Technology meets policy. The regulators, courts, and committees deciding what gets built and what gets blocked.
Michigan's Aug. 4 Democratic Senate primary between progressive Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens is emerging as a test of whether AI and data center anxieties can move voters — and set the tone for how Democrats message on tech policy nationally.
Jay Goldberg · 21 HR AGO
The two largest AI political action committees have spent at least $44 million on 2026 midterm candidates through the end of June, drawing from a combined war chest of more than $200 million as the industry positions itself to shape the first national AI legislation.
Jay Goldberg · 2 DAYS AGO
Apple has begun testing DRAM chips from China's state-backed ChangXin Memory Technologies for devices sold in China, and is lobbying the U.S. government to permit broader use of CXMT's products, according to people familiar with the matter.
Marc Sabatini · 3 DAYS AGO
Federal and local agencies have deployed a $250 million surveillance network across U.S. World Cup host cities, combining counter-drone technology, facial recognition cameras, and expanded legal authorities — raising concerns the infrastructure will remain long after the summer's events conclude.
TechEchelon Staff · 7 DAYS AGO
Reps. Dan Meuser and Gil Cisneros are the first members of Congress known to have disclosed SpaceX stock purchases after the company's record $75 billion IPO in June, filings show, with more disclosures expected in coming weeks.
TechEchelon Staff · 8 DAYS AGO
Europe's top court upheld a 4.1 billion euro ($4.67 billion) antitrust fine against Google on Thursday, dismissing the company's appeal over alleged anti-competitive practices tied to its Android mobile operating system.
Marc Sabatini · 9 DAYS AGO
President Trump's annual financial disclosure shows more than $1 billion in cryptocurrency-related income, including roughly $594 million from World Liberty Financial, drawing sharp accusations of corruption from Democratic lawmakers.
Sara Montes de Oca · 10 DAYS AGO
An Indonesian corruption court sentenced former Education Minister Nadiem Makarim, co-founder of Gojek, to 10 years in prison over a Google Chromebook procurement scheme, ordering him to pay 809.6 billion rupiah in restitution.
Jay Goldberg · 11 DAYS AGO
The Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling preserving Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook's position, while a separate decision expanded presidential authority to remove members of agencies such as the FTC — with significant consequences for consumers and regulators alike.
Sara Montes de Oca · 11 DAYS AGO
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Monday that President Trump cannot fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook for now, rejecting the administration's bid to stay a lower court order while her lawsuit challenging her dismissal proceeds.
TechEchelon Staff · 12 DAYS AGO
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Sunday that a democratic socialist can be elected to any office in the country, including the presidency, while also declining to support a constitutional change that would allow the Uganda-born mayor to run himself.
Marc Sabatini · 13 DAYS AGO
The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that federal pesticide law preempts state failure-to-warn claims against Bayer's Monsanto over Roundup's glyphosate, effectively limiting a wave of cancer-related lawsuits and sending Bayer shares up 15.75%.
Marc Sabatini · 16 DAYS AGO
Google's YouTube has settled a California lawsuit brought by a minor who alleged the platform harmed his mental health, with confidential terms announced ahead of a second state trial targeting social media companies set to begin July 27.
Marc Sabatini · 17 DAYS AGO
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued Kentucky on Tuesday after the state targeted prediction market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket, making Kentucky the first Republican-led state to face federal legal action in the ongoing jurisdictional battle.
Marc Sabatini · 17 DAYS AGO
AI companies have poured more than $20 million into New York's 12th congressional district primary, turning a Manhattan House race into the defining early battleground over federal AI regulation.
Marc Sabatini · 18 DAYS AGO
Bill Pulte is set to become acting director of national intelligence on Friday after President Trump blocked Jay Clayton's Senate confirmation hearing, tying it to the passage of a Voter ID bill and a separate nomination — a move that has drawn rare bipartisan alarm over national security.
Jay Goldberg · 23 DAYS AGO
The Department of Justice has filed a motion in a Mississippi federal court to dismiss the NAACP's Clean Air Act lawsuit against SpaceX, arguing that shutting down power at xAI's Memphis-area data centers would threaten national security and military AI operations.
Sara Montes de Oca · 25 DAYS AGO
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