White House urges Congress to take a light touch on AI rules

The White House released a national legislative policy framework for artificial intelligence on 20 March 2026, recommending that Congress adopt light-touch federal rules for AI. The Associated Press and Reuters reported the document the same day.

Why it mattered The framework put the administration on record preferring federal rules to the growing set of state AI laws, sharpening a dispute over who regulates AI in the United States.