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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.
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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.
New York Times:
Jensen Huang Said to Have Had Relationship With Nvidia Executive Who Reports to Him
Jensen Huang Said to Have Had Relationship With Nvidia Executive Who Reports to Him
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Politico:
Top intel Dem unsure if Alice Huang is a Chinese spy or ‘useful idiot’ after classified briefing
Top intel Dem unsure if Alice Huang is a Chinese spy or ‘useful idiot’ after classified briefing
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NBC News:
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns after affair with suspected Chinese spy
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns after affair with suspected Chinese spy
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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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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump says 'we don't need a deal with Iran'
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Pence delivers scathing rebuke of Vance's Iran war assessment, blames Trump policies for GOP losses
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Trump pulls Vance off Iran
Trump pulls Vance off Iran
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Eric Katz / The Washington Sun:
Republicans Launch Late Effort to Install New Leader at Congress' Watchdog Arm
Republicans Launch Late Effort to Install New Leader at Congress' Watchdog Arm
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump orders Vance to focus on “corruption” in Democrat-run areas, not Iran
Trump orders Vance to focus on “corruption” in Democrat-run areas, not Iran
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Now Says U.S. Doesn't Need a Deal With Iran
Trump Now Says U.S. Doesn't Need a Deal With 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'
Trump orders Vance to focus on blue state ‘corruption and crime,’ says 'we don't need a deal with Iran'
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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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Paul Kane / The Washington Sun:
Schumer Plots a ‘Durable Majority’ That Flirts With 60 Seats — First he must quiet internal critics and decide on his own 2028 reelection. — Copy — Sen. Chuck Schumer is already mapping out a target list for the 2028 elections, hoping Democrats can build “a durable majority” that lasts for many years.
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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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Landon Mion / Fox News:
GOP senator says Republicans can ‘forget 2028’ as party looks to reclaim Upper Chamber
GOP senator says Republicans can ‘forget 2028’ as party looks to reclaim Upper Chamber
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Annie Linskey / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Open Probe Into Top Trump Fundraiser Meredith O'Rourke — Incoming committee chairs seek records on $800 million in corporate donations to the president's pet projects — WASHINGTON—Democrats set to control key congressional investigative committees are questioning President …
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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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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.
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 …
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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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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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 …
Ali Swenson / Associated Press:
Senators probing RFK Jr.'s testimony on Samoa trip after AP and Guardian showed documents refute it — Two Democratic senators are launching an investigation into whether Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lied to Congress about his reason for a 2019 trip to Samoa after The Associated Press …
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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?
Keya Chatterjee / The Contrarian:
Hegseth and Miller Have Gone Too Far — It's time to end the occupation of D.C. — When we ask a room full of people in Washington, D.C., how many have seen a gang of masked agents from multiple agencies either kidnap or attempt to kidnap a neighbor, about a third of the people in room raises their hands.
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.
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.
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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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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