On December 11, 2025, President Trump signed a new executive order that could reshape how AI is governed in the U.S. This executive order titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence,” aims to limit the ability of individual states to enact their own AI regulations, thereby establishing a unified and “minimally burdensome” approach to AI policy nationwide (up until this point, there has been a patchwork of state-level AI regulations).

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released a new AI strategy to transform agency operations. Reflecting the federal government’s increasing emphasis on AI adoption, HHS is looking to expand the use of the rapidly advancing technology and encourage workforce development. It outlines a department-level transformation focused on more coordinated enterprise efforts, centralization and shared resources in a vision they are calling OneHHS.

In August 2025, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Improving Our Nation Through Better Design,” establishing the new “America by Design” initiative. The order aims to enhance both the digital and physical experiences of government services and facilities, signaling a major modernization effort focused on design, technology and user experience.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA), enacted on July 4, 2025, is a significant piece of legislation outlining President Trump's executive agenda and guiding future U.S. tax and spending policies.

On July 23, 2025, the Trump administration released an AI Action Plan, highlighting 90 federal policy directives across three key pillars: Accelerating Innovation, Building American AI Infrastructure and Leading in International Diplomacy and Security. The Plan also supports the tenants of the President’s earlier January 23, 2025, Executive Order 14179, “Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence.”

The Samosa Act, a bipartisan piece of legislation which passed the House in December 2024, has been reintroduced in the senate after advancing through the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in May 2023 but failing to reach the Senate floor for a final vote.