Donald Trump last week signed an executive order directing the Justice Department to form an AI Litigation Task Force to sue states and asking the Department of Commerce to consider withholding federal broadband funding, after earlier moves sought a single national standard to preempt a patchwork of state AI rules.The order, announced on Truth Social and signed in the Oval Office with adviser David Sacks at his side, explicitly excludes child safety protections but has drawn fierce criticism from the left, some conservatives and state officials who call it executive overreach and a threat to states' rights.Legal experts say DOJ lawsuits would likely trigger years of court battles over federal preemption and standing, while governors including Ron DeSantis and state lawmakers in Utah, Texas and Florida vow to defend their laws, setting up a political and legal fight ahead of next year’s midterms.