Activity over time
Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|
| 2026-10-20 | Anthropic's Draft Federal Frontier-AI Bill Leaks; Semafor Reports Safety Advocates Say It Pre-Empts State Laws and Accepts Too Much Risk
2 src Anthropic · OpenAI | | confirmed |
| 2026-09-11 | ICE Turn-key Detention Solicitation Covers Four AORs on 10-Year IDIQs; Deadline Extended to Sept 14
8 src U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Department of Homeland Security | | reported |
| 2026-08-20 | Federal Judge Domenico Blocks Colorado's Unannounced-Inspection Mandate Over GEO Group's Aurora ICE Facility
4 src GEO Group · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-02 | California's AI Transparency Act Becomes Operative, Mandating Provenance Watermarks as Federal Preemption Advances
3 src State of California · Gavin Newsom | | confirmed |
| 2026-07-17 | DOJ Ultimatum to Milwaukee on ICE Mask Ban Passes Without Resolution; Supremacy Clause Standoff Active
3 src Department of Justice | | reported |
| 2026-07-09 | DOJ Sues Maryland Over Community Trust Act, Extending Federal Anti-Sanctuary Campaign to 21 States
3 src Department of Justice · Anthony Brown · Maryland | | reported |
| 2026-07-03 | AI Governance Fractures: EU AI Act Enforceable Aug 2 as 19 US State Laws Pass in Two Weeks and Trump EO Guts Federal Oversight
2 src European Commission · Donald Trump | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-16 | Vermont Signs Data Privacy and Online Surveillance Act, Overhauling Data Broker Registration and Adding Deletion Rights
4 src Brennan Center for Justice | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-04 | Great American AI Act Discussion Draft Proposes 3-Year Preemption of State AI Laws; White House Bundles It With KOSA Package
3 src White House | | confirmed |
| 2026-05-14 | Colorado Repeals and Reenacts Its AI Act as an Automated-Decision-Making Law That Takes Effect in January 2027, While the xAI and DOJ Suit Sits Stayed
2 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-04-29 | El Cajon Sues California AG Bonta Over SB 54 Sanctuary Law, Represented by America First Policy Institute
6 src Rob Bonta · America First Policy Institute | | reported |
| 2026-04-24 | DOJ Intervenes Alongside xAI Against Colorado's AI Act, Months After EO 14365 Called for Challenges to State AI Laws
5 src U.S. Department of Justice · Elon Musk | | confirmed |
| 2026-04-24 | DOJ's Complaint in Intervention Against Colorado's AI Act Rests on Equal Protection Alone and Is Certified by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche
1 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-01-23 | DHS Pays Rockefeller Group (Mitsubishi Estate) $70M for Surprise, AZ Warehouse — 483% Markup Over 2023 Cost Basis; City Bans Detention But Federal Preemption Nullifies
4 src Department of Homeland Security · ICE · GardaWorld Federal Services |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-09 | Attorney General's Memo Establishes the DOJ AI Litigation Task Force Required by the AI Preemption Executive Order
1 src | | confirmed |
| 2025-12-11 | EO 14365 'National Policy Framework for AI' — Preempts State AI Laws, Creates DOJ AI Litigation Task Force to Sue States, Conditions Federal Grants on Non-Regulation
5 src Donald Trump · Department of Justice · Department of Commerce | | confirmed |
| 2025-06-30 | DOJ Sues Los Angeles Over Sanctuary City Ordinance; Federal Judge Dismisses Suit June 2026
9 src Department of Justice | | reported |
| 1974-09-02 | ERISA Enacted, Establishing Federal Preemption of State Employee Benefit Regulation
3 src U.S. Congress · Gerald Ford |
| confirmed |