How Trump’s Anything-Goes A.I. Plan Fell Apart

Ian Krietzberg joins guest host Leigh Ann Caldwell to break down the eleventh-hour removal of a controversial A.I. provision from the Big Beautiful Bill. Then they discuss the contradictions at the heart of the Trump administration’s A.I. strategy, from its deregulatory stance to its $500 billion bet on the Stargate Initiative—and a looming A.I. policy framework that may favor innovation over environmental protections.