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China’s top spy agency recruited businesswoman who had romantic relationship with Nvidia’s Jensen Huang
New York Times: The businesswoman, Alice Huang, was recruited to collect intelligence on Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, as part of a drive by Beijing’s…
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In elevating Stephen Miller, Trump doubles down on hard-line agenda
New York Times: People close to Mr. Miller said he had shown no interest in compromising with congressional Democrats and was ready for a…
Trump names Stephen Miller as new White House chief of staff
BBC: President Donald Trump has named Stephen Miller, the architect of his hardline immigration policy, as his new chief of staff following…
America turns on Donald Trump’s tech cheerleaders
Financial Times: The tech moguls who flattered Trump, bankrolled his vanity projects and funded his Maga allies’ campaigns, in the hope that…
US warns China it must ‘immediately’ meet terms of Busan trade deal
Financial Times: Washington says Beijing is not fulfilling commitments to increase supply of rare earths and other critical products.…
Why investors are dumping AI company stocks after Democrats’ election sweep
Washington Post: Investors worry that Democrats, emboldened by their landslide win on Tuesday, will slow the nationwide buildout of AI data…
Former White House health aide accuses Trump advisers of catering to special interests
Washington Post: “It is absolutely true that his administration has been infiltrated by the very people that he energized voters to say he…
How Elon Musk frittered away nearly $500 million on midterms
New York Times: It was a stunning failure. Now the onetime trillionaire is all but certain to face investigatory scrutiny and financial…
Bomb threats target media and flights as email warns ‘this is only the beginning’
Financial Times: The threats came a week before Ireland hosts 50 European leaders, including Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy, for two summits.…
Trump Media’s investors lost $2.2 billion while Trump holds $460 million stake
Reuters: The 52-year-old resident of Austin, Texas, had poured 20% of his net worth into Trump Media & Technology Group, convinced that a…
Hoekstra downplays Democrats’ sway on tariffs, but predicts deal could come soon
CTV: Hoekstra, who was appointed as Washington’s ambassador to Canada by U.S. President Donald Trump, made the prediction during an interview…
U.S. finds subdued foreign meddling operations in midterm elections
New York Times: Russia was linked to influence campaigns targeting Democrats that gained little traction, but the Kremlin may be more focused…
AI backlash threatens trillion-dollar data centre boom, say tech leaders
Financial Times: “The reason is not that people are Luddites . . . it’s much like the protests against the masks in Covid. It has become a…
France, US clash over G7 effort on AI safety
Politico: The U.S. government has scuttled a French push for the G7 to coordinate on advanced AI safety, with a White House official calling…
OpenAI kicks off charm offensive to change voters’ view of data centers
Reuters: Stunning victories by Democrats in US midterm elections this week have been interpreted by many as Americans repudiating tech…
White House warns Conservative groups it is ‘monitoring’ their statements
Wall Street Journal: The White House Office of Public Liaison, which works with outside groups, sent a memo to more than 3,000 conservative…
Rural voters in GOP strongholds helped carry Democrats to midterm victories
Washington Post: Whether conservatives in rural areas stayed home or flipped to Democrats, they contributed to wins in deep-red areas…
Budget 2026: Strange budget, as opaque as it is complacent
Andrew Coyne/The Globe and Mail: The Carney government does not even bother to pretend. The operating balance is a mirage. The deficit, as a…
Machine and messaging that won Texas for Democrats
New York Times: Years of organizing met a moment of voter discontent, as James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa offered Texans a vision of economic…
US Congress welcomes record number of lawmakers of Chinese descent
SCMP: Democrat Richard Pan won a California House race, making it six lawmakers of Chinese descent when the 120th Congress convenes in January…
‘This is a disaster’: Angry Republicans blame Trump for midterms defeat. ‘The money didn’t work’: Big Tech’s $600mn midterm campaign falls flat
BBC: Most Republicans expected to lose control of the House and were clear-eyed about the challenge of holding onto the Senate in a tough…
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