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The Energy Department released its finalized Fusion Science and Technology Roadmap on June 9, 2026, a national strategy built on three pillars and aimed at a US fusion pilot plant in the mid-2030s.

The risk-tiered directive harmonizes BOD 19-02 and BOD 22-01, ranking flaws by exposure, KEV status, automation, and impact.

A new national coalition of robotics and AI companies launched at the SCSP AI+ Expo, organized at the request of the White House and Congress to address the US manufacturing competitiveness gap.

FCC bureaus approved the transfer of 65 MHz to SpaceX for $17 billion and 50 MHz to AT&T for $23 billion on May 12, conditioning the deals on a $2.4 billion escrow account for tower-company claims.

Polis signed SB 26-189 on May 14, repealing the duty of care, impact assessments, and risk management mandates of SB 24-205 in favor of an ADMT notice-and-explain regime taking effect January 1, 2027.

At an April 16 House Appropriations hearing, Energy Secretary Chris Wright pledged that the first five to ten new planned US nuclear reactors will almost certainly receive financing from the DOE lending office, directing the agency's renamed loan authority toward first-of-a-kind projects.

OpenAI releases a three-pillar framework developed with NCMEC, Thorn, and state attorneys general to combat the surge in AI-generated child sexual abuse material.

Senators Cantwell and Moran introduce federal legislation to fund AI scholarships, create community college Centers of Excellence, and train one million workers, while a Stanford review finds only 20 rigorous studies on AI in K-12 and states introduce competing bills to regulate classroom use.