Marijuana currently is classified as a Schedule I drug, which the DEA describes as a substance with no "medical use and a high potential for abuse."

Over the summer, Congress killed a Republican attempt, led by Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, to prevent states from regulating AI. The Senate also voted nearly unanimously to remove a 10-year moratorium on the enforcement of state AI regulation from Trump's sweeping domestic policy bill, the “Big Beautiful Bill.”

The executive order, which seeks to defang states’ powers to regulate AI, may spark little immediate change and set a concerning precedent without actually creating a uniform standard, experts say.

President Trump's order seeking to clarify the 14th Amendment and the legality of birthright citizenship faces a major Supreme Court test.

Colorado's state law, passed in 2024, seeks to prevent discrimination in the AI systems that businesses and governments use in making key decisions, such as hiring, education and banking.

Alex Bores, a New York State Assembly member who sponsored an AI regulation bill, responds to President Trump's executive order aimed at blocking state oversight of artificial intelligence.