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semafor.com > article > 09 > 10 > 2026 > conservatives-divided-on-ai-regulation-forum-dallas

AI loses a Dallas debate

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (332+ words) A few minutes before Donald Trump got on stage in Dallas Wednesday night, Joe Allen was warning a hard-right crowd across town about immigration. “You look at the data center, this incubator for algorithmic immigrants,” he said. “They’ve already broken…...

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semafor.com > article > 09 > 10 > 2026 > bipartisan-ai-safety-bill-gains-momentum-on-the-hill

Exclusive: Bipartisan AI safety bill gains momentum on the Hill

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (285+ words) An AI safety bill may be introduced by senators from both parties as early as next week. The ScoopCongress isn’t back to Washington yet, but some lawmakers were jolted awake by a round of dire AI warnings from a…...

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semafor.com > article > 09 > 08 > 2026 > senate-republicans-say-crypto-bill-likely-to-fail

Exclusive: Senate Republicans say crypto bill likely to fail

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (140+ words) Republican senators are warning that the Senate’s bipartisan cryptocurrency regulatory bill is likely to fail next week when the chamber returns. There’s been little movement on the key Democratic demand, an ethics component governing the president and his family, according…...

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semafor.com > article > 09 > 04 > 2026 > us-needs-nimble-approach-to-technological-governance

View: US needs nimble approach to technological governance

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (205+ words) The new law comes as the feasibility of AI oversight is in question for being impossible and too expensive. A new California law passed earlier this week creates a framework for “Independent Verification Organizations” that can test frontier AI…...

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semafor.com > article > 09 > 04 > 2026 > key-law-enforcement-group-flips-on-crypto-bill

Exclusive: Key law enforcement group flips on crypto bill

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (168+ words) The National Sheriffs’ Association is dropping its opposition to landmark cryptocurrency legislation after spending months pushing back on it, signaling momentum ahead of a Senate vote later this month. “Given the complexity of the legislation and the number of important…...

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semafor.com > article > 08 > 20 > 2026 > trump-embraces-divisive-crypto-exchange

Trump embraces divisive crypto exchange

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (153+ words) President Donald Trump’s on-camera openness to US market access for Hyperliquid, a Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange that allows its users to trade anonymously, won’t thrill its domestic competitors. Intercontinental Exchange Inc. and CME Group Inc. recently urged US officials to rein…...

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semafor.com > article > 08 > 19 > 2026 > white-house-mix-up-delayed-sec-crypto-rule

Exclusive: White House mix-up delayed SEC crypto rule

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (276+ words) The Securities and Exchange Commission delayed its release of a regulatory framework for certain digital assets following White House officials’ concerns that a separate but related rule could bog down cryptocurrency legislation, people familiar with the process told Semafor. The…...