The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said it has seized 36,277 illegal “crime guns” and 2,317,999 rounds of ammunition since Jan. 20, 2025, in cases involving prohibited persons, gang members, and suppliers tied to transnational criminal organizations.
A Senate proposal to harden export controls on advanced AI chips gained new bipartisan momentum, as Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the Banking Committee’s ranking member, joined Sen. Tom Cotton’s Chip Security Act—roughly nine months after Cotton introduced the measure and it was referred to the Senate Banking Committee.
A $20 million donation by Anthropic stands to intensify election-year conflict over artificial-intelligence regulation and semiconductor export controls, while underscoring widening philosophical differences among leading frontier-AI developers.
On February 11, 2026, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced an administrative export-control settlement in which Applied Materials and its South Korea subsidiary agreed to pay $252.5 million to resolve allegations of unlawful exports (via reexports) of U.S.-origin semiconductor manufacturing equipment to the People’s Republic of China.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would require advance electronic submission of export manifest data for cargo departing the United States by …
Rep. Ro Khanna, the ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, has requested documents and answers from World Liberty Financial and associated parties regarding a reported $500 million investment tied to an Abu Dhabi royal, citing potential national-security and constitutional concerns.
On January 16, 2025, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to impose new controls on certain biotechnology equipment and related technology. One year later, exporters have absorbed the immediate compliance impact, but structural gaps remain.
Conditioning export licenses for advanced artificial-intelligence chips on mandatory “revenue-sharing” payments creates ripe grounds for litigation, according to an analysis by Vivian Dong.
A new study prepared for the European Parliament warns that the European Union lacks the data, tools, and policy coherence needed to adequately monitor and control exports of dual-use items to conflict-affected regions, despite having a broadly sufficient legal framework on paper.
Recent departures at the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) include the exit of senior officials from the Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services (OICTS), an office that has played an increasingly prominent role in national-security technology policy. Friday, Elizabeth “Liz” Cannon, executive director of OICTS, resigned after pressure from senior officials, with one of her deputies having been placed on administrative leave prior to departure.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved bipartisan legislation that would significantly tighten congressional control over exports of advanced artificial intelligence chips, signaling growing legislative unease with executive-branch discretion in this area.
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security has issued a final rule streamlining U.S. export controls applicable to certain unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), easing licensing requirements for a defined set of drone exports while maintaining restrictions tied to national security and foreign policy concerns.
The U.S. House on January 12 approved the Remote Access Security Act (H.R. 2683), moving to expand U.S. export-control authority beyond physical transfers to certain forms of cloud-based and networked access to controlled technology.
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a final rule revising its license review policy for certain advanced computing exports to China and Macau, introducing limited case-by-case review within a framework that otherwise retains a presumption of denial. Experts cautioned that expansion or relaxation of licensing pathways risks straining already limited enforcement resources.
Reps. Jefferson Shreve (R-IN) and Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) on Jan. 9 introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at strengthening the technical workforce of the Bureau of Industry and Security, addressing concerns about bureau's capacity to enforce export controls.
A new analysis by the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) says gaps in U.S. export controls are enabling China to scale artificial-intelligence chip production despite restrictions on the most advanced tools.
Congress is moving on multiple fronts to assert greater control over U.S. export policy, reflecting bipartisan unease with the executive branch’s handling of advanced technology exports—particularly to China—and frustration with what lawmakers see as regulatory instability and enforcement gaps.
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (Bureau of Industry and Security) is seeking an additional 30 days of public comment on an information-collection request covering license exceptions and other authorizations under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), according to a notice published Dec. 30 in the Federal Register (90 FR 61117).
House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday introduced legislation to bar the export of the most advanced U.S. artificial-intelligence chips to China and other countries of concern.
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a notice seeking public comment on a revised information collection covering miscellaneous licensing, reporting, and enforcement requirements under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). The collection applies to exports, reexports, and in-country transfers of items subject to BIS controls and reflects requirements in Parts 744 (controls based on end use/end user), 748 (license applications), and 758 (export documentation and reporting) of the EAR.