LexNext DC Tech Tracker
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Next Stop in the President’s AI Buildout: The World
July 16, 2025By Paul Steidler: In what may go down as the mother of all economic development events, President Trump yesterday announced $90 billion in investments for the construction of AI data centers and relat ...
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EU Rebuffs Its Leading Companies; Pushes Ahead with Stringent AI Act
July 8, 2025By Paul Steidler: In March 2024, the European Union adopted the world’s most comprehensive legislation on artificial intelligence, setting sweeping rules for developers and many restrictions on how th ...
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Canada Scraps Digital Tax
June 30, 2025By Rebecca Grant: Over the weekend, Canada slammed the brakes on their Digital Services Tax after President Donald J. Trump threatened to end trade negotiations. U.S. companies, such as Amazon, Meta, ...
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Israel: America’s Critical Cybersecurity Ally
June 20, 2025By Paul Steidler: The United States and Israel have a strong and mutually beneficial working relationship on cybersecurity cooperation, which has been quietly yielding major benefits for both countrie ...
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Use AI Heavily on Regulations, Not Vice Versa
June 10, 2025By Paul Steidler: AI regulation is getting a lot of attention in Washington these days, and deservedly so. Congress has shown it can enact sensible AI regulation when needed. It should do more: hold t ...
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The President’s Budget and Antitrust Programs
June 2, 2025By Paul Steidler: On May 30, the White House released its Fiscal Year 2026 budget appendix, which calls for cutting the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) budget by 10 percent and freezing spending le ...
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A Push to Accelerate Nuclear Power for AI Data Centers and More
May 29, 2025By Paul Steidler: On May 23, President Trump issued an Executive Order to reform the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) so that it makes decisions on existing and new forms of nuclear power fast ...
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DOGE and Modernized Antitrust Enforcement
May 15, 2025By Paul Steidler: In order for the savings and benefits of DOGE to be realized to the greatest and longest extent possible, legislation is essential. DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, is, ...
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The Forging of Pope Leo XIV’s Tech and AI Mindset – And Why it Matters
May 12, 2025By Paul Steidler: Look for Pope Leo XIV to weigh in often on AI issues, as he did two days ago in one of his first Papal talks, and for his views to be carefully evaluated by important U.S. policymake ...
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The Big Things Gail Slater Omitted in Her Notre Dame Speech
April 30, 2025By Paul Steidler: In a major speech on Monday, April 28, at the University of Notre Dame Law School, U.S. Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Gail Slater addressed “The Conservative ...