Is Jensen Huang Too Powerful to Be Punished by Nvidia?

The chief executive has a tight grip on his company, presenting a challenge for Nvidia’s board, which is investigating his affair with a woman believed to be a Chinese spy.Jensen Huang is Nvidia’s biggest individual shareholder. His children are also senior executives at the company.

K Kalley Huang and Tripp Mickle

China Rejects Espionage Claims Involving Nvidia C.E.O. Jensen Huang

The controversy has intensified scrutiny of Mr. Huang’s ties to Beijing and sparked mixed reactions across Asia, where he is widely popular.Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, in Washington in October. Mr. Huang acknowledged having a relationship with a business executive whom American officials

A Adam Satariano

An Anti-Trump Protest. Police Threats. Inside a Rift in Diabetes Research.

It began with an incident at an American Diabetes Association conference. Now a resulting boycott has caused a scientific slowdown, with no end in sight.Dr. Steven Kahn, director of the University of Washington’s diabetes research center, was stopped, along with other eminent scientists, from distri

E Eric Boodman

Martin Luther King’s Lost Draft of ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech Surfaces

The document, hand written by Martin Luther King Jr., will be auctioned in January at Christie’s, which expects it to fetch more than $10 million.The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. improvised the storied “I have a dream” section of his speech at the March on Washington in August 1963. A recently su

J Jennifer Schuessler

Here Are the Difficult Options Trump Is Weighing to Resolve the War in Iran

There are no good choices facing President Trump as he tries to find a way out of the deeply unpopular conflict. But there are choices.Like several of his predecessors in other conflicts, President Trump is discovering that every escalation plan and every negotiating strategy are rife with trade-off

D David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt

Trump Was ‘Only Kidding’ in Asking Dana White to Be His Press Secretary

The president said on Sunday that the U.F.C. chief executive “loves the idea” of being the White House spokesman but that his public offer of the job was “just a little fun.”President Trump and Dana White at the White House in June, when Mr. White, the chief executive of the Ultimate Fighting Champi

E Erica L. Green

Congress Returns to a Reordered Washington With a Hazy Agenda

An impeachment vote on the defense secretary, a spending deal and several major bills are in play in a post-election session that will be shaped by last week’s electoral earthquake.Republicans face tough decisions about what they can accomplish in their final weeks in power after a stinging rebuke f

R Robert Jimison

Jeffries and Schumer Face Blowback at Home as They Ascend in Washington

Even as Senator Chuck Schumer and Representative Hakeem Jeffries prepare to lead Congress, primary challenges scenarios in 2028 are already emerging in New York.As many of New York’s Democratic leaders met in Puerto Rico, protesters gathered in Brooklyn outside Senator Chuck Schumer’s home.

B Benjamin Oreskes

With Hopes Low and Temperatures High, Climate Summit Opens in Turkey

War, artificial intelligence and the Trump era have overshadowed climate change. But officials from nearly every nation are meeting to confront global warming.A sign advertised the upcoming United Nations climate summit at the Istanbul airport in Turkey, which will host the meeting starting on Monda

C Chico Harlan

This Is How Democrats Won the Midterms

The Democrats still have a long way to go before they can govern the country productively. But the victors of 2026 have started to point the way.

T The Editorial Board

The Clergy in Congress

Some religious Democrats campaigned on an old commandment — to love thy neighbor. Is that a new road map for the party?Adam Hamilton, a senator-elect from Kansas, at a worship service in September.

L Lauren Jackson