Backers of imposing a moratorium on state regulation of artificial intelligence are eyeing the annual national defense policy bill -- now the subject of endgame negotiations between the House and Senate -- as a vehicle, sending opponents scrambling to the barricades to block such a proposal for the second time this year. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) has been leading an effort to add the AI moratorium to the fiscal year 2026 defense authorization bill, Punchbowl News reported...