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US Democrats probe Nvidia’s China chip sales deal with Trump admin, question $26 million in donations from company

US Democrats probe Nvidia’s China chip sales deal with Trump admin, question $26 million in donations from company

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Former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is reported to have misled a top lawyer about an affair with Alice Huang, describing their interactions as appropriate during the autumn of 2025 and in October 2026. The resulting scandal is said to loom over upcoming US‑China AI talks, though it is unlikely to dominate the agenda or affect President Donald Trump’s personal relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is not expected to raise the allegations at the APEC summit. Elon Musk has backed a petition to reinstate Huang, adding to support from Trump, while Nvidia employees call for his return and the board considers Arm CEO Rene Haas as a possible successor.

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RSS excerpt

US Democrats have launched an investigation into the Trump administration’s deal allowing Nvidia to sell advanced AI chips to China in exchange for 15% of its sales revenue.

Coverage arrived over 84 hours. First from The Indian Express, latest from NDTV.

High Corroboration 15 news outlets reporting

How this event was covered

First reported by The Indian Express at 04:47 UTC on 10 Nov.

Coverage ran for about 3 days.

Across 2 desks: india, world.

All 15 newsrooms, and who owns them

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  5. The Economic Times Bennett, Coleman & Co.

    ‘Billionaires with wives of Chinese origin’: Jensen Huang’s scandalous life sparks viral social media lists. Who features?

    NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang has come under fire following his confession of an extramarital affair with Kimberly Powell. This admission ignited discussions on social media about the patterns of billionaires forming relationships with women of Chinese descent. Renowned billionaires like Larry Ellison and…

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  13. Greater Kashmir GK Communications Pvt. Ltd.

    Jensen Huang, global salesman for artificial intelligence, resigns from Nvidia after affair

    Hong Kong, Nov 12: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned Thursday, capping a spectacular downfall for a poster boy of the artificial intelligence boom whose exit following reports of extramarital affairs now thrusts the chipmaker into an uncertain future. After a dizzying series of headlines about…

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  15. Livemint HT Media Ltd. Current article

    US Democrats probe Nvidia’s China chip sales deal with Trump admin, question $26 million in donations from company

    US Democrats have launched an investigation into the Trump administration’s deal allowing Nvidia to sell advanced AI chips to China in exchange for 15% of its sales revenue.

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  25. The New Indian Express Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd.

    Bessent blames Lutnick’s Commerce Department for delay in curbing Nvidia chip flow to China

    WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday blamed the Commerce Department for delaying action to restrict the flow of advanced Nvidia chips to China through Singapore-based Megaspeed International, a company at the centre of a scandal involving the chipmaker's former CEO Jensen Huang…

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Who did not run this

15 newsrooms ran this event. 24 others published in India recently and did not.

See which 24 newsrooms
  • ANI ANI Media
  • Business Standard Business Standard Ltd.
  • DT Next Daily Thanthi Group
  • Deccan Herald The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd.
  • EastMojo EastMojo
  • Frontline The Hindu Group (Kasturi & Sons)
  • India TV Independent News Service
  • India Today Living Media India
  • Kashmir Life Kashmir Life
  • NDTV Adani Group (AMG Media)
  • NE Now NE Now
  • Organiser Bharatiya Prakashan (RSS)
  • Orissa Post Eastern Media Ltd (Sambad Group)
  • The Avenue Mail The Avenue Mail
  • The Better India
  • The Economic Times Bennett, Coleman & Co.
  • The Hindu Kasturi & Sons Ltd.
  • The Indian Express Indian Express Group
  • The Logical Indian The Logical Indian (independent digital media)
  • The Morung Express
  • The Pioneer The Pioneer
  • The Siasat Daily Siasat Daily
  • The South First The South First
  • The Times of India Bennett, Coleman & Co.

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