Justice Department warns Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal over probe of Trump ballroom donors

A Texas federal prosecutor accused Sen. Richard Blumenthal Wednesday of trying to intimidate donors to President Trump’s under-construction White House ballroom by promising to investigate pay-for-play allegations connected to the project. Blumenthal (D-Conn.), who will take over as chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations when the 120th Congress convenes in January, fired off nearly 60 letters last week to known ballroom donors — including Amazon, Apple, BlackRock, Google, Lockheed Martin, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Palantir — warning them to voluntarily hand over records related to their gifts by Jan. 4 or face subpoenas. “I have previously written to…

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang also had alleged affair with subordinate as new report details CEO’s dalliance in wake of Chinese spy scandal

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reportedly had an affair with a subordinate – adding to the scandal enveloping the tech giant since revelations surfaced that he slept with an alleged Chinese spy. Huang had an extramarital relationship with Kimberly Powell, Nvidia’s vice president of health care, the New York Times reported…

Bay Area music venue shutters after just 5-year run in struggling city

Don’t cry because it’s over… Oakland club and music venue Crybaby will close at the end of this month after just four years in business, the venue announced in an Instagram post Tuesday. Located at 1928 Telegraph Ave. across the street from the struggling city‘s Fox Theater, the club focused…

Nvidia preps to boot Jensen Huang after second alleged affair revealed in wake of Chinese ‘spy’ scandal: report

Jensen Huang’s future as Nvidia’s chief executive was hanging by a thread Wednesday night, with the chipmaking giant’s board weighing whether to remove its billionaire founder following revelations of a second alleged extramarital affair, the Wall Street Journal reported. Directors were poised to meet as soon as late Wednesday to…

Dem Scott Colom defeats Mississippi Sen. Hyde-Smith after weeklong nailbiter

Democrat Scott Colom upset Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in the tightly contested Mississippi Senate election after more than a week of vote counting. Colom garnered 49.2% of the vote, compared to Hyde-Smith’s (R-Miss.)  48.7%, with more than 95% of the ballots tallied Wednesday.The naillbiter race — the two candidates were…

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