Axios

The Trump administration's highly anticipated recommendations for Congress on AI offer lawmakers a list of priorities rather than a concrete legislative plan.

Why it matters: Though the framework marks a starting point from the White House, it will be incredibly hard for Congress to pass anything like it — even with Republicans in control.

If you only read the headlines, you might guess that global trade came to a standstill in the last year as the U.S. put into place a new tariff regime. You would be 180 degrees wrong.

The big picture: Trade flows proved surprisingly robust last year, with the imposition of high U.S. tariffs changing the patterns and volumes, but not upending the basic reality of a deeply interconnected world economy.

• That's the upshot of two reports out this week, one from the World Trade Organization and the other from the consulting firm McKinsey.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) told Axios she is keeping the door open to endorsing challengers to her House Democratic colleagues "if someone crosses some huge line."

Why it matters: Ocasio-Cortez hasn't endorsed a primary challenge to a sitting member in years and even signaled to colleagues during her run for House Oversight Committee ranking member that she may abandon the practice altogether.