Nvidia's CEO and the spy affair
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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 62 and a low of 45, with clear skies.
- Nvidia's board has opened an independent investigation into Jensen Huang after he admitted to an affair with a woman suspected of being a Chinese intelligence asset. Shares fell roughly 5 to 7 percent.
- Congressman Thomas Massie has filed articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and lawmakers expect a House vote by Wednesday. The charges center on the Iran war, including the claim that it was launched without congressional authorization, along with civilian casualties in boat strikes.
- Trump has named Stephen Miller his White House chief of staff, replacing Susie Wiles. Miller is the architect of the hard-line immigration agenda. Republicans are split, with Andy Harris praising the pick and Thom Tillis calling it a colossal mistake.
- CNN's tally of the gerrymandering push is in, and it went badly for Republicans. They lost four of five targeted Texas seats, lost every target in Florida, and lost in North Carolina, including a seat held by the NRCC chair.
- Trump sat down with CBS's 60 Minutes and gave his fullest account yet of the midterm losses. He blamed the unpopular war in Iran and said Republican candidates failed to sell their message.
- Democrats are already planning a second wave in 2028. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand says the GOP seats in Florida, North Carolina, Iowa and Kansas are in play, with Wisconsin's Ron Johnson the top target.
- A record 159 women will serve in the next Congress, seven more than now. The incoming class also includes at least seven ordained Democratic clergy members, a stronger religious left than before.
- Congress is back for its final weeks before Democrats take over. The big deadline is December 11, when government funding runs out, and a short-term stopgap seems likely.
- The first Russia-Ukraine talks in nine months start in Abu Dhabi, chaired by Trump's envoys. Officials there say the aim is technical and confidence-building, not a full peace deal.
- Houthi drones hit Saudi Aramco's Riyadh office tower, causing what the ministry called minor damage. Qatar's prime minister is meeting Trump, and a mediated plan would shorten the timeline for talks with Iran.
- Comedian Russell Brand has been sentenced to ten and a half years in prison for rape and sexual assault, after a jury convicted him on counts involving a fan and three other women.
- Several newsletters say the AI boom is losing steam. OpenAI reportedly raised $11 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation, short of its $30 billion target.
- Boeing plans to cut about 5 percent of its commercial airplane workforce as it slows production plans. SpaceX is investing $24 billion in a Texas data center complex with a gas plant, and Tyson will add a shift at its Amarillo beef plant.
- Anthropic says it may be about to cross its own marker for 'dramatically accelerated progress due to AI', and some researchers think it's already there.
- Lawmakers are moving to tighten chip export controls after the Huang news. Rep. Michael McCaul wants a pause on advanced AI chip shipments to China. Warren and Banks urged the Commerce Department to close loopholes.
- Analysts say China's spy claims may be a US-China political flashpoint. Beijing rejected the allegations as smears. The Trump-Xi meeting next week could be affected, according to Semafor.
- Salon has announced it is closing after 31 years, citing an unsustainable publishing model built on ads. Garbage Day's Ryan Broderick read it as another sign that the web is turning into a video-first, platform-dependent space.
- Trump posted on Truth Social that the midterm election was not honest and that voting machines were rigged. It is his furthest move yet against the results, and the White House has not commented.
- Former MAHA adviser Calley Means appeared on the Joe Rogan podcast to allege corruption in the administration, blaming Susie Wiles for bowing to industry lobbyists.
- The New York Times reports Elon Musk spent nearly $500 million on the midterms over two years, a record, and failed to bend the outcome. The piece is one of the paper's top stories this morning.
- The College Football Playoff will grow from 12 teams to 24 starting next season, in a five-year deal with ESPN worth nearly $1.7 billion. The Athletic says the change will reshape the regular season.
- Tesla will end Cybertruck manufacturing at its Texas plant to make room for robotaxi assembly, after sales slumped. The Daily Friday ran it as a quick hit.
- The October jobs report added 165,000 jobs, well above expectations, and unemployment held near 4 percent. Traders now see close to an 80 percent chance of a December rate hike.
- Oil and Treasury yields used to move together. In the last few weeks that link has broken down, and Axios reads it as growth fears starting to outweigh inflation worries.
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