LexNext DC Tech Tracker
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FTC and Solid Rocket Motors
May 7, 2026By Rebecca Grant: Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson is a breath of fresh air, and he’s scored major wins on everything from drug prices to “Made in the USA” factory standards. Now i ...
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Beyond Fearmongering: How Sen. Sanders Can Serve Vermonters on AI
April 28, 2026By Paul Steidler: This Wednesday evening, April 29, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) will hold a controversial forum, “The Existential Threat of AI.” As an added draw to the doom and gloom, he has recrui ...
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Time to Confront Industrialized Cyber Scams Targeting the Vulnerable
April 24, 2026By Paul Steidler: Ever wonder where those daily and more frequent scam calls originate from? Increasingly, the answer is a foreign-based, sophisticated, industrialized facility where victims of human ...
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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 ...