) that he will impose a 100% tariff on goods from any country that imposes a digital services tax...

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OpenAI Restricts Access to Latest AI Models at US Government Request
OpenAI Restricts Access to Latest AI Models at US Government Request
June 26, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI said Friday (June 26) that it is limiting the release of its new GPT-5.6 series artificial intelligence (AI) models to a small group of...

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House Bill Would Require Frontier AI Developers to Report Dangerous Activity
House Bill Would Require Frontier AI Developers to Report Dangerous Activity
June 25, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

A bill introduced Thursday (June 25) in the U.S. House would require developers of frontier artificial intelligence (AI) models to report the models’ dangerous capabilities,...

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Senate Housing Bill Bans CBDCs Until 2030
Senate Housing Bill Bans CBDCs Until 2030
June 23, 2026  |  CBDC

A four-year ban on the development of a U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC) is included in a housing affordability bill that was passed Monday...

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