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NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition — Colette Kress, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Appointed Interim CEO — Harvey C. Jones Appointed First-Ever Chair of the Board — NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) Board of Directors announced today that Jensen Huang has resigned as President …
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New York Times:
Live Updates: Jensen Huang Resigns From Nvidia After Affairs — Mr. Huang, the founder of the chip-making colossus, had been entangled with a woman identified by U.S. intelligence as a Chinese spy. His departure immediately reverberated through the tech industry. — Here's the latest.
Wall Street Journal:
Nvidia is Preparing to Oust CEO Jensen Huang — Move follows company investigation into an affair with a Chinese woman alleged to be a spy — Nvidia's board is preparing to oust CEO Jensen Huang, its founder and chief executive after he had two extramarital affairs, including one with a suspected Chinese spy.
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Lingling Wei / Wall Street Journal:
A Mystery Businessman Introduced Jensen Huang to His Paramour. It Was Her Husband. — Kang Wei appeared to accept that his wife Alice Huang was in a romantic relationship and spoke openly of her closeness to the Nvidia chief — Before the affair that now threatens his job as Nvidia's chief executive …
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump pitches Apple's Tim Cook as new Nvidia CEO — President Trump is backing Apple executive chairman Tim Cook to replace tech giant Jensen Huang after Huang resigned as Nvidia CEO, though it's unclear whether he meant it as a joke.
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Politico:
Veep stakes — With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Irie Sentner — Good Thursday morning. Start your day with Adam's full sitdown interview with Palantir CEO Alex Karp and former Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester, Palantir's newest adviser, where they discuss President Donald Trump, Democrats, the future of AI and more.
New York Times:
Jensen Huang Said to Have Had Relationship With Nvidia Executive Who Reports to Him — Mr. Huang, Nvidia's chief executive, is already facing scrutiny over an affair with a Chinese businesswoman who U.S. intelligence determined was a Chinese spy. — Jensen Huang, the leader of Nvidia …
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NBC News:
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns after affair with suspected Chinese spy — Huang resigned after it was reported that he had a relationship with Alice Huang, a businesswoman who is accused of being a Chinese agent, and also engaged in a relationship with an Nvidia executive.
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The Washington Sun:
D.C. Police Respond to an Active Shooter at Logan Circle VIDA Fitness Gym — Police confirmed there is an active shooter at VIDA Fitness in the Logan Circle area. — Copy — There is an active shooter at the VIDA Fitness gym in the Logan Circle area, a D.C. police spokesperson told The Washington Sun Thursday morning.
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The Washington Sun:
Eight Reasons a Democrat Will Win in 2028 — Democratic optimism is in the air. Some of it is justified. — Copy — Last week on election night, as Democrats were exulting, I wrote a contrarian argument imploring them to recognize that the road ahead for the party would be tough.
Michelle Del Rey / The Washington Sun:
Trump Vows to Target ‘Democrat Run Cities and States’ Post-Midterms — The president made several remarks on Truth Social Thursday about Democratic strongholds and immigration following Republicans' midterms defeat. — Copy — President Donald Trump said he would target cities …
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Tom Schaller / Public Notice:
The future of the Supreme Court suddenly looks a lot brighter — Public Notice is proudly celebrating 5 years of independent journalism. Support our work by becoming a paid subscriber ⬇️ — 🌈 Subscribe to PN 🌈 — The Democrats claimed a sweeping, generational victory in the 2026 midterms.
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Alex Miller / Fox News:
Senate Republicans fear ‘brutal’ 2028 map could keep Dems in power for years to come
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump says 'we don't need a deal with Iran'
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Eric Katz / The Washington Sun:
Republicans Launch Late Effort to Install New Leader at Congress' Watchdog Arm
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Now Says U.S. Doesn't Need a Deal With Iran
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump orders Vance to focus on “corruption” in Democrat-run areas, not Iran
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Samuel Chamberlain / New York Post:
Trump orders Vance to focus on blue state ‘corruption and crime,’ says 'we don't need a deal with Iran'
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Landon Mion / Fox News:
GOP senator says Republicans can ‘forget 2028’ as party looks to reclaim Upper Chamber
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Evan Halper / New York Times:
Democrats Put Targets on Notice as Trump Oversight Takes Shape — Letters that tell companies and officials not to destroy documents signal the direction of potential investigations next year. — Congressional Democrats have alerted more than 60 companies, individuals and agencies …
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Associated Press:
Police say 4 people have been shot in the trendy Logan Circle neighborhood of the nation's capital — Four people were shot in a trendy Washington, D.C., neighborhood within walking distance of the White House early Thursday, said police, who were responding to multiple locations.
Associated Press:
Mississippi elects Democrat Scott Colom as state's first Black US senator since Reconstruction — Democratic nominee Scott Colom has defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi's closely contested U.S. Senate race after a prolonged ballot counting process, giving the state …
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New York Times:
In Mississippi, Scott Colom Supporters Celebrate Historic Senate Win
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Russell Contreras / Axios:
The Mississippi Delta helped carry Scott Colom to Senate history
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Aliya Rahman Is Suing ICE For Abuse. DHS Deleted Its Tweets About Her. — A department spokesperson wouldn't say when ― or why ― it erased its posts defending ICE agents' violent arrest of the Minneapolis resident. — WASHINGTON ― A day after Minneapolis resident Aliya Rahman sued …
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Popular Information:
Fossil fuels get guarantees. Renewables get promises. — Inside the permitting bill that is dominating the lame duck Congress — On Monday, the Senate voted 73-25 to advance permitting legislation, known as the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA) …
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ProPublica:
More Than Numbers: Portraits of U.S. Citizens Detained by Immigration Agents — In September 2025, Ana Michelle Ramirez Sanan learned that ICE agents had intercepted members of her family as they drove one of her uncles to a court hearing. Ramirez Sanan, then 17, said she rushed to the scene …
Mia McCarthy / Politico:
The Freedom Caucus comes to grips with a new reality: They won the war — The House Freedom Caucus is staring down an unfamiliar new reality in 2027: questionable relevance. — That's partly because the ultra-conservative group achieved an indubitable triumph this week …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Judge Richard A. Posner Has Died. His Influence in Law Was Beyond Compare. — He was the most-cited legal scholar of the latter half of the 20th century and an unapologetic iconoclast, favoring pragmatism over judicial tradition. He was 87. — Judge Richard A. Posner, whose protean intellect …
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Becky Beaupre Gillespie / University of Chicago …:
Law School Mourns the Passing of Richard A. Posner, Senior Lecturer, Law and Economics Pioneer, and Former Federal Appellate Judge
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Paul Krugman:
Climates of Treason — Why MAGA is making America weak again — Jensen Huang is a fool who should never again be allowed close to anything involving national security. But the Nvidia honeypot story is about much more than one man. Because the way the Trump administration handled it …
New York Times:
Democrats Have Power Now. They Shouldn't Waste It on Woke. — This leftist thinker is skeptical that they can govern without lecturing the country. — Produced by Sophia Muniz — The Democrats are back in power with a new economic mandate. But is that how they will actually govern?
The Downballot:
Morning Digest, sponsored by RunningMate: North Carolina GOP pays the ultimate price for a bona fide dummymander — Democrat Raymond Smith just won a district Republicans would've been better off leaving alone — Democrat Raymond Smith has emerged as the victor in yet another stunning upset …
Emily Peck / Axios:
Midterms trigger huge economic mood swing — There was an unusually sharp partisan mood shift in the wake of the midterms, according to sentiment data from Morning Consult that was shared exclusively with Axios. … - The latest numbers show just how tightly Americans' views on the economy are now intertwined with politics.
Checks & Balances:
Statement on White House Counsel's Letter — The Society for the Rule of Law Institute condemns the White House Counsel's recent, outrageous letter threatening Congress with criminal investigation and prosecution if it engages in vigorous oversight of the executive.
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Finya Swai / The Hill:
Peltola holds lead, but Sullivan gains after latest Alaska Senate vote drop — Former Rep. Mary Peltola's (D-Alaska) campaign said Wednesday that Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) is running out of opportunities to overcome her lead in the state's closely contested Senate race.
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New York Times:
The Concession Call to an Election Winner Is No Longer a Given — In a hyperpartisan era when norms and traditions cannot be counted on, some politicians are left waiting by the phone. — When the campaign trail runs out, the concession call is a tradition that is excruciating for the loser and sweet for the victor.
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