A review of Chinese contracts, disclosures, and other documents identifies $3.2B+ in compute projects built or planned around Nvidia GPUs restricted by the US
even as Nvidia claimed it was shut out of China. Now Jensen Huang is out amid an alleged spy scandal, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick faces Senate scrutiny over export-control loopholes. Megas...
Sources: President Trump's and Howard Lutnick's close relationship with Jensen Huang made officials wary of taking aggressive steps to rein in Nvidia chip sales
New York Times:
Senate Banking Chair Tim Scott asks Jensen Huang and Howard Lutnick to testify at separate hearings in December over the Nvidia saga; Lutnick agrees to appear
Senate Banking Chair Tim Scott on Thursday called on fallen Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to testify …
Sources: senior White House officials are discussing whether Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick should be pushed out in the wake of the Nvidia spy scandal
as GOP presses Lutnick for answers in Chinese spy scandaliTnews:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resignsFortune:After Jensen Huang is Howard Lutnick the prime target of national security inquiry?David Shepards...
Sources: Scott Bessent confronted Howard Lutnick last week over the Commerce Department not adding Megaspeed to its entity list; the agency denies it occurred
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confronted Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over a failure to place Nvidia customer Megaspeed …
Sources: Howard Lutnick has stalled curbs on companies suspected of diverting Nvidia chips to China; Trump approved curbs for a third time in 2026 on November 5
President Trump on Thursday authorized a crack down on companies suspected of diverting Nvidia's advanced AI chips to China …
Sources: Scott Bessent confronted Howard Lutnick last week over the Commerce Dept. not adding Megaspeed to the Entity List; Commerce denies the confrontation
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confronted Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over a failure to place Nvidia customer Megaspeed …
Sources: despite Trump's denial, he was told at least twice in seven months about Huang's affair with an alleged spy, including by Rubio en route to Beijing
just months before Chinese spy scandal explodedJennifer Van Laar /RedState:NYT Hypes Air Force One Nvidia Spy Briefing While a Much Bigger Scandal UnfoldsBennito L. Kelty /Raw Story:Howard Lutnick in ...
DOD's Emil Michael says Anthropic is still a designated supply chain risk, a day after Howard Lutnick said it resolved its issues with the Trump administration
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Anthropic PBC has resolved its long-running issues with the Trump administration but a top Pentagon official begs to differ.