
The Guardian - 13 hours 22 min ago
Donald Trump is still defending men who are facing a lot of heat. Whether it's Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang, who could be ousted after admitting an affair with an alleged Chinese spy, or his embattled secretary of defence, Pete Hegseth. He has also (jokingly) begged strongmen to take his job offers. Jonathan Freedland speaks to Susan Glasser of the New Yorker about why Trump's judgment of high-profile men is questionable Listen out for and watch the new series of Comfort Eating with Siobh...

The Guardian - 13 hours 52 min ago
Former CEO Jensen Huang and US commerce secretary to appear before Congress amid bipartisan concern that America's security was put at risk Nvidia scandal latest updates Analysis: Jensen Huang built an AI kingdom. Now he's gone, will Nvidia's ramparts be breached? Nvidia's ousted CEO Jensen Huang and Donald Trump's commerce secretary are expected to testify before Congress in the coming weeks, as the fallout from Huang's reported affair with an alleged Chinese spy reverberated...

The Guardian - 17 hours 23 min ago
This live blog is now closed. Chris Van Hollen to challenge Chuck Schumer for Senate majority leader Sign up for the Breaking News US email Perhaps you saw this ad from Scott Colom, who was just elected to serve as Mississippi's first Democratic senator since 1989: The New York Times spoke to Russ Hudson , the man who is grilling in the first part of the ad and uttered the "sheeeit" that has now become an emblem of Colom's successful campaign. Here's what he had to say, from...

Fox News - 18 hours 3 min ago
President Donald Trump told Stephen A. Smith he'd "easily" beat former President Barack Obama in a hypothetical third-term election, calling him "overrated."...

The Hill - 18 hours 18 min ago
DUBLIN (AP) U.S. envoys met Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin before heading to Ireland for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Washington sought new momentum for its peace efforts. Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who is also President Donald Trump's son-in-law, brokered talks this week between delegations from...

NBC News - 18 hours 59 min ago
DENVER Texas Sen.-elect James Talarico told a gathering of Democrats Thursday that voters are expecting them to immediately deliver, and that means making President Donald Trump's last two years in office the "most productive of any presidency in American history."...

Newser - 20 hours 5 min ago
Kalshi has cut ties with a Trump while members of Congress gear up to scrutinize his family. The prediction market startup confirmed Thursday that it ended Donald Trump Jr.'s advisory role after his venture firm, 1789 Capital, boosted its investment in rival Polymarket and led its latest funding round ...

Mother Jones - 20 hours 21 min ago
It took just days after Democrats’ resounding victory in the midterm elections for a challenger to Donald Trump’s “favorite Democrat” Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman to emerge. Ahmed Moor, a Philadelphia foreign policy analyst and writer, is the first candidate to announce his entry into what will likely be a crowded primary field. The 42-year-old Moor was born […]...

The New Yorker - 20 hours 24 min ago
Donald Trump came close on Thursday, ousting J. D. Vance as his Iran negotiator days after the Veep blamed the war for the Republicans' midterm losses.

CNBC - 20 hours 26 min ago
Oil prices were mixed on Thursday, after the latest comments from President Donald Trump raised worries that an end to the U.S.-Iran war was not in sight.

NBC News - 21 hours 12 min ago
Democratic state Sen. Cindy Holscher has narrowly won Kansas' race for governor, NBC News projects, extending the party's hold on the office in the red state. Holscher defeated Republican state Senate President Ty Masterson, who was backed by President Donald Trump, to succeed two-term Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly.

The Hill - 21 hours 30 min ago
Kalshi has ended Donald Trump Jr.'s advisory role with the company after his firm, 1789 Capital, increased its investment in Polymarket earlier this year. "We have mutually agreed to end Don's advisory role after his firm's significant investment in a competitor this past summer," Kalshi spokesperson Dani Lever said in a statement. "We are grateful...

The Guardian - 21 hours 50 min ago
Kalshi announces mutual decision' after Trump Jr's investment firm increases stake in rival Polymarket Donald Trump Jr is no longer a paid adviser for Kalshi, the prediction market company said Thursday. Kalshi described it as a mutual business decision between the two parties that followed a decision by Trump Jr's investment firm, 1789 Capital, to increase its investment in Kalshi's biggest competitor Polymarket. Continue reading...

ABC News - 22 hours 6 min ago
Donald Trump Jr. is no longer a paid adviser for Kalshi, the prediction market company said Thursday...

The Guardian - 22 hours 27 min ago
Decision disappoints experts hoping for world's biggest emitter to take global lead on climate crisis China has ruled out hosting the Cop33 UN climate summit in 2028 after months of deliberations, leaving the field open for other Asian countries to hold it, the Guardian understands. The decision will disappoint many countries and climate experts, who had hoped the world's biggest emitter would take the lead on the global stage, as the US under Donald Trump has vacated all forms of international...

New York Times - 22 hours 41 min ago
Donald Trump Jr.'s investment firm, 1789, has heavily invested in Polymarket, Kalshi's biggest competitor.

Huffington Post - 23 hours 5 min ago
Such platforms face the prospect of heightened scrutiny in Congress.

UPI - 23 hours 7 min ago
President Donald Trump said Thursday he would double tariffs on Mexico unless the country stops migrant caravans traveling toward the United States.

The Raw Story - 23 hours 20 min ago
A second Nvidia employee allegedly had an affair with now-ousted CEO Jensen Huang, according to an exclusive Reuters report Thursday, as the scandal reverberated through the AI industry and the stock market. Reuters reported that multiple affairs involving Huang have surfaced, including an alleged affair with Nvidia executive Kimberly Powell and another with a second employee, whom Reuters did not name. Huang, who has close ties to President Donald Trump , has admitted to an extramarital affair...

Mother Jones - 23 hours 34 min ago
Appearing on CBS' 60 Minutes on Sunday, President Donald Trump acknowledged that his immigration crackdown had been "too tough" and could have hurt Republicans in a midterm election that gave Democrats control of both chambers of Congress. The president said he'd "love to do something on immigration." When asked what a deal with the Democratic […]...

Mother Jones - 23 hours 41 min ago
On Wednesday, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Jim Himes (D Conn.), urged Republicans to "take the win" and renew President Donald Trump's warrantless mass surveillance powers during the lame duck session. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) a provision used by US intelligence agencies to spy on the electronic communications […]...

NBC News - 23 hours 51 min ago
President Donald Trump said that the U.S. doesn't need a deal with Iran despite repeatedly stating in the run-up to the midterm elections that one could be reached.