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Trump backs Nvidia\u2019s Jensen Huang as the DOJ investigates his relationship with an alleged Chinese spy. House and Senate Republicans are set to elect new leaders after their midterms drubbing. And a study shows how the Iran war has affected global emissions.
Here\u2019s what to know today.
Less than a day after tech company Nvidia said it launched an investigation<\/strong><\/a> into Jensen Huang\u2019s extramarital affair with an alleged Chinese spy, President Donald Trump expressed his support for the embattled CEO as details emerged about a Commerce Department investigation that was abruptly paused.
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Trump said at an impromptu news conference yesterday that the FBI is now investigating Huang\u2019s relationship with Alice Huang, the managing director of Singaporean tech company Megaspeed. The pair are not related. U.S. intelligence agencies now believe she is a Chinese spy. Trump said he called Huang \u201cto see if he\u2019s feeling all right,\u201d and Huang told him \u201che had absolutely no idea that person was a spy.\u201d Trump added, \u201cI really believe him.\u201d
Meanwhile, a person familiar with the matter said the Justice Department told the Commerce Department to pause its investigation into whether Megaspeed smuggled Nvidia\u2019s AI chips into China. The DOJ\u2019s request came after a Nvidia representative reached out to Commerce investigators, raising confusion about Nvidia\u2019s involvement in the probe, the source said. Read our subscriber story<\/strong><\/a> for more about the Commerce Department\u2019s investigation pause.
The Justice Department\u2019s criminal investigation into Megaspeed also focuses on whether the company smuggled Nvidia\u2019s AI chips into China, a source said. In addition, the probe is looking at people tied to the company, like Alice Huang, and at whether China recruited her to spy and assist the smuggling of AI chips into the country.
Here\u2019s what else to know about the allegations.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

House and Senate Republicans are set to select their leadership teams for the new Congress, a week after a blue wave led midterm defeats.
After House Speaker Mike Johnson said he wouldn\u2019t stay on as the Republican leader, the race became a two-way contest between Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, who is also the founding chairman of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus. Scalise says he can unify factions of House Republicans, while Jordan, a former Oversight Committee chairman, said he\u2019s best positioned to combat Democratic investigations of the Trump administration.
In the Senate, Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota is running for minority leader, and so far, no one has announced plans to oppose him. But a small group of Republicans have sought to delay the elections.
Who\u2019s running for second- and third-in-command leadership roles.<\/strong><\/a>
October\u2019s inflation report, set to be released this morning, is expected to show Americans may have gotten some relief from higher prices as gasoline, diesel and jet fuel prices eased. Economists predict the consumer price index will show an increase of 0.3% month-over-month, compared to 0.6% from August to September. Core inflation, which does not include food or energy prices, is expected to have risen 0.2%. There will not be a year-ago comparison because of last year\u2019s government shutdown.
Inflation was a big factor in Democrats\u2019 sweeping midterm victories<\/strong><\/a> last week and the October data is expected to reflect the strain on consumers. The average nationwide price for regular gasoline today fell below $4 per gallon<\/strong><\/a> for the first time since July 20, according to data from AAA, but prices are still significantly higher than before the Iran war. Trump has repeatedly played down the prospect of a renewed war with Iran and is pushing for progress between Russia and Ukraine in new trilateral talks that opened today<\/strong><\/a> in the United Arab Emirates. Still, gas prices remain up by more than 30% since the war with Iran started on February 28, and around 40% since the beginning of the year.
Here\u2019s what else to know about inflation.<\/strong><\/a>
The Trump administration is no fan of climate change action. It has canceled national climate reports and rolled back regulations that allow the EPA to regulate power plant and vehicle emissions. It pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement in early 2026, leaving the nation alongside only Yemen, Iran and Libya as the only holdouts from world\u2019s biggest international agreement to take climate action.
And yet, global emissions are projected to decrease this year, and the Trump administration played a major \u2014 if unintentional \u2014 role, according to new research. A study released in the journal Nature Climate Change projects a 0.4% decrease in global climate-warming emissions<\/strong><\/a> for 2026, largely due to the Iran war and its effects on energy markets.
As the world electrifies, climate researchers have been hoping that the world will soon reach peak emissions. For now, this is a \u201ctemporary\u201d turnaround, Corinne Le Qu\u00e9r\u00e9, a professor of climate change science at the University of East Anglia, told me. But within a few years, though, global emissions could finally start plunging downward, Le Qu\u00e9r\u00e9 said. \u2014 <\/em>Evan Bush<\/strong><\/em>, science reporter<\/em>
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