White House rolls out AI blueprint

The White House’s public release frames the effort around six named objectives — including child protections, IP safeguards and workforce training — as its roadmap for Congressional drafting. (whitehouse.gov) The administration’s paperwork tells lawmakers to rely on existing federal agencies and courts instead of creating a new AI regulator, a position the White House reiterated in the accompanying legislative recommendations. (politico.com) Sen. Marsha Blackburn circulated a discussion draft this week — dubbed the “Trump America AI Act” — that runs to roughly 300 pages and would impose a statutory “duty of care” on AI developers while phasing out certain platform immunities under Section 230. (rollcall.com) Major technology firms and newer AI entrants have been intensifying lobbying in Washington: filings and industry trackers show Big Tech and AI companies accounted for at least $140 million in federal lobbying spending in early 2025 as they pushed policy priorities into this legislative window. (instituteofinterneteconomics.org) The White House document also includes specific infrastructure language — urging streamlined permitting for data centers and a “ratepayer protection” pledge to prevent utility costs from being shifted to consumers — a set of priorities that data-center proponents have lobbied for aggressively. (whitehouse.gov) Legal analysts and Bloomberg Law flagged that statutory changes on these points are likely to spark preemption litigation and jurisdictional fights over which federal agencies can assert primacy, even as key Senate and House negotiators begin markups. (news.bloomberglaw.com)