Last Friday, the Trump administration released its much-anticipated National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence (the "Framework"), unveiling its views on how AI should be regulated – or deregulated. The Framework, which was previewed by the White House's executive order on AI from December 2025, calls for a federally preemptive law that would focus on kids’ online safety, balancing intellectual property rights with AI development, removing barriers to innovation and enhancing AI literacy in the American workforce. It calls on Congress to not create "any new federal rulemaking body to regulate AI."
Presented as a “comprehensive national legislative framework”, the Framework will need to be adopted in detailed legislation. Its provisions on federal preemption of state AI regulation are arguably its most consequential and most contentious. In a press release, the Trump administration stated, “Importantly, this framework can succeed only if it is applied uniformly across the
