On August 30, 2026, President Claudia Sheinbaum submitted an initiative to the Senate to amend Mexico’s Foreign Investment Law (Ley de Inversión Extranjera, or “LIE”). Although the current Article 30 of the LIE authorizes the National Commission of Foreign Investment (Comisión Nacional de Inversiones Extranjeras, or “CNIE”) to block acquisitions by foreign investors on grounds of national security, that authority has not been exercised regularly in practice due to the absence of specific parameters and guidelines.

Congressional investigations are one of the most effective tools Congress uses to influence private-sector behavior, shape public narratives, and exert pressure where legislation may be harder to advance. In a divided government where no single party controls the White House, U.S. House and U.S. Senate, these investigations become powerful tools for lawmakers.  As a result, the midterm elections may have significant implications for congressional oversight activity affecting companies, executives, boards, nonprofits, and other organizations with meaningful ties to federal policy, funding, or regulation.

More generative AI patent families were published in 2024 and 2025 than during the entire preceding decade, according to a recent analysis by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and analytics firm, EconSight.1 The numbers are striking: GenAI patent families surged from roughly 14,000 in 2023 to over 37,800 by 2025, nearly tripling in just two years.2 But what may be most significant for companies building autonomous systems, robots, drones, and other physical AI solutions is not the volume itself. It is who is filing and what those filings are targeting.