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The order asks AI companies to voluntarily submit their most powerful models for the government to test up to 30 days before releasing them to the public.

The massive spending and heated rhetoric reveal a great deal about the contours of Silicon Valley's political fault lines and competing visions of what the future should look like.

Scott Kwiatkowski from takes part in a demonstration at the Utah State Capitol to oppose the construction of a data center in the state on May 23, 2026 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Support and opposition to artificial intelligence is drawing tens of millions of dollars of spending during the midterm election cycle.

The massive spending and heated rhetoric in midterm races reflect the AI industry's political fault lines and competing visions of what the future should look like.

Super PACs with ties to the artificial intelligence industry are spending millions to influence midterm elections this year.

Updated July 16, 2026 at 9:05 PM CDT The White House has released a series of documents that President Trump said in a primetime address reveals "shocking vulnerabilities in our election infrastructure."

He alleges "shocking vulnerabilities" in voting Topline: President Trump, who for years has sowed doubt about the security of American elections, spoke tonight about election integrity.

President Trump, who for years has sowed doubt about the security of American elections, raised claims on Thursday that the country's voting systems are vulnerable to being "rigged and stolen," without providing new evidence of a single fraudulent vote cast in any election.

President Trump addresses the nation from the East Room of the White House.

The agreement gives American companies priority access to nuclear reactors and fuel to Saudi Arabia. It's expected to last decades and be worth billions of dollars.