Trump, explaining his decision to sign the order, said he believes the AI industry can’t excel under a patchwork of state regulations.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at blocking states from crafting their own regulations for artificial intelligence, saying the burgeoning industry is at risk of being stifled by a patchwork of onerous rules while in a battle with Chinese competitors for supremacy.

The order would allow the Justice Department to punish states with rules deemed restrictive for AI, in a move to bring the U.S. under one federal standard.

NPR was in court for a pivotal hearing arguing that the Trump administration had broken the law with its treatment of public media.

The House voted to repeal President Donald Trump's executive order from earlier this year that aimed to remove collective bargaining rights for hundreds of thousands of federal employees.

The rare bipartisan vote, 231-195, marks the first time the House has voted to overturn an executive order from President Donald Trump this term.

President Donald Trump is pressuring states to stop regulating artificial intelligence in a new executive order.

We have to be unified. China is unified because they have one vote and that’s President Xi [Xinping],” Trump said, speaking in the Oval Office.

Trump’s latest executive order attempts to punish states that regulate artificial intelligence technology, a policy that has triggered division in the GOP.