Top Stories for the Week of November 8th.

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President Trump said he has offered the White House press secretary job to UFC CEO Dana White. The offer is part of a wider post-midterm shake-up in which Stephen Miller has been named White House chief of staff. Read More

President Trump used an unscheduled White House news briefing Monday to defend both Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. UFC chief Dana White joined him at the podium and, to laughter, turned down Trump's joking offer to make him press secretary. Read More

House Republicans voted 211-204 Tuesday to send Rep. Thomas Massie's resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to the Judiciary Committee, effectively killing it for the rest of this Congress. Massie was the only Republican to vote with Democrats to keep the measure alive. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said the fight is not over, and President Trump said he would stand by Hegseth regardless. See Details

Nvidia's board met Wednesday to decide whether to remove longtime CEO Jensen Huang, as the world's dominant AI chip supplier grapples with reports of two extramarital affairs involving its founder. The company did not immediately comment on the meeting, which marked a sharp turn for a leader long seen as untouchable on Wall Street. Read More

Nvidia co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang resigned Thursday, days after reports tied him to an affair with a woman suspected of being a Chinese spy. Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress will serve as interim CEO while the board searches for a permanent successor, and board chair Harvey Jones said operations, customer commitments and the product roadmap would continue without interruption. Huang had admitted in an internal message to staff that he had been unfaithful to his wife. Source

Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland announced Thursday he will challenge Chuck Schumer for Senate majority leader, saying voters "called for change" in the midterm elections. Van Hollen acknowledged he is the underdog but claimed more than 10 senators are on his side, while Schumer answered, "I have the votes to continue serving as Democratic leader." Senate Democrats will cast secret ballots in December. Source

Democrat Scott Colom will become Mississippi's next U.S. senator after Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith conceded Wednesday, making him the state's first Black senator since Reconstruction. The narrow outcome could still draw legal action, as lawyers for the Senate GOP's campaign arm have demanded that election officials preserve records and provisional ballots. Source

Senate Republicans reelected John Thune as their leader by acclamation Tuesday, keeping him at the helm as the party moves into the minority in January. Sen. John Barrasso will serve as minority whip and Sen. Tom Cotton will remain conference chair. See Details

President Trump has ordered the Justice Department to investigate Democrats over what he calls "lawfare" threats. The order follows talk from some Democrats about impeachment and investigations once they take control of Congress. Source

California's Proposition 40, a ballot measure to impose a new tax on billionaires, has been rejected. The defeat exposed a split among Democrats over taxing the very wealthy, even as the party posted sweeping wins nationwide. Find out More

A car crossed the center line on Optimist Farm Road in Wake County, about 14 miles southwest of Raleigh, and plowed into a group of bicyclists. Patrick Allen Turner, 63, of Cary, was killed. The driver, Donald Robert Morris-Jones, 76, of Apex, was arrested and faces hit-and-run and impaired-driving charges. See Details

A Massachusetts judge denied Lindsay Clancy's motion to dismiss the murder case over the deaths of her three children, clearing the way for a retrial. Her first trial ended in a deadlock, with 11 jurors siding with the defense. Source

A gunman killed one person and wounded four others Thursday morning in a shooting that began at a Vida Fitness gym near Washington's Logan Circle, about a mile north of the White House. Law enforcement officials identified the deceased suspect as a doctor, and the attack appears to stem from a building dispute. The gym's Logan Circle location has closed temporarily. Source

Thousands of Microsoft Outlook users across the United States reported trouble reaching their email Thursday. Microsoft acknowledged problems affecting some of its services, including Outlook and Teams, and the disruption stretched on for hours. See Details

October marked the third straight month of hotter-than-expected inflation, with the Consumer Price Index rising 0.4% after a 0.6% jump in September. Core prices climbed 0.3% for the third month in a row and rose at a 3.7% annualized pace over the past three months, the fastest this year. Source

Nvidia shares fell for a second straight session as the chipmaker's board investigates CEO Jensen Huang's relationship with a suspected Chinese spy. The board says it has no reason to believe national security or company secrets were compromised, but at least one prominent governance expert puts Huang's odds of keeping his job at 50-50. Read More

Anthropic's IPO plans, including a raise of nearly $70 billion, were briefly sent to banks late Monday and then retracted. The roadshow is still expected to launch Tuesday, with pricing the following week, as markets price in roughly an 84% chance of a Federal Reserve rate hike next month. Source

The Dow jumped more than 1,500 points Wednesday on the Democratic sweep, then fell more than 1,800 points Thursday as the AI trade cracked and the Nasdaq dropped 5.5%. Chip-equipment makers Lam Research and Applied Materials have each lost roughly a third of their value over the past month. Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa's promised moratorium on data centers added to investor worries. Find out More

The scandal surrounding CEO Jensen Huang has put a spotlight on Nvidia's reliance on its founder, a classic "key man" risk for investors. Shares of the world's most valuable chipmaker fell about 4% Monday after its board launched an investigation. See Details

Consumer prices rose 0.4% in October, a hotter-than-expected reading that raises the odds the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates. The report is the first snapshot of inflation since the midterm elections. Read More

United Airlines has barred travelers from using artificial intelligence agents to book flights on their behalf. The carrier says such bookings pose security risks and could violate federal rules. Find out More

U.S. existing-home sales fell 5.5% in October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.75 million units, the lowest level in more than 16 years. Rising mortgage rates and still-elevated prices kept buyers on the sidelines, and sales fell in the South, Midwest and West. The median existing-home price still rose 0.4% from a year earlier to the highest for any October on record. Source

American, Ukrainian and Russian officials began two days of talks in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, their first such meeting since February, with security guarantees at the center. Jared Kushner said he and envoy Steve Witkoff are seeking a negotiated settlement that may involve European countries. Ukraine insists on an immediate ceasefire first and rejects Moscow's demands that it give up four regions and abandon NATO membership. Source

Pope Leo XIV received a record crowd in Lima as he called Peru his homeland on the emotional final leg of his South America tour. Welcomed by President Keiko Fujimori, the pontiff recalled his 20 years in the country and his fondness for ceviche during a speech at the Gran Teatro Nacional. Source

The Ebola outbreak in Congo has topped 11,000 cases, making it the country's deadliest on record. In neighboring East Africa, Kenya discharged its last Ebola patient, starting the countdown to being declared Ebola-free. Read More

Pope Leo XIV urged Peru's bishops to accompany their flocks and to respond to abuse victims with truth and justice during his visit to the country. The first American pope, who served as bishop of Chiclayo from 2015 to 2023, returns to his former diocese on Friday. Source

The African National Congress, the party of Nelson Mandela, posted its worst showing yet in South Africa's local elections. The result extends a slide that cost the ANC its outright parliamentary majority in 2024. See Details

A senior U.S. Army soldier was arrested in Britain on suspicion of spying linked to Russia. The suspect is based at Imjin Barracks, home to the headquarters of NATO's Allied Rapid Reaction Corps. See Details

Billy Joel will appear Dec. 14 at Florida Atlantic University for "An Evening of Questions & Answers … And a Little Music," his first scheduled performance since brain surgery. Tickets go on sale Nov. 12 and are limited to enrolled students. Joel canceled shows after revealing a normal pressure hydrocephalus diagnosis in May 2025. Read More

A judge dismissed the lawsuit Dolly Parton's estate filed against her nephew. The case had pitted the country legend's estate against a member of her own family. Source

Dolly Parton's final recording, "Torn," a duet with Bono, was released Friday as the closing track on U2's 16th studio album, "Carnaval de Luz." Parton originally wrote the song about a woman choosing between two men, and Bono and Johnny McDaid reworked it around a mother watching her family split apart. The album's producer said Parton approved the final mix and was proud of her vocal. Find out More

Stacy Keach, the commanding actor best known as TV detective Mike Hammer and for the 1972 boxing drama "Fat City," died Tuesday in Poland at 85 after a long battle with heart failure. Active into his eighties, he also played Cardinal Kevin Kearns on "Blue Bloods." Read More

Video surfaced of comedian Dave Chappelle joking about Charlie Kirk's assassination during a Madison Square Garden show. Erika Kirk called the joke "beyond disgusting" and criticized leftist comedians and commentators in a Sunday post on X. Find out More

The Raiders named No. 1 overall pick Fernando Mendoza their starting quarterback Tuesday after trading veteran Kirk Cousins to the Minnesota Vikings. General manager John Spytek announced the move hours before the NFL trade deadline. Source

Milwaukee's Jacob Misiorowski and the New York Yankees' Cam Schlittler swept all 30 first-place votes to win the National and American League Cy Young Awards. Misiorowski, whose fastball averaged 100.6 mph, became the first pitcher since Randy Johnson in 2001 to win the Cy Young and the World Series in the same season. Read More

Jacksonville Jaguars acquired safety Jessie Bates III from Atlanta for a 2027 second-round pick and a 2028 fifth-rounder, earning a B+ grade, while the Falcons got a B-minus. Bates has 28 career interceptions in nine seasons, and the NFL trade deadline arrives Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET. Find out More

Houston's Yordan Alvarez and the Chicago Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong were named the American and National League MVPs on Thursday, both first-time winners. Crow-Armstrong is the first Cub to win NL MVP since Kris Bryant in 2016, while Alvarez is just the third Astros player ever to win the award. Find out More

A candidate for the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors in California has all but clinched his race despite having died in August. Bruce Giudici held a 497-vote lead over former Supervisor Clyde Clapp with only hundreds of ballots left to count. Giudici fell ill while knocking on doors over the summer and died the next day, Aug. 31. Read More

Detroit officials confirmed that a viral 45-second clip of two saddled horses walking onto a city bus is real and not AI-generated. The horses' owner, Urban City Cowboys co-founder Jordan Williams, reposted the video with the caption "Oppps I did it again." Find out More