In an order to be issued on Monday, the White House will outline requirements that the most advanced A.I. products be tested to assure they cannot be used to produce weapons, among other regulations.
If Donald Trump wins a second term, he and his allies want to revive a plan to allow a president to fire civil service workers who are supposed to be hired on merit. The Biden administration is trying to thwart it.
The executive order, issued as a declaration of a public health emergency, comes after several recent shootings of children. Critics call the step unconstitutional.
In a shift in tone, Gov. Kathy Hochul criticized the White House for failing to help the state deal with the continuing influx of migrants into New York.
The new limits, aimed at preventing American help to Beijing as it modernizes its military, escalate a conflict pitting the world’s two largest economies against each other.