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Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., arrives for a vote in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

AI deepfakes bill advanced by Senate Judiciary Committee

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted June 18, 2026 at 4:38pm, Updated June 22, 2026 at 11:42am
House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James R. Comer, R-Ky., is leading an inquiry into prediction markets.

Prediction markets put under spotlight by House Oversight panel

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted May 22, 2026 at 3:27pm
Bill Miller, CEO of the American Gaming Association, speaks with former GOP Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, a senior adviser at The Coalition for Prediction Markets, before Wednesday's hearing.

Tensions over prediction markets dominate Senate hearing

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted May 20, 2026 at 4:17pm
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., talks with reporters in the Capitol on Thursday. HIs bill that would restrict companion chatbots to adults was advanced in committee.

Ban on kids’ companion chatbots advanced by Senate committee

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted April 30, 2026 at 2:03pm, Updated at 3:55pm
Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is the lead sponsor of the legislation. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Family accounts would be mandated for kids in chatbots bill

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted April 29, 2026 at 5:59am
Lutnick testifies on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Lutnick urges boost for trade enforcement at BIS

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted April 24, 2026 at 6:30am
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., attends a Senate Commerce hearing on April 15.

Social media verdicts could buoy online regulatory bills

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted April 20, 2026 at 3:23pm
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a batch of 56 Starlink internet satellites launches from Cape Canaveral in Florida on March 24, 2023.

House satellites licensing bill leaves out Senate compromise

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted April 17, 2026 at 11:48am
House Energy and Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie speaks at a news conference in the Capitol on Nov. 18, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Winning the AI ‘arms race’ holds appeal for both parties

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted April 14, 2026 at 5:00am
Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Va., offered a substitute amendment to the first-responder network bill.

First-responder network reauthorization advances

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted March 25, 2026 at 7:29pm
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., conduct a news conference to announce their artificial intelligence data center bill in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Data center moratorium pitched as counter to AI impacts

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted March 25, 2026 at 7:17pm
House leadership and key committee chairs, including Energy and Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie, right, and Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, immediately offered support for the White House proposal.

White House AI framework calls for preemption of state laws

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted March 20, 2026 at 7:57pm
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., speaks during a Senate Commerce Committee panel hearing in January. Her artificial intelligence standards draft bill comes as the Trump administration seeks to limit states' AI regulations. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

AI draft bill would revamp online landscape

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted March 19, 2026 at 6:00am
Witnesses prepare to testify on Wednesday. Seen from left are Daphne Keller of Stanford Law School, Nadine Farid Johnson of the Knight First Amendment Institute, Matthew Bergman of the Social Media Victims Law Center and Brad Carson of Americans for Responsible Innovation.

Online liability shield still a lightning rod after 30 years

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted March 18, 2026 at 4:00pm
Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer is among Republicans who have pushed the Trump administration over its handling of the federal broadband expansion program.

Broadband program uncertainty has lawmakers, states on watch

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted March 12, 2026 at 6:00am
Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., speaks at a hearing on U.S. artificial intelligence policy on Sept. 10, 2025. The Senate on Thursday passed his bill that would expand a 1998-era childrens' online privacy law. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Kids online safety bills move forward from Senate, House panel

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted March 6, 2026 at 6:02am
Sen. Ted Cruz and President Donald Trump talk in the Oval Office on Dec. 11, 2025, where Trump signed his executive order that seeks to curb states' ability to regulate artificial intelligence. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

What to watch from Trump’s national AI standard

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted March 3, 2026 at 1:25pm
Senate Judiciary Chair Charles E. Grassley is pictured in the Capitol on Dec. 9, 2025.

Senate Judiciary advances child online safety measures

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted February 26, 2026 at 1:50pm
An aerial view shows cooling vent fans on the roof next to generators on the lower level of a Digital Realty data center in Ashburn, Va. on Nov. 12, 2025.

Trump touts push to contain AI energy costs

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted February 24, 2026 at 11:06pm
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai lead a panel at the Google Midlothian Data Center on Nov. 14, 2025 in Midlothian, Texas. Google announced that it planned to invest $40 billion in new Texas data centers through 2027. (Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)

State politics color reception to Trump’s AI ‘framework’ order

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted February 19, 2026 at 6:00am
Ranking member Maria Cantwell speaks during the Senate Commerce Committee business meeting and hearing on Thursday, next to Chairman Ted Cruz. The committee also heard testimony on the January 2025 crash at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Satellite licensing bill advances after Cruz, Cantwell deal

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted February 12, 2026 at 5:00pm
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick testifies before the Senate Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Subcommittee on Tuesday.

Senators press Lutnick over connections with Epstein

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted February 10, 2026 at 1:53pm
Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., chairs the House panel that plans to take up a bill that would revamp FirstNet.

First-responders network faced with calls for change

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted February 6, 2026 at 4:53pm
Chair Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and ranking member Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., talk before the start of a Senate Commerce Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Dec. 17, 2025.

Cruz’s satellite licensing bill faces longer delay

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted February 4, 2026 at 6:23pm
Senate Commerce Chair. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is seen in the Capitol on Jan. 29. His bill would set time limits on FCC review of satellite proposals. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Senate panel delays action on satellite licensing bill

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted February 3, 2026 at 2:30pm
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., right, backed by other lawmakers, speaks with Paris Hilton at her side outside the Capitol on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Paris Hilton joins House advocates behind deepfakes bill

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted January 22, 2026 at 6:31pm
Rep. Brian Mast speaks to reporters in the Capitol on Wednesday. He chaired a committee meeting in which his AI chip exports bill was approved.

Chip export bill advances in House Foreign Affairs

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted January 21, 2026 at 5:00pm
Former Oklahoma Democratic Rep. Brad Carson is pictured in the Hart Senate Office Building on Dec. 16.

Brad Carson’s latest role puts him in the fight over AI

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted January 21, 2026 at 6:00am
Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, testifies Wednesday during the House Science, Space and Technology research subcommittee hearing on national AI strategy.

White House holds back on national AI framework specifics

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted January 14, 2026 at 4:03pm
Elon Musk attends President Donald Trump’s address to Congress on March 4, 2025.

Senate passes bill targeting nonconsensual deepfake images

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted January 13, 2026 at 3:02pm
Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz, R-Texas, says he will propose legislation that would take on government pressure on social media.

Can Congress find a path on government ‘jawboning’ limits?

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted December 24, 2025 at 7:00am
FCC Chair Brendan Carr testifies during the Senate Commerce hearing on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senators press FCC’s Carr in wake of Kimmel controversy

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted December 17, 2025 at 3:27pm
Constellation's Clinton Clean Energy Center’s single nuclear reactor power plant is seen on July 25, 2025 in Clinton, Ill. Meta recently signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Constellation for the output from the plant.

DOE using its own land to help pair AI centers, nuclear reactors

By Kelly Livingston and Allison Mollenkamp
Posted December 15, 2025 at 11:13am
President Donald Trump hands a pen to Senior White House Policy Advisor on AI Sriram Krishnan after signing the AI executive order while Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz, second from left, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick look on in the Oval Office on Thursday. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

With executive order, Trump moves to undo state AI laws

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted December 11, 2025 at 9:04pm
House Energy and Commerce ranking member Frank Pallone Jr. is pictured outside the Capitol in September. Pallone and other Democrats objected to GOP revisions to the Kids’ Online Safety Act proposal.

House panel advances kids online safety bills

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted December 11, 2025 at 4:41pm
President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the White House on Nov. 6.

Trump pledges executive action to counter state AI laws

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted December 8, 2025 at 6:45pm
House Energy and Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., left, and ranking member Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., at a markup in May. Pallone praised some of the bipartisan broadband bills but said the permitting overhaul was an "unfunded mandate." (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

House panel approves broadband permitting overhaul

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted December 4, 2025 at 8:18am
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., conducts a news conference at the Republican National Committee after a meeting of the House Republican Conference on Tuesday. Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., right, and Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, also appear. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

House online safety bills take narrower approach than Senate

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted December 2, 2025 at 5:42pm
“The president is pressing forward,” Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told reporters. “We'll see what happens.”

White House isn’t giving up on AI regulations ban

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted November 21, 2025 at 5:20am
Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., is leading the bipartisan resolution in support of AI chip sales limits. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Senate measure would support limits on AI chip sales to China

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted November 6, 2025 at 6:55pm
Markham Erickson, left, vice president of government affairs and public policy at Google, and Neil Potts, vice president of public policy at Meta, testify on Wednesday.

Tech execs give qualified backing to ‘jawboning’ legislation

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted October 29, 2025 at 3:48pm
Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley is pictured in the Capitol on Oct. 16. His bill has initial support from another Republican senator and two Democrats.

Senators unveil bipartisan chatbot child safety bill

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted October 28, 2025 at 4:08pm, Updated October 29, 2025 at 3:23pm
Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., walks up the House steps for a vote in the Capitol on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023.

Democrats keep focus on cybersecurity during shutdown

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted October 27, 2025 at 12:56pm
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office on Oct. 22 holding a rendition of the White House ballroom he plans to build. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Democrats press White House over ballroom donations

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted October 27, 2025 at 11:35am
Sen. Gary Peters has introduced a bill that would reauthorize the CISA law for 10 years.

Lawmakers sound alarm over lapsed cybersecurity law

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted October 10, 2025 at 12:00pm
Sen. Josh Hawley speaks to reporters in the Capitol on Thursday. He has taken a visible role on AI regulation.

AI rush prompts raft of guardrail proposals

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted October 9, 2025 at 5:26pm
As chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, Sen. Ted Cruz is in a key position to advance his artificial intelligence proposals.

Cruz ‘sandbox’ plan for AI draws support, detractors

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted October 3, 2025 at 1:14pm
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr speaks onstage during the 2025 Concordia Annual Summit on Monday in New York. (John Lamparski/Getty Images for Concordia Annual Summit)

Questions surround FCC’s authority as Kimmel set to return

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted September 22, 2025 at 7:33pm
Cajun Broadband's materials are seen in Youngsville, La. in March. The company won a $33 million grant under the federal BEAD broadband program before it was revised by the Trump administration. (Kathleen Flynn for the Washington Post via Getty Images)

Cost, service questions loom over revamped broadband push

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted September 15, 2025 at 4:20pm
Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, testifies at a Senate Commerce Committee panel hearing on AI on Wednesday.(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Ted Cruz looks to advance Trump AI strategy with new framework

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted September 10, 2025 at 3:08pm
Former Meta Platforms researchers Jason Sattizahn and Cayce Savage appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee’s privacy panel on Tuesday.

Whistleblowers tell Senate panel Meta hid VR harms

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted September 9, 2025 at 8:23pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, seen here Thursday, says President Donald Trump "pulled the rug out from under" his own party.

Senators begin recess after giving up on nominations deal

By Allison Mollenkamp, Isha Raj-Silverman and Daniel Hillburn
Posted August 2, 2025 at 10:46pm
Chairman Tim Walberg, R-Mich. gavels the House Education and Workforce Committee to order earlier this year. The panel was one of two to take up a bill on Wednesday that would create a national framework as money flows to student athletes.

Should college athletes be employees? House panels say no

By Justin Papp and Allison Mollenkamp
Posted July 23, 2025 at 6:00pm
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla.

House GOP leaders cancel Thursday votes

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted July 22, 2025 at 11:56am
Linda McMahon testifies during her confirmation hearing in February. The Senate voted Monday to confirm her nomination as Education secretary. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senate confirms McMahon as Education secretary in party-line vote

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted March 3, 2025 at 6:51pm
Education Secretary nominee Linda McMahon arrives at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Wednesday.

Linda McMahon’s nomination to be Education secretary clears Senate hurdle

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted February 27, 2025 at 4:16pm
Former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., received the backing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee for her nomination to be Labor secretary. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senate panel approves Chavez-DeRemer for Labor secretary

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted February 27, 2025 at 11:16am
Secretary of Education nominee Linda McMahon testifies during her confirmation hearing on Feb. 13. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senate panel advances McMahon nomination for Education secretary

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted February 20, 2025 at 2:56pm
President Donald Trump joined clergy and members of Congress at the National Prayer Breakfast in Statuary Hall on Thursday morning.

At prayer breakfast inside the Capitol, Trump vows to ‘bring religion back’

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted February 6, 2025 at 1:29pm
Rep. Elise Stefanik, the nominee to be ambassador to the United Nations, told Senate Foreign Relations members last week that she favored “tailored cuts” in U.S. funding for the United Nations.

Senate panel backs Stefanik as Democrats protest foreign aid pause

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted January 30, 2025 at 1:07pm
Rep. Rick Crawford participates in a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on June 27, 2024.

Crawford named Intelligence panel chair, replacing Turner

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted January 16, 2025 at 3:54pm
Some candidates cite their experience working on the Hill as fuel for long-shot congressional bids of their own. Above, a voting sign is seen in on East Capitol Street in Washington in 2022.

Why run a long-shot campaign? These candidates explain

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted October 30, 2024 at 4:06pm
A young female protester wearing a helmet faces down helmeted and armed police officers at an anti-Vietnam War demonstration outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August 1968. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

’68 coverage shows what’s changed, and what hasn’t, about party conventions

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted August 21, 2024 at 2:57pm
Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, led the field advancing to the November election.

Peltola finishes well ahead of rivals in Alaska primary

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted August 21, 2024 at 7:14am
Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, is seeking a second full term in November in a state that backed Donald Trump over Joe Biden by 10 percentage points in 2020. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

GOP effort to oust Peltola may hinge on who finishes second

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted August 15, 2024 at 5:00am