Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday publicly blamed Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s department for failing to place Megaspeed, a China-linked data company, on the export-control blacklist, widening the public split inside the Trump administration over the Nvidia chip scandal. Megaspeed is the Singapore-based firm at the center of the affair that forced Jensen Huang to ...
Jensen Huang is out at Nvidia. The chief executive who built the chip designer into the world’s most important supplier of artificial-intelligence hardware resigned on Thursday, November 12, after a week of scandal. Within hours, lawmakers on Capitol Hill moved to question him — and the Cabinet secretary who oversees the export rules at the ...
Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland said Thursday he will run for Senate majority leader, becoming the first Democrat to formally challenge Chuck Schumer for the job just weeks after the party won a new majority. The announcement turns a quiet revolt inside the caucus into an open contest that will be settled by a ...
Sen. Bernie Sanders says he will not support Chuck Schumer as the Senate’s Democratic leader, a public break with the man who just led the party to a midterm majority and the clearest sign yet that the new Congress opens with a leadership fight. Sanders, the independent from Vermont, made the announcement at a Capitol ...
The White House is threatening a criminal investigation into the Democrats who are about to take over its oversight. On Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, White House counsel Will Scharf sent a letter to Rep. Robert Garcia, the California Democrat set to chair the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in January. The letter warns that ...
CFP Rankings Tuesday: How the Committee Weighs SOS for Two-Loss Teams If your team already has two losses, every new ranking feels like a verdict. Fans are asking the same thing: can we still get in by winning out, or do we need help? The answer starts with where the committee places those teams this ...
Democrats Projected to Win Congress: What They Can and Can’t Do Against a Trump Veto If you buy health insurance on the ACA marketplace, rely on Medicaid expansion, or draw a federal paycheck, Tuesday’s election did not change what happens to your coverage or your pay before January 2027. Once sworn in, a Democratic House ...
Texas Senate Election Results: Talarico Beats Paxton. Is the Result Official? Did you vote in Texas on November 3? You may be asking whether the US Senate result is final. Democrat James Talarico won, but the count is not certified yet. Texas Senate election results show James Talarico (D) beating Ken Paxton (R). The Associated ...
For the first time in more than 2,000 years, the pope is also a voter. Pope Leo XIV, the American-born head of the Catholic Church, cast a ballot in the 2026 U.S. midterm elections, sending a mail-in vote from the Vatican. The move, confirmed by the Vatican itself, makes him the first pontiff in recorded ...
Senate Judiciary · March 4, 2026 Senators Grill DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Over Minneapolis Killings, Ad Spending, and Executive Overreach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem faced pointed questions from Democrats and a number of Republicans during a two-day appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee in early March 2026. Senators pressed her on her public descriptions ...
