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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.

Discussion: Daily Mail, RedState, MeidasTouch, NewsMax.com and Semafor, more at Techmeme »

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.

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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump backs Nvidia's Huang amid affair, spy investigation

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Politico:
Nvidia launches investigation into reported Chinese spy effort targeting Jensen Huang

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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.

Discussion: Washington Post, The Hill, No More Mister Nice Blog, Los Angeles Times, FOX 10 Phoenix and Daily Mail, more at Mediagazer »

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

Mike Catalini / Associated Press:
Trump says his deportation policy ‘might have been too tough’ for voters in the election

Discussion: Politico, Daily Mail and Deadline

Marianne LeVine / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says He Was Kidding About Hiring Dana White as Press Secretary

Discussion: Washington Post, New York Times, WJBK-TV, The Hill, The Independent, France 24, The Guardian, Washington Examiner, Reuters, Fox News, Mediaite, Deadline, TMZ.com, The Gateway Pundit and HuffPost, more at Mediagazer »

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

Liam Bowman / Washington Post:
Trump shares cartoon of UFC fighters beating reporters after offering Dana White press job

Discussion: The Hill, Newsweek, New York Post, Daily Mail and NewsMax.com

Tara Suter / The Hill:
Trump shares cartoon of Dana White as press secretary

Ross Douthat / CBS News:

10 takeaways from Trump's 60 Minutes interview: Why GOP lost the midterms, what went wrong on immigration and more — Days after Republicans faced a series of bruising midterm election losses, President Trump stood by his handling of the economy and the Iran war — but he acknowledged some …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, NBC News, Washington Post, Bloomberg, Variety and Mediaite

Ross Douthat / CBS News:
60 Minutes Transcript: Donald Trump, the 2026 post-midterm elections interview

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Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Trump Says Immigration Crackdown May Have ‘Hurt’ Republicans in Midterms

Discussion: New York Post, The Guardian, The Post Millennial, CBS News, FOX 10 Phoenix, VINnews and Newsweek

Suryatapa Chakraborty / NewsNation:
Trump says ‘a few’ cabinet changes are in store after GOP midterm blowout

Discussion: The Hill, New York Post, The Independent and TMZ.com

Jalen Beckford / Politico:

Trump reacts to Vance's Iran war post, says he'd make the same call — President Donald Trump pushed back Sunday on Vice President JD Vance's social media post blaming the Iran war for Republicans' midterm losses, saying Vance left out whether he would make the same decision again. Trump said he would.

Discussion: The Free Press and Reuters

New York Times:
Here Are the Difficult Options Trump Is Weighing to Resolve the War in Iran

Discussion: Associated Press and NewsMax.com

Bloomberg:
Rubio Sees No Iran Breakthrough as Trump Downplays Strikes

Discussion: Reuters, Axios, Associated Press, The Hill, News Talk 105.9 WMAL-FM, Washington Examiner and The Daily Wire

Jim Sciutto / CNN:
Trump says renewed attacks on Iran ‘highly unlikely’ if talks show progress

Discussion: Daily Mail, CNBC, The Hill, New York Post and The Washington Sun

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 …

Discussion: HuffPost, Associated Press, CNN, The Daily Caller, twitchy.com, ABC News, Washington Examiner, The Hill, Fox News and American Greatness, more at Mediagazer »

Andrew Pantazi / Axios:
Blanche won't rule out prosecuting Democrats over oversight threats

Discussion: The Bulwark, RedState, Breitbart, NewsMax.com, The White House, PoliticusUSA, MS NOW, Bloomberg, Mediaite, The Washington Sun, New York Post, Denver Gazette, CNBC, Al Jazeera, The Gateway Pundit, Politico and Washington Post

Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Rep. Robert Garcia: ‘The days of us not fighting back are over’

Discussion: Washington Post, Reuters and Breitbart

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

Robert Samuels / Washington Post: How a Mississippi election came down to the clerk's office

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.

Discussion: New York Times, New York Post, CNN, Newsweek, The Gateway Pundit and NewsMax.com

Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
Biden says cancer fight means he will scale back book promotion tour

Discussion: Fox News and Deadline

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

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 …

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

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 …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal

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 …

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.