{
  "id": 10735362,
  "title": "Cruz blocks push by Democrats to unanimously pass AI safety bill",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/cruz-blocks-push-by-democrats-to-unanimously-pass-ai-safety-bill",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-29T16:30:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/technology/6118009-senator-ted-cruz-blocks-ai-bill/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) blocked an effort by Democrats on Tuesday to pass legislation creating an AI safety panel tasked with evaluating and creating enforceable standards for frontier models. Cruz, who chairs the Senate Commerce Committee, objected to an attempt by Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Andy Kim (D-N.J.) to pass the...",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}