The personal consumption expenditures price index was projected to increase 0.5% in September for an annual rate of 3.7%, according to the Dow Jones consensus.
FBI, ICE Agents Won’t Monitor Polls During Midterms: Filing
FBI, ICE Agents Won’t Monitor Polls During Midterms: Filing
Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times,FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) employees will not monitor voting locations during the upcoming midterm elections, although other law enforcement agents will, a government official said in a court filing on Oct. 28.”There will be no Federal Bureau of Investigation or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees, much less agents, serving as monitors,” the Department of Justice official said in the document, which was filed with the federal court in the District of Columbia.The official, Eric Neff, acting chief of the Voting Section in the department’s Civil Rights Division, said he was aware of only one Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employee participating in the division’s poll-monitoring effort. That employee, from Customs and Border Protection, is serving on behalf of the division, not as a DHS representative, according to Neff.DHS did not respond to a request for comment by the time of publication.The Department of Justice confirmed earlier Wednesday that it plans to send 1,000 workers to monitor polls across all 50 states.”Every monitor will merely observe and report any potential violations of federal law to the Department, which will be reviewed after Election Day,” a spokeswoman told The Epoch Times in an email.The spokeswoman declined to say who would serve as monitors or where exactly they would be deployed.Neff said monitors would include employees from the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.Those employees will be prohibited from carrying guns and barred from taking any action beyond normal Civil Division monitoring conduct, such as observing polling locations and taking notes, according to Neff.”Thus, while monitoring, the monitors will not be acting as ‘law enforcement personnel,’ a ‘law enforcement officer,’ or a ‘law enforcement agent’ as commonly understood,” he wrote, adding that monitors have been trained not to interfere with voting or election officials and to only speak to voters after they have cast ballots.For years, the Department of Justice has deployed monitors to polling sites for both federal and non-federal elections to watch for violations of federal laws, such as the Voting Rights Act. Federal law says the monitors “shall investigate and report to the Attorney General.”The department usually gives jurisdictions advance notice before sending monitors, according to nonprofit organization Campaign Legal Center. The center said monitors should not identify themselves to voters and election officials as federal agents, prosecutors, or anything other than Department of Justice employees or monitors, because doing so could intimidate voters in violation of federal law.New York Attorney General Letitia James said this week that New Yorkers should not fear federal workers at polling locations.”Armed federal agents are not allowed at polling places, and no one can use a badge, a weapon, or a threat to stop you from voting,” she said. “Voting in New York is safe, and my office will make sure every eligible voter can cast their ballot and be heard.”The Department of Justice has declined to publicly release locations employees will monitor on Nov. 3.Neff said in the new filing that the division is still identifying all locations it will send monitors to. He also said that releasing a full list of locations, as sought by a Freedom of Information Act request, would undermine the division’s monitoring operation and potentially put monitors at risk.Jack Phillips contributed to this report.
Tyler Durden
Thu, 10/29/2026 – 10:40
Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer denies she’ll testify about homicidal thoughts in ex’s suit against her doctors
Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer disputed claims from Patrick Clancy’s counsel that she would testify in a civil case against her healthcare providers, calling them false.During a hearing Wednesday in Norfolk County Superior Court, attorney Howard Cooper said he expects Lindsay Clancy to testify in a lawsuit filed by her ex-husband, Patrick Clancy, against her healthcare providers.Patrick and Lindsay Clancy have each sued hospitals and healthcare providers, alleging that failures in her medical care contributed to the deaths of their three children, Callan, Cora and Dawson.LINDSAY CLANCY’S LAWYER TORCHES CONSPIRACY THEORIES ACCUSING PATRICK CLANCY”We believe that Lindsay Clancy, once her Fifth Amendment issues are resolved one way or the other, will testify that she told these defendants explicitly that she had homicidal ideation, that she was worried about something awful happening to her kids,” Cooper said in court.CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE FOX TRUE CRIME HUBIn a statement obtained by Fox News Digital, Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, said his client has never said she’ll testify, adding that she never told her healthcare providers that she had homicidal thoughts toward her children.SEND US A TIP”It has come to my attention that counsel for Patrick Clancy represented to the court in his civil case that my client, Lindsay Clancy, will testify about statements she made to her healthcare providers,” Reddington said. “Lindsay Clancy never told any of her healthcare providers that she harbored homicidal ideation toward her children. She never indicated that she intended to testify in Mr. Clancy’s lawsuit, and no one acting for her ever represented that she would.””Mr. Clancy’s counsel does not speak for Lindsay Clancy,” he added.LISTEN TO THE NEW ‘CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO’ PODCASTAttorneys representing the hospitals and healthcare providers have asked a judge to dismiss the lawsuits, arguing that Lindsay Clancy never disclosed having homicidal thoughts to those treating her.GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAILClancy, 36, faced three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her children, Cora, Dawson and Callan, all under age 6, who were found strangled at the family’s home in January 2023.Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial on Friday, Sept. 4, after jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict, ending in an 11-1 divide.
Reddit users reveal ‘rich people’ habits they tried once and could never go back from
What’s a spending habit rich people have that is totally worth it?As the loyal readers know, I am a big fan of Reddit. When it comes to places on the internet where you can find yourself going down deep rabbit holes, there’s probably no place that beats Reddit.You simply never know what you’re going to find. There are plenty of crazy stories, history lessons and really cool military content on Reddit.REDDIT THREAD ON LIFE CHEAT CODES GOES VIRAL WITH ADVICE ON FITNESS, SLEEP AND COMPOUND INTERESTThere’s also plenty of debates and discussions, and that’s what leads us here today.I was scrolling the r/askreddit subreddit early Thursday morning when I stumbled across and interesting thread title that caught my attention:AMERICANS SAY THEY’RE BROKE. SO WHY CAN’T THEY STOP SPENDING SO MUCH?What’s a ‘rich people’ thing you tried once and immediately understood why they do it?As someone interested in money (aren’t we all, after all?), it was an instant click from me. The results didn’t disappoint at all.Let’s check out some of the replies before breaking it down:Now, as the readers also know, I’m a working class guy from rural Wisconsin. You grow up fast when you grow up in those harsh winters. Life doesn’t have many luxuries and you learn to get by with what you have.Having said that, I have tasted the high-life once or twice, and without question flying first class is the obvious answer to this viral Reddit question.Are there much more expensive things rich people have access to? Sure, but flying first class is attainable for most people if they want it to be, and it makes the flying experience significantly better.Not a little bit better.Much better.Taking a seat on a first class flight – I’ve always found Delta to be the best – and being immediately greeted with a snack and drink instantly makes the hellish airport experience better.SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTERIt’s almost impossible to go back once you’ve been in first class.What’s your splurge item that wealthy people enjoy? Let me know at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.
Nearly 40 House Dems skip effort to end Ilhan Omar immigration probe
Nearly 40 House Democrats appear to have shunned an effort by their colleagues to end the federal probe into Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.House Democrats led by Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., sent a letter to the Trump administration earlier this week demanding a stop to the investigation into Omar’s immigration paperwork, arguing it was a bid to sway her re-election campaign ahead of Tuesday’s midterm Election Day.The letter was backed by some 175 House Democrats, more than two-thirds of the caucus — though some notable names were left off.Two of three of House Democrats’ previous senior leadership did not sign the letter. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and former House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., did not sign on. Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., who previously served as House majority whip, was among the signatories, along with all three current members of House Democratic leadership.175 DEMOCRATS DEMAND TRUMP ADMIN STOP ILHAN OMAR INVESTIGATION, WARN IT COULD HURT HER RE-ELECTION BIDBoth Pelosi and Hoyer are retiring, but it’s worth noting that nearing the exit did not stop other outgoing members like Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y., from signing the letter.THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO WHY REMOVING ILHAN OMAR FROM CONGRESS COULD BE HARDER THAN TRUMP EXPECTSDemocrats running in tight races also kept their distance from the public condemnation of the probe. Reps. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., and Don Davis, D-N.C., are among the names left off the letter as well.Fox News Digital reached out to each of them for comment but did not immediately hear back.ILHAN OMAR BELIEVES TRUMP RAID ON HOME WAS MEANT TO ‘INTIMIDATE AND SCARE PEOPLE’ FROM VOTING”Congresswoman Omar is seeking reelection in Minnesota’s 5th congressional district in just one week. News of the search warrant, whether properly predicated or not, could affect voters’ decisions, which is exactly why federal law enforcement should not engage in such conduct when voters are casting their ballots. This type of interference strips Minnesotans of their right to a free and fair election guaranteed to them under the Constitution,” the letter said.”We stand with Congresswoman Omar and condemn the weaponization of law enforcement against her. You have already disgraced the offices you hold, and we demand you refrain from taking any further actions that could affect the outcome of the upcoming election.”ILHAN OMAR SHOULD BE JAILED, DEPORTED IF CITIZENSHIP FRAUD PROVEN, TOP HOUSE REPUBLICAN SAYSOmar is under federal investigation over allegations she or her father lied about her birth year on immigration paperwork to obtain her citizenship when her family fled Somalia in the late 1990s. If she was 17 when her father obtained citizenship, as previously thought, she would have automatically qualified along with him. If she was 18 or older, which federal officials now suspect, she would have had to make her own application.Her fellow House Democrats recounted the allegations in their letter, saying, “Your probe into the congresswoman reportedly concerns her late father’s filing of immigration paperwork after she fled Somalia’s civil war at age eight, making her a U.S. citizen at age seventeen.”But they argued it does not justify “a pre-dawn raid on her home for paperwork her father filed when she was a minor.”Federal agents executed a judicially authorized search warrant on Omar’s home on Oct. 12, seizing multiple phones and notebooks, among other items.Omar has dismissed the investigation as a political attack against one of President Donald Trump’s staunchest critics.
JUST IN: Hegseth Fires Leaker Army Lieutenant General Brett Sylvia – Far-Left Atlantic Caught Lying About Firing
Army Lieutenant General Brett Sylvia fired by War Secretary Pete Hegseth
War Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the firing of Army Lieutenant General Brett Sylvia from the Joint Chiefs of Staff for leaking classified information.
The far-left Atlantic reported on Sylvia’s firing, labeling him “the Pentagon’s chief planner” and claiming that “no explanation was given” for his ouster.
The report further claims that his departure “comes at an inopportune moment, given that President Trump may be planning to relaunch the war on Iran.”
“Now is not the time when you’d want to lose the J5,” a former Joint Chiefs of Staff official told the Atlantic. “This person would serve as a critical link between the operational force, the department policy, and the White House.”
However, a Department of War official told The Gateway Pundit that Sylvia was fired for “severe misconduct,” including leaking classified information on the Iran and Russia-Ukraine wars.
He even circumvented the Pentagon’s new media policy by “meeting with journalists outside of the Pentagon in order to leak classified information.” He now faces a criminal referral to the Department of Justice.
Regarding the Atlantic’s claims that he was a central planner in Iran war operations, the official said, “Although Sylvia’s title was director of the Directorate for Strategy, Plans, and Policy at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, known inside the military as the J5, he was NOT a central planner for the Iran War.” They added, “That is the responsibility of CENTCOM and its commander Admiral Cooper.”
The official said,
“Army Lieutenant General Brett Sylvia, who was part of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was fired by Secretary Hegseth for severe misconduct. Although Sylvia’s title was director of the Directorate for Strategy, Plans, and Policy at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, known inside the military as the J5, he was NOT a central planner for the Iran War. That is the responsibility of CENTCOM and its commander Admiral Cooper.
Sylvia is the subject of an investigation for leaking classified information about the Iran War, the war between Russia and Ukraine, and more. Due to the Pentagon’s media policy requiring journalists to have escorts in the building, Sylvia began meeting with journalists outside of the Pentagon in order to leak classified information.
Sylvia failed three polygraphs which questioned him about leaking classified information. The investigation into him remains ongoing and has been referred to the Department of Justice for further action. The extent of his leaking became so critical that Secretary Hegseth took immediate action and fired Sylvia in order to protect national security. Urgent action was needed and could not wait another second.”
A @DeptofWar official tells me the Atlantic’s report is false.
The official said:
“Army Lieutenant General Brett Sylvia, who was part of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was fired by Secretary Hegseth for severe misconduct. Although Sylvia’s title was director of the Directorate for Strategy, Plans, and Policy at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, known inside the military as the J5, he was NOT a central planner for the Iran War. That is the responsibility of CENTCOM and its commander Admiral Cooper.
Sylvia is the subject of an investigation for leaking classified information about the Iran War, the war between Russia and Ukraine, and more. Due to the Pentagon’s media policy requiring journalists to have escorts in the building, Sylvia began meeting with journalists outside of the Pentagon in order to leak classified information.
Sylvia failed three polygraphs which questioned him about leaking classified information. The investigation into him remains ongoing and has been referred to the Department of Justice for further action. The extent of his leaking became so critical that Secretary Hegseth took immediate action and fired Sylvia in order to protect national security. Urgent action was needed and could not wait another second.”
— Jordan Conradson (@ConradsonJordan) October 29, 2026
This is a developing story.
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Someone Bought the UTSA Student’s Domain Name After She Read a Giddy Poem Celebrating Charlie Kirk’s Murder, Now Anyone Who Googles Her Will Know Who They Are Dealing With
Editor’s note: As founder and editor of The Gateway Pundit I approved of this report. We can not stay silent when we have groups of radicals mocking, joking and laughing about cold-blooded murder of our friends. They want us all dead. We will not be silent.
Jim Hoft
Editor The Gateway Pundit
The University of Texas at San Antonio student who stood up at a Turning Point USA “Pick Up the Mic” event and read a gleeful parody poem celebrating Charlie Kirk’s assassination has been identified as Isa Casahuga-Lemgruber, and someone bought the domain for her name so that everyone will know just what kind of person she is.
Casahuga-Lemgruber is reportedly a Class of 2029 student majoring in International Relations and Diplomacy, from Houston, and a graduate of St. Agnes Academy.
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, the student, who introduced herself as “Pamper Baby,” told the crowd she had taken a Plan B that morning, felt guilty as an immigrant, and then launched into a parody of “The Night Before Christmas.”
After finishing the poem, which included the lines “as we solemnly remembered a shot to the neck” and an invitation to a “Squirt for Kirk” event, she told Texas Youth Summit founder Christian Collins he was “brave” for appearing on campus without neck protection.
WATCH:
At @UTSA for Pick Up the Mic, a student read a poem celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk with such glee, then told me I was brave to be out here without my neck covered.
I told her I’d pray for her.
This is the climate. We pick up the mic anyway. https://t.co/ZfipQsosaF
— Christian Collins (@CollinsforTX) October 27, 2026
What makes the video even more disturbing is that there were people there who cheered her on.
Kirk, of course, was fatally shot in the neck while speaking at Utah Valley University in September 2025.
Collins posted the video and said he would pray for her.
Now, someone has registered the domain IsaCasahuga.com and published her information and the poem’s full text so the record of what she said remains permanently available, including to potential future employers.
The page states she attends UTSA, lists her major, and notes she attended St. Agnes Academy in Houston, a Catholic school.
@gatewaypundit She’s got a website dedicated to her poem now.
https://t.co/Q0pwRSbhq6
— Josh Scandlen (@scandlenjosh) October 29, 2026
The website states:
She attends the University of Texas at San Antonio (class of 2029) and majors in International Relations and Diplomacy. Isa is from Houston and attended St. Agnes Academy. Her mother is realtor Paula Lemgruber Casahuga. Her father Guillem Casahuga is a partner at Arthur D Little.
Isa is “thrilled” to gloat about conservatives getting murdered.
The website also reprinted the poem in full, along with the video of her reciting it, under the heading “Poem written by Isa Casahuga.”
Speaking to The Gateway Pundit about the incident, TPUSA contributor and close friend of Kirk, Jack Posobiec, said, “It is plain for all to see. The Left wants us dead. I am not using hyperbole; they are openly celebrating murder, violence, and the slaughter of their political opponents.”
WATCH: Vile UTSA Student Reads Giddy ‘Kirkiversary’ Poem Celebrating Charlie Kirk’s Assassination, Then Tells Conservative Speaker He’s Brave for Showing Up Without Neck Protection
Online sleuths dug up her identity after the video went viral.
An account called ElectionMapsIF posted that her family is from Brazil and asked why foreigners are allowed into the country to “incite terrorism against American patriots,” tagging the Deputy Secretary of State.
Great question! Her name is Isa Casahuga Lemgruber
Her family is from Brazil
Why are we allowing foreigners to come to American and incite terrorism against American patriots?
Please look into removing the entire family @DeputySecState https://t.co/MvKwq0FbDR
— ElectionMapsIF (@ElectionMapsIF) October 28, 2026
The same account later noted that her mother has called Isa a “citizen of the world,” supports Occupy Democrats, and follows an immigration lawyer.
Isa Cayahuga (the poem celebrating Charlie’s murder girl) got her insufferable shitlib attitudes from her mother Paula, who calls Isa a “citizen of the world”
Paula supports Occupy Democrats and follows an immigration lawyer who she may be working with
Deport the whole family! https://t.co/C1mSFBRnSh
— ElectionMapsIF (@ElectionMapsIF) October 29, 2026
The identification has prompted calls for UTSA to discipline her and for immigration authorities to review the family’s status.
Anything less than an immediate expulsion is proof that univerisites are unsalvageable.
— Ben Larrabee (@Ben_Larrabee) October 28, 2026
Her mother appears to have worked in Brazil as recently as 2007.
Isa doesn’t seem “thrilled” anymore, as she has since deleted her Instagram account.
Her mother also set her Instagram to private when this reporter attempted to reach out for comment.
The Gateway Pundit contacted UTSA for comment and will update this article if it provides one.
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Barclays sees major Tesla upside for retirement investors
Millions of Americans have indirect exposure to Elon Musk’s business empire through index funds in their 401(k) accounts, even if they have never purchased shares of his companies directly.
A potential merger could change that exposure before the end of the year.
Senior Equity Research Analyst at Barclays, Dan Levy, told clients that Tesla and SpaceX could merge before December 2026, potentially creating one of the largest publicly traded companies by valuation, The Wealth Advisor reported.
The prospect raises questions about how such a deal could affect passive index funds and the retirement savings tied to them.
Tesla is already part of the S&P 500, according to the S&P Dow Jones Indices’ SPY/SPX fact sheet, meaning its stock influences many broad-market and target-date funds held in workplace retirement plans.
If a merger takes SpaceX public, index providers could adjust their holdings, potentially changing millions of Americans’ portfolio exposure without requiring them to take any action.
Also read: SpaceX is now in your 401(k), and Musk is the risk
Barclays maps a Tesla-SpaceX share-swap ratio before the December vote
Barclays laid out the share-swap arithmetic for a potential Tesla-SpaceX merger, The Wealth Advisor reported. Based on the analysis, Tesla shareholders could receive about 0.7 SpaceX shares for each Tesla share in an all-stock deal before any acquisition premium.
Barclays indicated the two companies combined would have a market value of roughly $3.6 trillion, with Tesla’s December 6, 2026, meeting as the possible approval window.
Each Tesla share would convert into a stake in the combined entity’s aerospace, artificial intelligence, and automotive revenue streams, which Barclays framed as a vertical-integration thesis.
Barclay’s ownership breakdown helps explain why SpaceX would likely be the acquiring entity in any proposed deal. Musk owns roughly 20% of Tesla and about 48% of SpaceX, but supervoting shares give him approximately 82% of SpaceX’s voting power.
Why passive index funds already own more Tesla than most savers realize
Tesla joined the S&P 500 in late 2020 and now accounts for about 2% of the benchmark powering millions of American 401(k) accounts, Quartz reported.
That weighting means the stock’s daily moves ripple directly through target-date funds, total-market funds, and large-cap index funds that dominate workplace retirement menus.
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A Tesla-SpaceX merger would collapse two of the most-watched Musk-linked tickers into a single corporate structure, forcing mechanical adjustments across index funds.
S&P Dow Jones Indices would then determine how the new combined entity sits inside the benchmark, potentially expanding the Musk-related footprint across passive portfolios.
Pension managers across California and New York already flagged this concern before SpaceX even began trading on public markets this year.
The managers wrote to Musk, expressing concern that SpaceX could become an unavoidable holding in their public portfolios going forward, Quartz reported.
Passive index funds already expose retirement savers to Tesla, and a potential SpaceX merger could reshape their portfolios without their input.Nitat Termmee / Getty Images
Portfolio concentration risk now sits inside most retirement accounts
The merger math has direct implications for the broad-based benchmarks that currently dominate workplace retirement menus and brokerage portfolios across the country.
Advisors have begun flagging the combination as a dilution event with knock-on effects for anyone holding a market-weight index fund inside a retirement account.
Clint Sorenson, Co-Founder of Ascentis Asset Management, told InvestmentNews an all-equity merger would deepen dilution for portfolios heavy on tech names.
<strong>If it’s an all-equity deal, the whole game becomes dilution and position size. Most advisor portfolios are already overweight a handful of mega-cap tech names through their benchmarks, and a merger like this only compounds that,</strong>
Sorenson flagged a key-man risk inherent in portfolios holding Musk-linked positions, framing single-executive exposure as a concentration issue beyond standard sector weighting.
Barclays reinforced the structural concern by noting Musk would hold roughly 37% of the combined entity’s equity and 56% of its voting power.
Tesla and SpaceX each filed Form 8-K disclosures with the SEC on October 21, 2026, confirming their boards had formed special committees to evaluate a potential combination.
On SpaceX’s Q3 2026 earnings call, Musk told Tesla investors a merger would be “a good idea,” The Motley Fool reported
Jacob Tally, an advisor at Seattle-based Prospero Wealth, said Musk’s pattern of business consolidations leaves retirement investors more exposed to one executive’s decisions. The February 2026 xAI absorption by SpaceX pulled another large private valuation into the Musk footprint already tracked by index funds, as InvestmentNews noted.
What to check inside your 401(k) before any Musk deal closes
Each fund’s fact sheet, available through the plan portal, lists its ten largest holdings and the share of assets in each position, with the underlying data drawn from Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings on Form N-PORT that become public 60 days after each fiscal quarter ends.
Holding an S&P 500 fund alongside a Nasdaq-100, large-cap growth, or technology fund can mean investing in the same major companies multiple times, a layering effect Sorenson flagged as an underappreciated source of concentration risk in an InvestmentNews analysis.
Some 401(k) plans also offer a self-directed brokerage account, allowing participants to buy individual stocks beyond the plan’s standard fund options.
The plan’s summary plan description explains whether this feature is available, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) requires plans to provide this document to participants.
A potential Tesla-SpaceX merger could change how some retirement portfolios gain exposure to Musk’s businesses, but the extent of that change will depend on the final transaction terms and how index providers respond.
Until S&P Dow Jones Indices and fund managers establish the combined entity’s benchmark treatment, reviewing existing holdings through each fund’s fact sheet remains a practical first step.
Related: Bank of America backs SpaceX stock that may be in your 401(k)
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Reportedly Targeted In Chinese Spy Plot
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Reportedly Targeted In Chinese Spy Plot
U.S. spy agencies concluded that a Chinese businesswoman who had cultivated Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was passing intelligence to Beijing, and that President Trump was briefed on it roughly a year ago and took no action, according to claims in a Thursday report from the New York Times – which was based on interviews with people briefed on the surveillance, who spoke anonymously because the findings are classified. The woman is Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, a Chinese citizen and executive at Megaspeed, a Singapore-based data center company.
Huida Huang Jen-Hsun and Megaspeed executive Huang Le (sound) at a party in Taipei, June 2024. This photo was posted by NetThunder on LinkedIn.
According to the report, US officials had already suspected Megaspeed of helping China get around export limits on advanced AI chips. Then, according to the paper’s sources, electronic surveillance of her showed she was in contact with an American citizen. The unmasking process, which lets agencies with a need to know identify Americans swept up in foreign surveillance, identified that citizen as Jensen Huang.
Alice Huang (screenshot: gigazine.net)
The Times’ sources said Jensen Huang has not been given a defensive briefing, the warning sometimes offered to Americans targeted by foreign spies. They said the surveillance of Alice Huang continues. U.S. officials did not believe at the time that Huang knew what she was doing, the paper reported, though it is unclear whether that assessment has changed, and some senior Trump administration officials doubt he could have missed it. The Times said it could not determine which agencies were watching her, what prompted it, or what she passed along.Nvidia disputes the implication. Spokesman John Rizzo told the Times that “Jensen’s interactions with Ms. Huang are not unusual or unexpected,” that Huang speaks with thousands of customer executives a year, and that Nvidia is confident the government would tell it if someone were a threat to American industry. He said Megaspeed receives ordinary business information and no national security material. The White House, the CIA and the NSA declined to comment. Alice Huang did not respond to requests for comment, and Megaspeed told the Times that it takes the matter “extremely seriously” and has hired outside counsel to investigate. The Chinese Embassy’s spokesman called U.S. accusations “groundless smears and slanders.”According to the Times, Trump has been wary of disrupting Nvidia’s chip sales, which are helping to drive the economy and the stock market, and of complicating trade talks with China, where he is due to travel next month. Current and former officials told the paper that investigations and proposed sanctions touching Nvidia or China have stalled at the Commerce Department, which regulates chip exports.Huang’s access to the president is the backdrop – with the Times reporting that he lobbied the administration to loosen AI rules and roll back tighter limits on chip sales to China, and negotiated a deal giving the U.S. government a 25 percent cut of certain China-bound chip sales. It also reported that Nvidia donated at least $20 million to Trump’s ballroom fund, according to a person with knowledge of the matter, and that Huang sat at the head table at Xi Jinping’s White House state dinner last month.
Mystery Singapore company Megaspeed under US probe over banned Nvidia chips (The Straits Times)
Megaspeed has been in the government’s sights since late 2024, when a Commerce official visited its Malaysian data center and found Nvidia equipment still packed in boxes. The Justice Department took over the Commerce investigation this year, administration officials told the Times, and Singapore’s own investigation brought Alice Huang in for questioning in 2025 before releasing her. In October 2025, Sen. Tom Cotton asked Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to investigate Megaspeed.Trade records from ImportGenius show, the Times said, that Megaspeed’s Malaysian sister company bought at least $4.8 billion of advanced AI equipment containing Nvidia chips between June 2024 and February 2026. Megaspeed rents computing power to Chinese firms including Alibaba, and investigators suspect some of its chips are reaching China illegally. Nvidia has said there is no evidence of its chips being smuggled to China, and still lists Megaspeed as a cloud partner on its website. Photos posted to LinkedIn show Huang and Alice Huang together at a Taipei bar in June 2024, weeks before Megaspeed’s purchases began.And for the record – no one has publicly charged Alice Huang or Megaspeed with a crime, and no one has accused Jensen Huang of knowing anything. The intelligence claim rests on anonymous sources describing classified material, and every party named has denied or declined to confirm it.
Tyler Durden
Thu, 10/29/2026 – 10:25
Panthers vs Packers Thursday Night Football Week 8 preview points to a low-scoring affair
Football is back for Week 8, and it is hard to believe we are almost halfway through the regular season. I still feel like we don’t really know all that much about these teams. Are some of these teams that have good records actually bad (the Chiefs), or are some of the bad-record teams actually good (the Cowboys)? Maybe those two teams aren’t even the best examples of those situations. There are two teams on Thursday Night Football that are a bit hard to judge, as the Panthers and Packers take each other on.The Carolina Panthers are 3-3 for the season and 2-1 on the road. Bryce Young is searching for a contract extension, or maybe at this point a new home. The good news for him is that he has looked fantastic in his fourth year under center. He is on pace to have the best season of his career. The running game has been solid for the team, even if they don’t really use it as much as they probably need to. Chuba Hubbard is averaging about 4.5 yards per carry, but the team has attempted roughly 100 more passes than runs.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMDefensively, this team has struggled against the run, but has been very good against the pass. They have the worst defense in football when it comes to stopping the run. However, against the pass, they are ranked sixth. That might be a good thing against a Packers team that has struggled to run the ball this season. What is interesting to me is that, if you look at the schedule, the Panthers have won games against Bijan Robinson, Jahmyr Gibbs and Saquon Barkley. They lost to the Bears, Browns and Buccaneers. No knock on those three, but I don’t think their team’s running backs would be as feared as the ones they beat.The Green Bay Packers are 4-3 for the season and have done a good job of protecting their home field, entering with a 2-1 record. Jordan Love is having a really strong season and is arguably being asked to do more than ever before. The team was missing starting running back Josh Jacobs, who was away from the team due to legal issues. Without Jacobs, the Packers really struggled to find any traction on the ground this season. His return last week wasn’t transformational; Jacobs only had 36 yards on 11 carries.SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTERThe Packers will continue to rely on Love’s arm to get the job done. He’s already thrown the ball 270 times this season, which is almost double the number of times they’ve called a run play. That does make the offense a bit one-dimensional, and against the Panthers’ defense, they could struggle. The Packers, in general, don’t score all that many points. They are averaging 20.6 points per game, 25th in the NFL, putting them in the same company as the Cardinals and Broncos.It would be really hard to imagine that the Panthers and Packers play in a shootout tonight. Despite both of these teams excelling in the passing game, they aren’t exactly elite offenses. Both are pretty good at stopping the pass. I think this game is likely to be a slow-starting game with both trying to figure things out. I’d be surprised if it goes over 47.5 for the game, but I think the under in the first half is even more likely. Neither team is a fast-starting team. Give me the under 23.5 for the 1st half.For more sports betting information and plays, follow David on X/Twitter: @futureprez2024