LexNext DC Tech Tracker
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Social Conservatives Should Have Melania’s Back on AI
April 9, 2026By Paul Steidler: Last week, First Lady Melania Trump again demonstrated that she is one of the most effective advocates for the responsible use of AI among children and that there are many reasons to ...
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A Provocative U.S. Challenge to the EU for a Tech Reset
April 1, 2026By Paul Steidler: In a powerful, riveting, and at times emotional speech today, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg urged the European Union to make fundamental economic r ...
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Why Democrats Will Shun the Sanders Ocasio-Cortez Data Center Bill
March 26, 2026By Paul Steidler: Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders of Vermont, with support from Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, yesterday introduced legislation that will require an indefinite moratorium ...
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Google Closes on Wiz Acquisition
March 11, 2026By Paul Steidler: There is significant news today in the antitrust, cybersecurity, and cloud storage realms: Google has completed its major acquisition of Wiz, a leading cloud and #AI security company ...
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Why Today’s White House Pledge Agreement on Electric Rates Matters
March 4, 2026By Paul Steidler: President Donald Trump took a break from prosecuting the war with Iran Wednesday afternoon to meet with leaders of seven tech companies building AI data centers and secure pledges th ...
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The Latest Stats on Datacenters and Residential Energy Costs
February 24, 2026By Paul Steidler: A short while ago, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its Electric Power Monthly, the most authoritative information about electricity prices in the U.S. and, ...
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On AI, “We’re Leading China By A Lot” Says Trump, But Electricity is Key
February 13, 2026By Rebecca Grant: On AI, “we’re leading China by a lot.” That’s what President Donald J. Trump told FOX Business host Larry Kudlow, who headed the National Economic Council for Trump from 2018 to 202 ...
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Gail Slater’s Interim DoJ Replacement: Five Things to Know
February 12, 2026By Paul Steidler: Following today’s sudden resignation of Gail Slater as Assistant Attorney General (AAG) of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DoJ’s) Antitrust Division, press accounts report Mr. Omee ...
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Governor Shapiro’s Statesmanlike Remarks on AI, Data Centers
February 5, 2026By Paul Steidler: There are certain issues of such high stakes for America, like who gets to the Moon first and responding to 9/11, where internal political warring weakens us and empowers our adversa ...
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Israel and America Up Their AI Collaboration
January 23, 2026By Paul Steidler: The United States and Israel have long, close, informal ties between our tech sectors, and that relationship is poised to grow soon, with a special focus on AI. Two recent events are ...