Texas Politicians Make Headway in Effort to Wrench Space Shuttle From Smithsonian

Senator Blackburn Pulls Support for AI Moratorium in Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Amid Backlash

After critics called the bill a “get-out-jail-free-card” for Big Tech that could make it nearly impossible to rein in social media platforms, Senator Marsha Blackburn killed her own compromise.

Trump and his ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ just put the Senate in play for Democrats

The president may get his major domestic policy agenda over the finish line, but it will come at a major cost, Eric Garcia writes from the US Senate

Texas senators want to take Discovery space shuttle away from Smithsonian

Two Texas Republicans want to use taxpayer dollars to seize the Space Shuttle Discovery from the National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center and move it to Texas. The senators from the Lone Star State added legislation to One Big Beautiful Bill that would move Discovery from Northern Virginia to Texas. Air and Space Museum Director Chris Browne said he...

Texas politicians make headway in effort to wrench space shuttle from Smithsonian

An effort to move shuttle Discovery has merged with the One Big Beautiful Bill.

Republican senators cut deal to limit state AI rules in ‘big, beautiful’ bill

Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn and Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz (R-Texas) unveiled a new deal Sunday aimed at pacifying a growing GOP revolt over a moratorium on state regulation of artificial intelligence over the next decade if states want access to key funding.

Senators Reach Compromise To Exempt Right Of Publicity Laws From AI Moratorium In Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill”

One of the most divisive provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act among Republicans has been a 10-year moratorium on state AI laws and regulation. On Sunday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), a champion of the moratorium, reached a compromise with Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), who has objected to the provision. She has pointed to the possibility that her state’s ELVIS Act, passed last year to root out AI deepfakes and other unauthorized uses of artist…