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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent points the finger at Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over inaction towards the chip company run by the woman suspected of being a Chinese spy who reportedly had an affair with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Vice President JD Vance is reportedly reconsidering a 2028 presidential run. The global Microsoft outage appears to be resolving. Donald Trump Jr. is splitting with the popular prediction market Kalshi. And SpaceX is planning an audacious test of its rocket technology today – we’ll tell you how it could impact the entire industry.
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Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen is challenging Sen. Chuck Schumer to be the next Majority Leader. Three House committees are giving the former Nvidia CEO a Friday night deadline to agree to testify or face subpoenas. Microsoft outage wreaks havoc in offices and schools, inspires memes and likely to cost billions. Defense Secretary Hegseth awards soldier who reprimanded him at The Tomb of the Unknown Solider. The viral drunk raccoon is back in the news, raising big money for an animal shelter with "Trashed Panda" merch.
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Republican investigators are renewing their push for an embattled AI leader to testify. Fresh off a failed impeachment bid, an outgoing GOP congressman tees up a vote on the Epstein files. A key mediator in Russia-Ukraine peace talks weighs in after a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. Deadly Israeli strikes hit one of the last functioning hospitals in Gaza. Plus, the problem with Google’s new smart glasses.
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One of the most influential figures in the AI race has resigned – where does NVIDIA go from here? At least one person was killed and four others were injured during a shooting in a residential Washington, DC neighborhood. More bodies are pulled from the rubble of a building collapse in New York City. We have more on the new prostate cancer screenings from the American Cancer Society. And a cold snap is coming for millions of Americans.
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Sources say NVIDIA's board is weighing the future of founder Jensen Huang after reports of another extramarital affair. Massive rescue and recovery effort after 3-story building collapsed in Brooklyn. For the first time in 145 years, Mississippi will have a black senator after Scott Colom win. American Cancer Society issues new guidelines on when men should get prostate cancer screenings. And an Ohio zoo had to set the record straight after an AI-generated picture had people worried their lions had escaped.
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