Trump's post-midterm retaliation push
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- Good morning, and welcome to Hark News. Here's what the world got up to while you slept. First, the weather in New York. A high of 57 and a low of 43, with clear skies.
- Trump has been posting increasingly provocative material since the Democrats' midterm wins. He's ordered the Justice Department to look into Democrats who promised oversight, and he's floated jail for them.
- Nvidia has launched an independent investigation into its chief executive, Jensen Huang, after he acknowledged a relationship with a Chinese executive whom officials suspect of working for Beijing.
- Stephen Miller takes over as chief of staff after Susie Wiles's removal, and Politico reads it as a signal of a harder line. The House may debate impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth this week, and Politico says the White House is still weighing his removal.
- Axios argues Texas now matters more than any other state. Democrats swept statewide races, and James Talarico won by double digits over Ken Paxton. Talarico won the Hispanic vote by a wide margin, and the state's data center plans are now in doubt.
- Democratic presidential hopefuls at Crooked Con told Politico they must deliver on costs before celebrating. A straw poll there put Jon Ossoff in front with 38 percent.
- Isaac Saul argues election fraud claims are fading, even as Trump has long alleged stolen votes. Richardson and Wired note that election deniers mostly lost their races this cycle.
- The New York Times opinion page argues JD Vance was the midterms' biggest loser, and Politico says some allies doubt any Republican can win in 2028.
- Houthi drones and missiles hit the Saudi Aramco tower in Riyadh, and attacks there have forced a major conference to be cancelled. Trump has said further US strikes are highly unlikely.
- US, Russian and Ukrainian officials are expected in Abu Dhabi this week, the first direct talks in nine months. Experts doubt they'll produce a breakthrough.
- Israel's president has asked Gadi Eisenkot to try to form a government, a move that could unseat Benjamin Netanyahu. Analysts say the two men differ in style more than substance.
- Paraguay's president was removed and detained after the country's largest digital bank, Ueno, collapsed amid allegations of insider lending. Half the population lost access to funds.
- Brazil approved measures to draw mining investment and set rare earths as a priority, as Washington seeks to cut its reliance on China.
- Voters in several towns backed bans or pauses on data centers. OpenAI has promised host towns it will cover its power costs and publish water and noise data, though the pledges cover only sites it owns.
- Standalone Medicare Part D premiums are projected to rise 50 percent in 2027, to about $51 a month. Zero-premium plans are disappearing, and KFF says about three-quarters of enrollees pay more if they stay put.
- The average rate on interest-bearing card balances hit 22.36 percent in August, per the Federal Reserve, up from 21.52 percent at the start of the year.
- Under the new tax law, itemizers can only deduct gifts above half a percent of adjusted gross income. Bunching donations into one year can help.
- Candidates backed by Turning Point, the group Charlie Kirk founded, mostly lost, and some Republicans are angry about it, according to the New York Times.
- Art auction sales at the big houses hit 6.8 billion dollars in the first half of the year, up 70 percent, per Morning Brew. A Sotheby's sale on November 18 could bring in over 450 million dollars.
- Palo Alto Networks is in talks to buy Clutch for about 500 million dollars, and OpenAI agreed to acquire Pierre. Apple reportedly cut engineers' daily AI budgets to 200 dollars.
- Noah Smith argues Anthropic's real strength is that companies may need to tie their capital to frontier AI firms, a thesis Brad DeLong and Dan Wang doubted on a podcast.
- Anthropic has struck its first deal with a news outlet, choosing the Associated Press, Adweek reports.
- Semafor reports the DNC handed out unflattering Republican clips to a group chat of about 700 influencers, and shortened its approval process to 15 minutes.
- Semafor used an AI detector to find that a set of op-eds against Waymo, in three major papers, were significantly AI-written without disclosure.
- A 60 Minutes alumnus, Bill Owens, criticized the show's Hegseth interview, saying the producers failed to press him on how the war was going.
- Here's a subtler worry about AI and elections. More and more voters ask chatbots which candidate best fits their interests, and they may assume they're getting a neutral answer.
- LSU is in a rough spot in the college football playoff picture. The Tigers have lost games, and along with Ohio State and Ole Miss, they are now on the list of teams that would need a lot of help to make the field.
- Nashville SC set the league record for points, with 77, and Lionel Messi won back-to-back Golden Boots.
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