S enators voted early Tuesday to remove a controversial 10-year moratorium on state regulation of artificial intelligence from President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” marking a significant defeat for a tech industry that had lobbied hard to keep the provision in the sweeping tax and spending package.

Moratorium in budget megabill would have hindered states’ ability to protect residents from potential artificial intelligence-related harms, officials say.

President Donald Trump's tax cut and spending bill came down to the wire as Senate Republican leaders scrambled to get all GOP members on board before the final vote Tuesday.In the end, three long-serving GOP members,

Senators Susan Collins of Maine, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Thom Tillis of North Carolina defied the president on his signature measure.

Three Republican senators voted against President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill Tuesday morning, citing concerns with reforms to Medicaid and