The Trump administration announced Monday that it is exempting power plants that only serve data centers and do not connect to the broader grid from pollution limits that seek to prevent acid rain. The administration announced new guidance on Monday clarifying that these “islanded” power plants do not have to be part of the Clean Air Act’s...

Democratic Sens. Richard Blumenthal (Conn.) and Chris Van Hollen (Md.) are holding a forum on Monday afternoon examining President Trump's cryptocurrency investments. It comes after Trump's financial disclosure report for last year revealed he brought in more than $2 billion via various channels.  The report, released earlier this month by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics,...

Nvidia is launching a new alliance focused on building and sharing open-source AI tools to boost cybersecurity defenses, as the push for open-source technologies ramps up in the U.S. Nvidia announced Monday that the Open Secure AI Alliance will use open-source tools to identify, patch and disclose security vulnerabilities across infrastructure. Open models, according to...

Key Senate Democrats are balking at the latest version of a cryptocurrency regulation bill over a White House-approved ethics provision that they argue falls short, complicating the bill's chances of passing in the narrow window before lawmakers leave town next month. Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), who leads the Senate Banking digital assets subcommittee, unveiled an...

Also, PUC prepares for data centers and the Texas Medical Association calls for legislative action on prediction market apps.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the U.S. and Ukraine plan to build a drone factory in the U.S. as part of a new defense partnership combining American manufacturing with Ukraine’s battlefield-tested drone technology. Speaking in an interview with far-right influencer Laura Zoomer, Zelensky said the agreement would expand on an initial drone cooperation deal...

Prediction market Kalshi on Friday threatened legal action against Netflix unless the streaming giant agrees to take down a trailer for an upcoming documentary about prediction markets. In a cease-and-desist letter sent to Netflix on Friday, Kalshi’s head of litigation, Jovalin Dedaj, alleged that the trailer contains “false and misleading statements.” On Thursday, Netflix released...

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is pushing back on the idea that he supports the "far right," quipping in a recent interview that he backs "normal people" and slamming the media for its coverage of conservatives. In an interview published Thursday by The Economist, Editor-in-Chief Zanny Minton Beddoes suggested Musk "supports not just the...

President Trump on Friday slammed the European Union for fining Google over allegedly violating its digital competition law, stating the "illegal and highly discriminatory practice" will be probed in a trade investigation. "The European Union is at it again and, as usual, taking direct aim at GREAT American Companies!" Trump wrote on Truth Social. "This...

Tech mogul Elon Musk reflected on his brief venture into politics in a new interview released Thursday, suggesting he "got carried away." "I think I got a little too involved in politics," the Tesla and SpaceX CEO told The Economist. "I got carried away frankly." Musk took an increased interest in politics amid the 2024...