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New York Times:
Rubio Warned Officials About Nvidia Chief's Entanglement With Chinese Spy  —  The secretary of state's role in drafting a secret memo highlights how top officials were concerned by last spring about Jensen Huang's relationship with a woman tied to Chinese intelligence.
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Tripp Mickle / New York Times:
Nvidia Opens Investigation Into Jensen Huang's Relationship With Chinese Spy  —  Mr. Huang, the company's chief executive, acknowledged on Sunday that he was intimate with a business executive who U.S. officials had determined was working for Chinese intelligence.
Madison Mills / Axios:
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admits affair, board to launch investigation  —  Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted to having a romantic relationship with a suspected Chinese spy in a message to his company, and the company's board announced an independent investigation Sunday. … - “I was unfaithful to my wife.
Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Trump says he was just kidding about making UFC's Dana White his press secretary  —  President Donald Trump said Sunday he was only kidding about making UFC boss Dana White his next White House press secretary after announcing on social media he had offered his close friend the job.
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Marianne LeVine / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says He Was Kidding About Hiring Dana White as Press Secretary  —  Trump walks back his online post a day earlier saying he'd offered the UFC mogul a job as White House press secretary  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump said Sunday that he was joking about Ultimate Fighting Championship …
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Trump shares cartoon of Dana White as press secretary
Wall Street Journal:
Former Trump Aides Feud Online, Trade Legal Threats in Bitter Election Fallout  —  Two former senior Trump advisers have been sending threatening text exchanges and trading barbs online  —  Ahead of what would become a public feud on social media this weekend, James Blair …
Discussion: NewsNation and The Daily Caller
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Margaret Brennan / CBS News:
Former RFK Jr. adviser accuses Susie Wiles, other Trump officials of corruption, blocking MAHA policies
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Andrew Pantazi / Axios:
Blanche dismisses Means allegations as GOP's MAHA feud deepens
Discussion: CBS News and Washington Post
Natalie Hausmann / Democracy Docket:
Blanche threatens to investigate congressional Democrats.  It's unclear for what  —  Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday he plans to investigate congressional Democrats — but he couldn't specify what crime they had potentially committed.  —  Blanche's comments came …
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Andrew Pantazi / Axios:
Blanche won't rule out prosecuting Democrats over oversight threats
New York Times:
How Mississippi Reached the Verge of Electing a Black Senator  —  The echoes of history surround Scott Colom's final push toward victory, but assembling the coalition that propelled him took hard work after many Democratic misses.  —  On Tuesday morning, Angela Lewis got off her overnight shift …
Discussion: Scripps News
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Robert Samuels / Washington Post:   How a Mississippi election came down to the clerk's office
New York Times:
Here Are the Difficult Options Trump Is Weighing to Resolve the War in Iran  —  There are no good choices facing President Trump as he tries to find a way out of the deeply unpopular conflict.  But there are choices.  —  The public split last week between Vice President JD Vance …
Discussion: Associated Press and NewsMax.com
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Vincent Lee / Bloomberg:
Biden Limits His Memoir Promotion With Hint at Health Struggles  —  Former President Joe Biden signaled that he will limit public appearances to promote his memoir coming out this month, citing health issues as he continues treatment for prostate cancer.  —  “Some days are better than others.
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Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
Biden says cancer fight means he will scale back book promotion tour
Discussion: Fox News
Paul Demko / Politico:
Democratic thrashing redraws the map of state power  —  The blue wave crashed through statehouses across the country Tuesday — carrying political and policy ramifications that will reverberate for years.  —  Democrats flipped more than 500 state legislative seats and won control of at least …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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Ben Blatt / New York Times:
Democrats Now Have a Path to Sidestep the Electoral College. Would It Work?
Ross Douthat / CBS News:
60 Minutes Transcript: Donald Trump, the 2026 post-midterm elections interview  —  This past Tuesday, President Donald Trump's Republican Party suffered an extraordinary midterm repudiation - losing not just the House and Senate, but statewide offices in red states, from Texas to Kansas to South Carolina …
Discussion: RedState and NewsMax.com
Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
'I'm a hard yes': Hakeem Jeffries announces support for Hegseth impeachment  —  Jeffries predicted “incredibly strong support” among Democrats for it.  —  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks during a press conference in Washington, November 4, 2026.
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Megan Brand / NBC News:
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says he is a ‘hard yes’ on impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
Brittany Gibson / Axios:
MAGA castoffs plot 2028 spoiler bid  —  An unusual coalition wants to recruit outgoing Rep. Thomas Massie as the Libertarian Party's 2028 presidential nominee, betting that MAGA fractures can turn a third-party candidacy into a spoiler for the Republican nominee.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Republicans eye Florida's “alligator people” for 2028  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is positioning himself for a presidential run.  Secretary of State Marco Rubio is running away from the idea of his own campaign for the White House. … - Before Tuesday's midterm Republican wipeout …
Holly Otterbein / Axios:
Scoop: Mamdani's bid for 2028 kingmaker  —  New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani can't be president, so he's trying to be the next best thing: a progressive kingmaker for 2028.  — Mamdani has been meeting privately with union leaders, urgently talking up the need for a labor-aligned …
Ali Bianco / Politico:
How Hinojosa's win in Texas could bite Beshear  —  AUSTIN, Texas — Gina Hinojosa's stunning victory put Texas at the epicenter of a political earthquake — and the aftershocks could upend Andy Beshear's path to the White House.  —  For months, increasingly frustrated Hinojosa allies publicly …
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Chris Van Hollen fought when no one else would.  Make him Dems' leader.  —  It's been nearly a week since the political earthquake of Tuesday's historic midterm election that rebuked Donald Trump by flipping Congress to the Democrats by huge margins, and my friends and neighbors …
Discussion: New York Times
Politico:
Local data center fights are fueling a wider backlash  —  Local victories against data center projects are emboldening activists to take their fight to state lawmakers and launch a broader fight over data center expansion.  —  Conserve Ohio, a political action committee …
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
How Democrats will try to end Trump's tariffs … The battle for Congress is over.  The war over President Donald Trump's tariffs is about to heat up.  —  The knotted web of tariffs that Trump spent the last two years weaving could soon face its biggest threat, as Democrats prepare to unload …
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Politico:   How Canada Inflicted Maximum Midterms Pain on Trump
Laura Belin / Iowa politics with Laura Belin:
Iowa House speaker: Special session “not on the table”  —  Second in a series interpreting the results of Iowa's 2026 state and federal elections.  This original reporting and analysis first appeared at Bleeding Heartland and is shared here as part of the Iowa Writers Collaborative.
Discussion: Radio Iowa
 
 
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Kiki Intarasuwan / CBS News:
New House members say affordability, holding Trump administration accountable are top priorities
Declan Harty / Politico:
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In America's measles epidemic, RFK Jr. is now on trial
Wall Street Journal:
Defeated Republicans Return to Washington With 55 Days Left and a Long Wish List
Discussion: The Hill
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New York Times:
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Ian King / Bloomberg:
Nvidia's board launches a probe into whether Jensen Huang was targeted by a foreign spy plot, saying it has “no reason to believe” that secrets were compromised

Dina Bass / Bloomberg:
Google unveils two specialized TPUs launching in 2027: the 8tx, to be paired with an AMD CPU, and the 8i Max, a dual-chip package for long-context window tasks

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
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