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• [New] President Trump has opposed state-level AI regulation as a general matter, taking the position that state laws imposing algorithmic discrimination obligations threaten U.S. AI competitiveness and improperly impose race - and sex-conscious mandates on AI developers. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
• [New] For companies like UnitedHealth Group and HCA Healthcare, the race to integrate generative AI into clinical workflows will move from a luxury to a necessity to mitigate the 4.5% annual wage growth. The Chronicle-Journal
• [New] Thousands of the residents of Minnesota will be voting for their candidates in the Minneapolis Mayoral race, with prospects emerging of the first Somali-American politician likely to win, in a tightly contested race within the Democratic Party zone. Garowe Online
• [New] The 85-minute subcommittee session covered not only the proposed sharp budget increase in new autonomous weaponry, but also the race that's going on between the U.S., China and other countries to integrate AI into offensive and defensive warfare. The Cipher Brief
• [New] In the AI arms race, the USA has a strong position thanks to its dominance in graphics processing technology, its leading position in large language model ecosystems, and the Stargate project, with its projected USD 500 million investment in AI infrastructure. LGT Wealth Management
• [New] Anyone paying attention to the political winds can see that AI is shaping up to be a key fault line in 2026's midterms and the 2028 presidential race. The Guardian
• [New] The new lunar-base plans, which will use a fleet of drones and robotic landers to establish a nuclear power station on the moon's surface by 2036, may be partially motivated by a desire to stay ahead of China in the new space race. Live Science
• [New] China is leading the AI race, and by turning its attention to space-based data centers, it might be able to reduce the reliance on ground-based power generation systems. Orbital Today
• [New] SpaceX's pivot could give Rocket Lab an opening to establish itself as a top competitor in the commercial race to the Red Planet. Gizmodo
• Anthropic will be sending a rival artificial intelligence lab roughly $15 billion a year, an extraordinary sum that demonstrates how access to compute has become one of the defining bottlenecks in the race to develop advanced artificial intelligence. / USA Wired
• The race to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI) is driving intense competition and conflict among AI companies in a bid to seize control, adding that AGI carries significant societal risks and must not be controlled by a small group of companies. Economic Times
• The race to eliminate exposure to global volatility would risk introducing new sources of instability at home. Foreign Affairs Magazine
• As long as the global race to build sovereign AI and hyperscale clusters continues, the infrastructure kings will likely maintain their crown. FinancialContent

Last updated: 21 June 2026