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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 …
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.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Fox News
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Trump pulls Vance off Iran  —  President Donald Trump is pulling JD Vance out of his role in Iran negotiations, he announced Thursday, a move that comes after the vice president blamed last week's crushing GOP midterm losses on the protracted war.  —  Vance will instead focus his attention …
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:   Pence delivers scathing rebuke of Vance's Iran war assessment, blames Trump policies for GOP losses
Alex Miller / Fox News:
Senate Republicans fear ‘brutal’ 2028 map could keep Dems in power for years to come
The Bulwark:   BREAKING: NVIDIA CEO Out, Trump Nixes Iran Negotiations | Morning Shots
Eric Katz / The Washington Sun:
Republicans Launch Late Effort to Install New Leader at Congress' Watchdog Arm
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump orders Vance to focus on “corruption” in Democrat-run areas, not Iran
Discussion: HotAir and The Daily Wire
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'
Discussion: RedState and Trump's Truth
Nvidia Newsroom:
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.
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.
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Nvidia is Preparing to Oust CEO Jensen Huang
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
NBC News:
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns after affair with suspected Chinese spy
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.
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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Annie Linskey / Wall Street Journal:   Democrats Open Probe Into Top Trump Fundraiser Meredith O'Rourke
Politico:
Dems feel the need for speed in Trump oversight push
Discussion: The Independent
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 …
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 …
Discussion: NewsMax.com, CBS News and The Hill
New York Times:
The First Thing Democrats Should Do to Show They're Serious on Affordability  —  In his election night victory speech, Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York said he and his fellow Democrats would fight to “make this country affordable for every single American.”
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Popular Information:
Fossil fuels get guarantees. Renewables get promises.
Discussion: Bloomberg, Newsweek and Grist
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 …
Burgess Everett / Semafor:
Democrats mire themselves in Schumer debate after landslide win  —  Some Democrats say they won't vote for Chuck Schumer to be Democrat leader.  Others are declining to endorse him publicly as Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., weighs a challenge and dials up colleagues.
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Paul Kane / The Washington Sun:
Schumer Plots a ‘Durable Majority’ That Flirts With 60 Seats
Discussion: Breitbart
ProPublica:
More Than Numbers: Portraits of U.S. Citizens Detained by Immigration Agents  —  The Department of Homeland Security says it's not detaining Americans.  —  In written statements, it has said that “allegations that ICE is arresting and deporting U.S. citizens is FALSE.”
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.
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 …
Jon Seidel / Chicago Sun Times:
‘Broadview Six’ judge delays potentially explosive hearing featuring top prosecutor's testimony  —  The move offers some short-term relief to U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros and three other prosecutors who have been ordered to testify, but uncertainty about the hearing will now hang over their heads through the Thanksgiving holiday.
Discussion: Fox News
New York Times:
In Mississippi, Scott Colom Supporters Celebrate Historic Senate Win  —  At Tougaloo College, supporters danced and wept and over Scott Colom's victory.  He will be Mississippi's first Black U.S. senator since the Reconstruction era.  —  On the lawn of Tougaloo College …
Axios:
Scoop: AOC shakes up team again as 2028 decision looms  —  New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is shaking up her team for the second time in the past few months as she prepares to make the biggest decision of her political life. … - At the same time, sources said …
Discussion: Fox News, NewsMax.com and New York Post
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 …
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?
 
 
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The Guardian:
‘Screwed twice’: The CFPB says it's looking out for consumers. Its own data tells a different story
Steve Benen / MS NOW:
Amid complaints about oversight, White House counsel appears oblivious to the hypocrisy
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Keya Chatterjee / The Contrarian:
Hegseth and Miller Have Gone Too Far
New York Times:
The Concession Call to an Election Winner Is No Longer a Given
Politico:
Himes urges Republicans to ‘take the win’ and pass FISA reauthorization during lame-duck session
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
Zack Beauchamp / Public Reason:
How liberalism got so boring
Washington Free / The Washington Free Beacon:
Send ICE to Harvard
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Emily Peck / Axios:
Midterms trigger huge economic mood swing
Ford McCracken / The Hill:
Republican Turner says Ramaswamy ad sunk his reelection in Ohio
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Wall Street Journal:
‘The Ass-Kicking We Needed’: A Loss in GOP Heartland Exposes a Party in Pieces
Riley Rogerson / Politico:
Brian Poindexter disappears from Democratic groups' endorsement lists
Discussion: Washington Examiner
 

 
From Techmeme:

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
Trump says Tim Cook is the “only one man” to replace Jensen Huang as Nvidia CEO, adding “A Legend replaces a Legend!” and Huang “has done a fantastic job”

Adam Satariano / New York Times:
A profile of interim Nvidia CEO Colette Kress, who joined in 2013 after working at Cisco and Microsoft; as CFO, Kress criticized US export controls on China

Jonathan Weil / Wall Street Journal:
Nvidia stopped reporting Singapore revenue after its Q2 2025 ended on July 27, when it accounted for 22% of its revenue, after placing Megaspeed on a block list

 
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