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Anthropic bars minors from Claude

Rule Changes

Enacted the strongest child safety AI laws in the nation

Anthropic has stopped letting people under 18 use Claude. The change, posted in the company's support documentation, makes the AI assistant adults-only.

Updated Yesterday

Ninth Circuit tosses California ghost gun lawsuit over standing

Rule Changes

Plaintiff

The Ninth Circuit on August 21 vacated a district court ruling that had struck down part of the ATF's 2022 ghost gun regulation. A unanimous panel found that California and the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence lacked standing to challenge Example 4 of the frame-and-receiver rule.

Updated Aug 23

Trump AI order uses federal cash to choke off state tech laws

Rule Changes

Leading AI regulator whose laws are explicit targets of the federal order.

Donald Trump just turned AI regulation into a states' rights knife fight. His new executive order creates a Justice Department "AI Litigation Task Force" to attack state AI laws. Washington can threaten to withhold $42 billion in broadband funds from states that don't comply.

Updated May 11

Trump turns the southern border into military ground

Force in Play

Challenging Trump’s domestic military deployments while hosting new NDA

Donald Trump has quietly turned long stretches of the southern border into de facto military bases. Under a new system of National Defense Areas, soldiers can stop migrants, hold them, and help prosecutors charge them as trespassers on military land.

Updated May 11

Trump’s 2025 fuel economy reset reignites the U.S. auto emissions battle

Rule Changes

Leading state‑level push for stricter vehicle standards and EV mandates

On December 3, 2025, President Trump unveiled an NHTSA proposal to slash Biden-era CAFE standards, cutting the 2031 target from about 50.4 mpg to roughly 34.5 mpg. The rule also slows annual increases to 0.25–0.5% from 2% and bans credit trading after 2028, which especially hurts EV-focused companies that sell credits to gasoline-heavy manufacturers.

Updated May 10