Technology meets policy. The regulators, courts, and committees deciding what gets built and what gets blocked.
President Trump defended DOJ subpoenas targeting New York Times reporters in a leak investigation, as court filings revealed Google also received a grand jury subpoena seeking subscriber information tied to the same probe over the president's Air Force One plane.
Sara Montes de Oca · 103 DAYS AGO
President Trump announced a Section 301 trade probe into the European Union on Friday, warning of a "substantial" tariff after the EU fined Google 890 million euros for alleged noncompliance with the Digital Markets Act.
Marc Sabatini · 103 DAYS AGO
A Florida teenager who sued Meta and other social media companies over platform addiction dropped his case without receiving any payment, Meta said, ending a closely watched bellwether trial set to begin next week in Los Angeles.
TechEchelon Staff · 105 DAYS AGO
Rep. Jamie Raskin and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse introduced legislation Wednesday to bar foreign-owned or influenced U.S. companies from making political contributions, targeting what Democrats call loopholes created by the 2010 Citizens United ruling. The bill faces an unlikely path to passage with Republicans controlling both chambers.
Jay Goldberg · 105 DAYS AGO
A push for rapid data center construction is exposing divisions within the coalition that elected President Trump, as tech-aligned administration insiders clash with a rising conservative faction skeptical of big-tech infrastructure expansion.
Marc Sabatini · 106 DAYS AGO
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Major General Yevhenii Khmara, the country's acting security service chief, as acting defense minister following the dismissal of Mykhailo Fedorov, a move that sparked protests and legal questions.
TechEchelon Staff · 109 DAYS AGO
The Trump administration is asserting authority over which companies can access the most powerful AI models, launching a new clearinghouse called Gold Eagle and raising questions about the future of industry-led programs like Anthropic's Project Glasswing and OpenAI's Daybreak.
Sara Montes de Oca · 110 DAYS AGO
Leaked documents reviewed by The Insider, Der Spiegel, and Le Monde reveal that China and Russia have been coordinating at a previously undisclosed military forum on strategies to counter SpaceX's Starlink satellite network, which now comprises more than 10,000 satellites.
Jay Goldberg · 111 DAYS AGO
Trump Media & Technology Group announced Thursday it is launching a paid API giving customers real-time access to posts from top Truth Social accounts, including President Trump's, drawing ethics concerns over the intermingling of official communications and private financial interests.
Marc Sabatini · 111 DAYS AGO
President Trump publicly demanded New York reverse its first-in-the-nation moratorium on large AI data centers, while Senate confirmation hearings for Todd Blanche and Jay Clayton turned combative over a range of politically charged issues.
Sara Montes de Oca · 112 DAYS AGO
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is pausing state environmental permits for new hyperscale data centers for up to a year, making New York the first state to impose such a freeze on large-scale AI infrastructure.
Sara Montes de Oca · 113 DAYS AGO
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield has withdrawn his office's civil investigative demand against Paramount, ending the state's attempt to delay the company's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery after Paramount refused to hand over subpoenaed documents.
Sara Montes de Oca · 116 DAYS AGO
Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb, known for controversial claims about alien technology, has been named to lead the White House-backed UAP Science Advisory Council, a multidisciplinary body tasked with advising the federal government on unidentified anomalous phenomena.
Marc Sabatini · 116 DAYS AGO
The Commerce Department is moving to ease semiconductor export controls on the UAE and has pledged to "favorably review" applications involving MGX, the state-backed firm that used a Trump family-linked stablecoin for its $2 billion Binance investment. Sen. Elizabeth Warren called the provision "corrupt."
Sara Montes de Oca · 117 DAYS AGO
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 · 117 DAYS 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 · 118 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 · 119 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 · 124 DAYS AGO
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