The US President's administration is leading a multi-front campaign to prevent states from regulating AI, using a DOJ litigation task force, Commerce Department evaluations of "burdensome" state laws, and a legislative framework urging Congress to preempt state-level regulation with a "minimally burdensome national standard". However, states have already introduced 1,208 AI bills in 2025, with 145 enacted. The White House has been met with resistance from states and Congress alike, including a 99-1 Senate vote to remove an AI moratorium from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The administration's campaign against state AI regulation has three components: Executive Order 14365, signed on 11 December 2025, titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence”, created an AI Litigation Task Force within the Department of Justice to challenge state AI laws in federal court on grounds of unconstitutional burden on interstate commerce or federal preemption. The second component of the campaign was the Commerce Department’s evaluation, which flagged laws in Colorado, California, and New York for particular scrutiny. The third component was released on 20 March, with recommendations for an AI policy framework that includes a child safety protections, data centre zoning authority, and state government procurement from preemption, and child protection, and content moderation.