Madhu Gottumukkala, acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, testifies during the DHS oversight hearing in the Cannon House office building on Jan. 21, 2026. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)
As the U.S. promises a light-touch approach to AI regulation, businesses and other stakeholders must work out the rules of the road for themselves.
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Ballots arrive at the Fulton County Elections Hub and Operation Center on election night on November 5, 2024 in Fairburn, Georgia. The FBI carried out a raid on the Fulton County election offices (Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images)
State election officials pressed White House officials for their legal rationale and expressed concern about the impact of similar raids tied to the 2026 elections.
Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, looks on as U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Oct. 7, 2025. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
DEK: In a scathing opinion, Judge David Carter called the federal government’s demands for unredacted voter data “unprecedented and illegal.” (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)
Sean Plankey, of Pennsylvania, responds to questioning during Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearings to examine his nomination to be Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, of the Department of Homeland Security, in the Dirksen Senate office building, in Washington, DC, on Wednesday July 24, 2025. (Mattie Neretin/CNP/Sipa USA)
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 18: A U.S. flag and the flag of the U.S. Department of Energy fly outside its building on March 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. DEK: Under the Trump administration, the Department of Energy’s cybersecurity office is planning to shift focus from “traditional” research and development to “AI dominance.” (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
A Trump administration official endorsed a slate of congressional bills Tuesday targeting cybersecurity in the energy sector while touting the office’s new emphasis on AI-driven cyber defenses.…
NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 5: Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are seen in handcuffs after landing at a Manhattan helipad, escorted by heavily armed Federal agents as they make their way into an armored car en route to a Federal courthouse in Manhattan on January 5, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by XNY/Star Max/GC Images)
After the U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro, fake AI-driven media quickly flooded the internet, while Trump allies revived debunked theories of rigged voting machines.