Natalie Kitro-Eff

And President Trump signed an executive order that seeks to block states from enforcing laws that regulate the artificial intelligence industry.

A win for big tech that puts dozens of AI safety and consumer protection laws at risk.

The order gives the attorney general broad authority to overturn laws that don't support the, quote, United States' global AI dominance.

If states keep their laws in place, Trump directed federal regulators to withhold funds for broadband and other projects.

Finally, in a stinging defeat for Trump, Republican state lawmakers in Indiana have rejected a new congressional map ordered up by the White House that would have made it harder for Democrats to win any congressional seats in the state.

The Republican lawmakers who voted against the new map said that it would undermine people's faith in government and warned Trump that he should stay out of the state's politics.

Today's episode was produced by Olivia Natt and Anna Foley.

It was edited by Maria Byrne and Liz O'Balin with help from Paige Cowett.

Contains music by Alicia Baitup and Marion Lozano.

And was engineered by Chris Wood.

That's it for The Daily.

I'm Natalie Kittroweth.

See you Monday.

From The New York Times, I'm Natalie Kitro-Eff.

This is The Daily.

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Today, my colleague Cade Metz explains why.

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