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Do you think with some of the types of people they are after Please and thank you would be helpful. Before they got the phrase uttered they could find themselves face down on the sidewalk. Many they pick up are the worst human nature offers. More is expected of ICE dealing with those unlawfully here. It would be great if please and thank you would do it. But for many only physical brute force is what they understand, I can assure you, if one of these Asian countries had such serious immigration problems that the USA has, they would be much more brutal than these ICE agents. I am not exaggerating. Think about what you just said. Maybe one good reason they dont have our problem is those illegally coming to our country know where it is safe and they will be protected. They can receive free medical,free food, free housing, many of them killing our young women and children in very brutal ways. Here we have even our politicians,as ours did refusing to deport a man that had raped and killed a little girl. It isnt compasion,it is deliberate, practised stupidity that gives what is wanted by certain groups

That didn't seem to be the thinking when this was first posted. The way most of the reporting has been done on this you would think that ICE made a random decision to block the ER of this hospital. Someone will grab a headline or a sentence or two and run with it. Most certainly the media is aware of that. Just one headline concerning this would be enough ; This could certainly add fuel to a fire certain groups are anxious to start ICE agents showed up at a hospital in Los Angeles on Saturday and blocked off the ambulance entrance. KABC-TV, a Los Angeles TV station, reports that ICE showed up at about midnight at Adventist Health White Memorial Medical Center with a person in custody who needed medical treatment in the emergency room. A hospital spokesperson said federal agents blocked the entrance to the ER for two hours. The spokesman for the medical center again makes it sound as if they just decided to exercise a little muscle and block ER “When agents formed a line across our ambulance entrance, which we did not request nor authorize, we diverted ambulances to nearby hospitals for about two hours to ensure every patient received timely, respectful, and culturally sensitive care,” the spokesperson told NBC Los Angeles. The cause is always ignored. ICE just drove up to this hospital and blocked ER? We have had the peaceful mobs do this and block ambulances with patients inside, So far ICE has not been reported doing that Protesters soon showed up to object to the presence of ICE agents at the hospital, and one of the demonstrators, a teenage girl, was reportedly pepper-sprayed by agents and needed medical attention. Would be interesting to find out if this highly concerned mob was being paid. As in MN. Kind of reminds one of the hired mourners in the 1800's Hospital president Daniel Fontura said that agents entered the hospital, and wanted to be present when doctors were speaking with the patient in ICE custody. According to Fontura, hospital officials rebuffed the agents. “There was a time when ICE actually wanted to break protocol and be present with the physician in that sacred physician patient encounter and we said no,” Fontura said. He said that when ICE started to block access to ambulances and EMS vehicles, the hospital then contacted the Los Angeles Police Department for help.

November 13, 2026 By Sam Sifton Good morning. I’m going to start with the scandals at Nvidia. Manuel Orbegozo for The New York Times After the fall Don’t have “personal relationships” with people who work for you. That’s just one of the lessons Jensen Huang learned this week as scandal swallowed him whole and led him to resign yesterday as the chief executive of Nvidia, the chip supernova he co-founded 33 years ago. It’s bad enough to have an affair with a woman the U.S. authorities believe to be a spy for China. Your board will look into that. But if it looks as if you’re also torching company policy to get affectionate with subordinates? You’re done. (The Times cataloged other C.E.O.s who’ve been ousted for having relationships with people on their org charts.) It was, The Times noted, “the stunning fall of one of the most powerful figures in the A.I. boom.” Nvidia controls something like 90 percent of the market for computer chips that power artificial intelligence. Huang’s departure puts that dominance at risk. Shares of Nvidia, the second-biggest publicly-traded company in the world, were down more than 4 percent at yesterday’s market close. Nvidia, which Huang ran almost single-handedly, is an absolutely central player in the artificial intelligence boom. And it’s a linchpin in the contest between the U.S. and China for dominance in the sector. The company doesn’t just develop and sell those chips. It also acts as a kind of bank to finance the data centers that have become a real driver of U.S. economic growth. Now Colette Kress, Nvidia’s chief financial officer, will serve as interim chief executive while the board looks for a permanent replacement. Here are some of the potential candidates. (President Trump, who urged Huang to fight for his job, had an idea about where to pass the torch: to Tim Cook, the former chief executive of Apple. “A Legend replaces a Legend!” he wrote on social media.) The aftermath But remember the woman U.S. officials believe to be a Chinese spy? Her name is Alice Huang, and Washington is still very interested in her relationship with Jensen Huang — no relation — who has lobbied to loosen restrictions on the sale of A.I. chips to China. (This story explains how some Chinese spies use seduction to score intelligence and influence.) In December, Trump gave the company permission to sell one of its older chips there. But some of the Chinese firms that were allowed to buy them have empty offices in China. One led analysts to believe that it may be a front company. Others are tied to companies that are on a U.S. trade blacklist because of national security concerns. Alice Huang’s work has looked fishy for some time. Singapore, where her chip-importing company was based, took away her passport in June 2025 and held it for eight months while it asked the U.S. government for help investigating the firm. It believed she was funneling chips to China. Still, “Singapore has to date received limited information or assistance,” Singaporean officials said in a statement this week. After officials there learned that Trump had been told of the Huang-Huang affair and done nothing, they kicked Alice Huang out in February and told her not to come back. Yesterday, the Republican and Democratic leaders in the Senate both said Congress would want answers about Jensen Huang’s involvement with Alice Huang, even though he has resigned from Nvidia. Huang has already lawyered up, hiring two veteran litigators from Paul Weiss. According to their biographies, the lawyers have previously represented executives in government and internal investigations. More on the Nvidia scandal Critics say Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, and his department have shielded Nvidia as concerns have grown over A.I. chip sales to Asia. Here’s a timeline of Huang’s scandals. FREE TO READ Matthew Abbott for The New York Times Adventure tourism: It’s not easy to visit the downed plane of Isoroku Yamamoto, the Japanese admiral who masterminded Pearl Harbor. You might want to bring a machete. Huntrix: Bonobos, known for their nonaggressive nature and matriarchal societies, are considered the hippies of the ape world. But new evidence shows that female bonobos are vicious hunters. Muckraking: Boss Tweed used New York as a personal piggy bank. The Times brought him down. We revisit the incredible story for The Times’s 175th anniversary. Your pick: The most clicked link in The Morning yesterday was about Jensen Huang’s wife, Lori Huang. Hired gun: Robert K. Brown, a Special Forces officer in the Vietnam War, founded Soldier of Fortune magazine and developed a following among combat veterans and avowed mercenaries who wanted to fight leftists abroad with guns and gonzo journalism. He died at 93. THE LATEST NEWS Politics Vice President JD Vance Kenny Holston/The New York Times Trump said he had pulled Vice President JD Vance off Iran peace negotiations to focus instead on investigating fraud in Democratic-run jurisdictions. Chris Van Hollen, a senator from Maryland, will challenge Chuck Schumer for Senate majority leader, setting up a leadership clash among Democrats. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an award to the soldier who scolded him and his entourage for laughing and talking near the Tomb of the Unknowns. Midterms Scott Colom’s historic Senate victory in Mississippi capped a series of wins for Democrats that have shaken Republican dominance across the South. Pollsters almost uniformly underestimated how well Democrats would do in the midterms. Why did they miss so badly? A former Maine governor flipped a House seat for Republicans in a rare midterm win for the party. Fewer election losers seem to be calling the winners to concede. (In a bygone era, such breaches of political decorum would have been inconceivable.) Around the World Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times In the Democratic Republic of Congo, aid groups are struggling to reach the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak. Our reporter is there. Ukraine is providing five million battlefield videos to defense companies at home and abroad to help train military A.I systems. Iran is punishing dissidents living abroad by seizing the assets of their family members still inside the country. The U.S. Army officer arrested in Britain on suspicion of trying to spy for Russia is a decorated Afghanistan war veteran. Other Big Stories Microsoft struggled to fix a global software outage affecting hundreds of millions of users. One person was killed and four wounded in a shooting at a gym in Washington, D.C., the police said. Mayor Zohran Mamdani pledged to raise pay for tens of thousands of workers who will carry out his plan for universal child care. But doing so requires more state funding. N.Y.C. BUILDING COLLAPSE Click this image to see how the search unfolded. Dave Sanders for The New York Times After a frantic search, New York City officials announced that they were ending their rescue efforts in a Brooklyn building collapse that killed eight people. They concluded there were no more victims. Hundreds of firefighters had searched for survivors, even as a downpour left shin-high pools of water near the site. Mayor Zohran Mamdani pledged an investigation, saying he was “incredibly troubled” by reports that construction continued even as inspectors discovered cracks in the building’s facade. This one image captures the devastation. OPINIONS Ezra Klein spoke to Hasan Piker about electoral charisma, anti-Zionism and the growing left wing in the Democratic Party. Jensen Huang’s resignation is bad for Nvidia, a tech journalist argues. But it’s good for America. Morning readers, don’t miss The Midterms Sale on election coverage and more. What effect will the results have on the country? And on you? Stay informed with our best offer on The Times in full. Subscribe now. TODAY’S NUMBER 16 — That is how many hours it takes, round-trip, for a Malawian farmer to bicycle to Mozambique to buy potatoes that he can sell back at home for about an $8 profit. We profiled a man who makes the trip as many as three times a week, hoping to save enough to buy drought-resistant seeds before the extreme weather expected from this year’s powerful El Niño. It’s not enough. SPORTS Soccer: Mauricio Pochettino, the coach of the U.S. men’s team, is expected to sign a 2.5-year contract with Manchester United and succeed Michael Carrick. The club will pay the U.S. federation about $10 million to buy out Pochettino’s contract. N.F.L.: In an attempt to draw the Washington Commanders offside, the New York Giants backup quarterback Jameis Winston tried the traditional snap count. When that failed, he got creative, belting out a rendition of “Who Let the Dogs Out.” Broadcasting: Dan Hicks, a prominent play-by-play voice for NBC who called memorable moments across the sports world, died on Wednesday at 64. His wife, the ESPN anchor Hannah Storm, said in a statement that Hicks’s death was “sudden and unexpected.” RECIPE OF THE DAY Rachel Vanni for The New York Times Please don’t cook a recipe for the first time on Thanksgiving. The stress isn’t worth it. Instead, if you’ve got something you’re interested in introducing to the table, take an easy run through it this weekend. If it flies, you can land it with confidence on Nov. 26. Like, for instance, this squash galette. Make it tomorrow and see! ON THE HOUSE Adam Driver, Roman Engel, Gavin Goudey and Scarlett Johansson in a scene from "Paper Tiger." Neon It’s hard to read this rave review of James Gray’s moody new period-piece crime thriller “Paper Tiger” and not want to ditch work and go see the film in a movie theater this afternoon. Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson and Miles Teller star. “His characters are ordinary men and women, not gods and heroes, yet their fates are no less tragic and the very stuff of American myth,” Manohla Dargis writes. I’ll get the popcorn. More on culture In France, a lot of funding for culture goes to Paris, leaving rural communities starved for art. Now the Musée d’Orsay has launched a traveling outpost in a tractor-trailer to bring the museum’s treasures to French audiences that feel left behind. Walk into an American store, and there’s a good chance the first thing you hear now is: “Welcome in.” Once you notice, you’ll hear it everywhere. THE MORNING RECOMMENDS The New York Times Add these moves to your workout, and see the benefits in your running. Consider these holiday gift ideas from artists, chefs and designers polled by T Magazine. I like the Niwaki folding knife suggested by the fashion designer Zoe Latta. Prepare for Thanksgiving with this excellent primer on throwing an elegant, stress-free dinner party, brought to you by the discriminating maîtres d’hôtel at Wirecutter. Take our news quiz. GAMES Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangram was touched. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections, Crossplay and Strands. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times and me. See you tomorrow. — Sam Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Host: Sam Sifton Editor: Adam B. Kushner News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Evan Gorelick, Brent Lewis, Lara McCoy, Karl Russell Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Editorial Director, Newsletters: Jodi Rudoren Deputy Editorial Director: Lauren Jackson

THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 13 1982 Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedicated The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, designed by Maya Lin, is dedicated in Washington, D.C. The long-awaited memorial was a simple V-shaped black-granite wall inscribed with the names of the 57,939 Americans who died in the conflict. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1970s 1974 Karen Silkwood dies in mysterious one-car crash American Revolution 1775 Patriots take Montreal Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander History 2020 Kim Ng named first female MLB general manager Civil War 1861 General George McClellan snubs President Lincoln Cold War 1953 Indiana Textbook Commission member charges that Robin Hood is communist Crime 1974 The Amityville murders Early 20th Century U.S. 1909 Ballinger-Pinchot scandal erupts European History 2015 ISIL stages series of terrorist attacks in Paris, culminating in massacre at Bataclan theater Natural Disasters & Environment 1985 Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts in Colombia, burying more than 23,000 Sports 1979 Darryl Dawkins breaks his first backboard

Rosalía wins album of the year 2026 at the Latin Grammy Awards for ‘Lux,’ capping a thrilling night Spanish singer Rosalía won album of the year at the 27th annual Latin Grammy Awards on Thursday night, capping an electrifying night full of stellar performances across genres. https://apnews.com/article/latin-grammys-2026-70584c66afd078de1df5143f6dc10398?

Senators probe RFK Jr.'s Samoa trip testimony after AP and Guardian showed documents that refute it NEW YORK (AP) — Two Democratic senators are launching an investigation into whether Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lied to Congress about his reason for a 2019 trip to Samoa after The Associated Press and The Guardian published documents in August refuting his testimony. https://apnews.com/article/samoa-rfk-jr-senate-investigation-measles-vaccines-e4b97becad6d2951d9e84ea584979c41? Van Hollen to challenge Schumer for Senate Democratic leader WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland said Thursday that he will run for Senate Majority Leader in the next Congress, setting up a challenge to Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer after the party swept to power in the midterm elections. https://apnews.com/article/van-hollen-schumer-senate-democratic-leader-6d74c189cb6c065c9a810a1cf1a53436? ps:Personally I do believe it's time for a change??

OpenAI Fooled by Russian Pranksters Into Thinking They Were Speaking to Ukrainian Official A Russian internet comedy duo tricked three of OpenAI’s highest ranking military and national security staff into a candid conversation about arming Ukraine. The online pranksters posed as officials from Ukraine’s government, according to a recording of the meeting posted online. https://theintercept.com/2026/11/11/openai-ukraine-russia-prank-security/? Humanitarian Orgs Demand Answers on Yemen War After Hegseth Impeachment Fails With Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth temporarily safe from impeachment, a dozen humanitarian groups are calling on Congress to investigate one of the eight shelved charges lodged against him: his role in the deaths of hundreds of people during the “unauthorized war in Yemen.” https://theintercept.com/2026/11/12/pete-hegseth-yemen-war-civilian-harm/? Trump Taps Campaign Lawyer and Pardon Adviser for Top U.S. Intel Agency As a lawyer on President Donald Trump’s 2024 reelection bid, Gary Lawkowski filed a complaint against the Washington Post for supposedly making an in-kind contribution to the Kamala Harris campaign by buying social media advertising for its articles. https://theintercept.com/2026/11/12/trump-lawyer-lawkowski-pardons-odni/? Hegseth Survives Impeachment Attempt Self-styled Secretary of War Pete Hegseth narrowly avoided impeachment Tuesday night, as solidarity from House Republicans blocked a bill introduced by Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., charging Hegseth with “high crimes and misdemeanors.” https://theintercept.com/2026/11/10/hegseth-no-impeachment-house-vote/? Pentagon, Inc. By buying up stakes in private companies, the Defense Department could become an independent, and vastly wealthy, behemoth. Self-styled War Secretary Pete Hegseth narrowly avoided impeachment for “high crimes and misdemeanors” on Tuesday. That failed effort sets Hegseth up for a reckoning in the new year. Congressional committees have broad investigative powers, including the authority to subpoena administration officials to testify under oath and compel them to turn over documents. And many Democrats — fresh off an electoral rout of the GOP — are spoiling for a fight. https://theintercept.com/2026/11/11/hegseth-pentagon-investment-bank/? Kalshi Is Cozy With Trump — But It’s Ramping Up Dem Hires and Campaign Spending Since the start of the year, the prediction betting site Kalshi has two hired former officials from Joe Biden’s White House as a policy adviser and a top lobbyist. https://theintercept.com/2026/11/10/kalshi-polymarket-betting-hiring-democrats/? Arizona Town’s Probe on Sex Abuse Claims Could Block Prison Firm Building New ICE Camp An official from Marana, Arizona, is seeking clarification from the private prison giant Management and Training Corporation about its handling of sexual abuse allegations at the former state prison in the town, following an investigation from LOOKOUT and The Intercept. https://theintercept.com/2026/11/10/arizona-ice-camp-mtc-sexual-abuse/? Debunking Pete Hegseth’s Bullshit Impeachment Defense On the eve of a House impeachment vote, self-styled Secretary of War Pete Hegseth made a rare appearance before the Pentagon press corps. Over half an hour, he declared every military operation he has overseen “lawful” and claims of civilian harm “slander.” He said the Iran war was a great victory and only 18 Americans have died in the conflict. He also claimed that the effort to impeach him was a stunt by just “one disgruntled congressman.” https://theintercept.com/2026/11/10/hegseth-impeachment-press-conference-lies/? Austin Campbell Joins The Intercept as National Security Fellow The Intercept is pleased to announce the appointment of reporter Austin Campbell to a National Security Fellowship. Over the course of this yearlong fellowship, Campbell will join The Intercept’s newsroom to report on the military, national security, and how the U.S. war machine affects the lives of civilians and service members at home and abroad. https://theintercept.com/2026/11/11/austin-campbell-national-security/?

I understand why people are upset with this. But let me tell you, as a person who has traveled to many countries. Immigration agents are some of the rudest and meanest people I have ever dealt with. Japan is such a friendly country, except one group of people. You better not cross them. In some places just talking rude (many places in Asia) is justification for removal. I can assure you, if one of these Asian countries had such serious immigration problems that the USA has, they would be much more brutal than these ICE agents. I am not exaggerating.

This is why I never accepted it. It is clearly different from the rest.

Where is that? I would like to study that !!!

Longtime NBC Sports announcer Dan Hicks dies at 64 https://apnews.com/article/dan-hicks-dead-nbc-b4ac5dac07202a61597ebbe363599197?

Also crushed two vertebrae in the back and injured a knee. He is looking frail.

5 people are shot in DC, including 1 killed at a gym, and then suspect kills himself WASHINGTON (AP) — A man in a long-running dispute over the conditions of his penthouse condo shot and killed the building manager in a busy gym Thursday before fleeing and shooting four more people from his patio in just minutes, shocking a popular capital neighborhood and attracting a swarm of police officers. https://apnews.com/article/dc-shooting-logan-circle-3cee6a4ada875fcc18e932e536c63dcd?

The Boyle Heights district was once a thriving Jewish community. What in now Caesar Chavez Avenue used to be Brooklyn Ave. East L.A., where the White Memorial is located, is a Hispanic community. There are more than 100,000 reaidents in East L.A. 95% are Hispanic. There are areas where White people should appear only with a Hispanic escort. In short, there are likely thousands of illegals in East Los Angeles. It is exactly the kind of place where immigration enforcement should exercise itself. A large proportion of Hispanic immigrants maintain their distinct identity, usually Mexican. They are not assimilating into American culture, nor do they want to. Parts of downtown Los Angeles, city block after city block, are essentially an extension of Mexico. You would never guess you were in America, if you woke up there one morning. Whatever ICE is doing in Los Angeles is perfectly understandable, from an immigration enforcement perspective. How they do their job is another matter. Law enforcement officers, of any stripe, can get themselves killed being "nice." Generally, Americans are very rude and disrespectful of and to law enforcement. If ICE wants to get the job done, they could forget about non lethal alternatives, i.e., drop a few bodies. As a guy who pulled a gun on me in Arizona said, "You may not respect me but you will fear me."

Death row pastor calls on Byron Donalds to halt executions for six months after he takes office No state has executed more death row inmates over the past two years than Florida, but with a change of administrations taking place in January, anti-death penalty advocates are calling on Gov.-elect Byron Donalds to pause on any further executions. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/11/11/death-row-pastor-calls-on-byron-donalds-to-halt-executions-for-six-months-after-he-takes-office/? Agency budget includes $1 placeholder for autism care recommendations Florida’s top healthcare officials are acknowledging that, when it comes to providing applied behavior analysis to autistic children and other patients, it may take money to save money. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/11/11/agency-budget-includes-1-placeholder-for-autism-care-recommendations/? Feds consider letting destructive shrimping into protected Florida reef So many of the things we depend on in Florida are hidden from us, out of sight and thus out of mind. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/11/12/feds-consider-letting-destructive-shrimping-into-protected-florida-reef/?

November 12, 2026 By Sam Sifton Good morning. Lots of news today. Let’s start with the latest — then, as we head into the holiday travel season, we’ll answer a question: Is air travel getting less safe? A crisis at Nvidia Jensen Huang Sean Gallup/Getty Images Jensen Huang’s future as the chief executive of Nvidia is in question after new reports emerged that he had an affair with an executive who reports to him — Nvidia’s vice president of health care — as well as a woman U.S. intelligence has identified as a Chinese spy. Nvidia’s board met to discuss Huang but has announced no decision on his future. The company’s shares plummeted. Some of Silicon Valley is rallying around Huang, arguing that he is essential to the A.I. race. Nvidia controls an estimated 90 percent of the market for the computer chips used in the big A.I. projects that are driving the U.S. economy. Read the latest news here. For more: Huang’s wife stands out among tech titan spouses for how private she has been. Now she’s in the spotlight. Mississippi’s Democratic senator At Tougaloo College in Jackson, Miss. Rory Doyle for The New York Times Scott Colom, a Democrat, won the Mississippi Senate race in a historic upset. He’ll be the first Black senator to represent the state since Reconstruction. He won with a slim margin after more than a week of ballot tallying. “God didn’t want us to get it the easy way,” Colom said in his victory speech. “He wanted us to get it the Mississippi way.” For more: Read about Mississippi’s two previous Black senators. Photo illustration by Pelle Cass Flight risks Here’s an extraordinary statistic. Between February 2009, when a commuter plane crashed on an icy night outside of Buffalo, N.Y., killing 50 people, and January 2025, when an Army helicopter and a commuter jet collided over the Potomac River, killing 67, the major U.S. airlines handled around 10 billion journeys. Not one person died in a crash during that time. It was the longest disaster-free period in the history of American air travel. Nearly 16 years! James Fallows, who looks at what has happened to air safety in the months since the Potomac crash, likens the achievement to the government-led effort to create a polio vaccine in the 1950s. There was, he writes, “a profound commitment from the people in charge to learn from tragedies — what aviation experts call ‘lessons written in blood.’” That commitment is weakening now, Fallows reports: “The Trump administration has displayed an extraordinary unwillingness to learn new lessons, and in some cases it seems to be unlearning the old ones.” Fallows is an accomplished pilot and author of three books on aviation. Here are some of the things he’s learned about aviation safety since the Potomac collision. After the Potomac collision last year. Kenny Holston/The New York Times Unlearned lessons. The day after the crash, President Trump announced his view of why it happened: D.E.I.-focused hiring practices at the Federal Aviation Administration during the Obama and Biden administrations. The actual cause, according to the National Transportation Safety Board, an independent agency, was overcrowding of the airspace. The board made 33 recommendations for changes to equipment and procedures that would lessen the likelihood of future collisions. But the F.A.A. has not implemented a third of them, which the N.T.S.B. calls “unacceptable.” The government has fired many specialists, including all of the members of a key airline security advisory committee and some 400 probationary employees who had not yet been awarded civil-service protection. “We’ll look back on choices like these as the first step in some future accident chain,” a 30-year NASA veteran told Fallows. The F.A.A. cut its staffing targets. In August, after a shortage of air traffic controllers caused delays across the country, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he had “supercharged” recruiting efforts. The F.A.A. had previously cut its staffing target by more than 2,000 on the theory that new systems, including A.I., would bridge the gap. The government performs a lot of unannounced maneuvers in the sky. The Pentagon, in particular, has delivered chaos and confusion to commercial aviation authorities with surprise military operations over the Caribbean. In one case, a JetBlue plane had to take evasive action to avoid a collision. And in February, Customs and Border Protection used a laser-powered anti-drone weapon system it borrowed from the Pentagon to shoot down a party balloon it had incorrectly identified as a Mexican cartel drone, leading to the shutdown of El Paso International Airport for roughly eight hours. Read the full story. It’s free even if you’re not (yet) a subscriber. FREE TO READ The New York Times Shipwreck: The S.S. United States was once a luxurious supership. Now it’s at the bottom of the ocean. Eagle cam: See what the livestream doesn’t show. Itchy scalps: Dandruff is common and hard to ignore. What causes it? Your pick: The most clicked link in The Morning yesterday was to a video about the ICE agent who killed a man in Maine. MORE NEWS Pete Hegseth House Democrats faced bitter criticism within their own ranks after 11 of them missed a vote on the impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Some blamed traffic. Late night hosts also criticized the Democrats. A soldier reprimanded Hegseth and a group around him for talking and laughing at the Tomb of the Unknowns on Veterans Day. More on Politics A California man is about to win an election, but he died months ago. Senate Republicans have begun a push to install federal judges before they lose control of the chamber next year. Trump hinted at a bipartisan immigration deal after the midterms but then reversed himself. He’s done that before. A White House lawyer warned Democrats that aggressive congressional investigations could be a crime. Experts are skeptical. Many moderates voted for Democrats this month. Will they stay? Around the World The United States wants to tighten the blockade on Iran. But Iran’s neighbors don’t. A British court struck down Trinidad and Tobago’s laws criminalizing homosexuality. It’s a precedent that could affect other Caribbean nations. Pope Leo XIV visited Peru, which he considers his homeland. He met the president — whose father’s dictatorial rule the pope once protested. A strike by Israel on a hospital in southern Gaza killed at least six people and injured more than 20, rescuers said. The vice president of Indonesia resigned in a scandal over his academic credentials. Other Big Stories A three-story building in Brooklyn collapsed into an adjacent construction site, killing at least two people. Scientists are working to detect signs of dementia based on changing speech patterns long before people show symptoms of cognitive decline. An 8-year-old was separated from his family and taken by ICE at a check-in. “He just cried and begged to come home,” his uncle said. Judge Richard Posner, the most cited legal scholar of the latter half of the 20th century, died at 87. OPINIONS Huang’s affair hasn’t only shaken the world economy and geopolitics. It has also shattered the leather-jacket-wearing community, Anand Giridharadas writes. A.I. makes mind-reading a real possibility — the technology has gotten better at recovering higher-fidelity images from brain activity. One author explains the risks. Morning readers, don’t miss The Midterms Sale on election coverage and more. What effect will the results have on the country? And on you? Stay informed with our best offer on The Times in full. Subscribe now. TODAY’S NUMBER 98 — That is at least how many lawsuits challenging weapon restrictions have used a specific 2008 precedent. That decision, written for the majority by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, said that such restrictions are allowed only if a firearm is both “dangerous and unusual.” Scalia was quoting an 18th-century English jurist whose writing became the basis for much of American law. Except Scalia misquoted the guy. SPORTS N.F.L.: Rex Ryan, the former New York Jets coach and ESPN analyst, was arrested in Nashville after he hit pedestrians with his car and left the scene. Olympics: The skiing star Lindsey Vonn said her ACL repair, the ninth surgery she has undergone since a crash, “went well.” More details are here. RECIPE OF THE DAY Kerri Brewer for The New York Times This lentil tomato soup has just a few ingredients and comes together in about a half-hour. It tastes as if it has about 35 and took the better part of the day. Why? The nutty, complex taste of the brown butter at its base gets an approximately 213 percent amplification by the addition of heavy cream, which reduces into a kind of toasted cheese that brings together the legumes and the tomatoes beautifully. Serve with big hunks of crusty bread to mop the bowl with when you’re done eating. GOING ZEN Robert Greene Gabriella Angotti-Jones for The New York Times People have bought nearly 10 million copies of Robert Greene’s blockbuster self-help book “The 48 Laws of Power,” a merciless primer on self-advancement through manipulation and trickery, in the United States since its publication in 1998. Fans include Drake, Joe Rogan, Will Smith and 50 Cent. Greene was hailed as a modern-day Machiavelli. Then he had a stroke and experienced transcendence. His new manual is “The Law of the Sublime,” a 496-page road map for inner enlightenment and states of awe. “How do you fix yourself after you’ve acquired power? This book is that,” 50 Cent told The Times. More on culture Shane MacGowan of the Pogues is the subject of a huge new tribute album, out Friday. Made in close partnership with his widow and his sister, “20th Century Paddy: The Songs of Shane MacGowan” brings together artists including Bruce Springsteen, U2, Hozier, Tom Waits, the Libertines, Jessie Buckley and Glen Hansard to celebrate the work of one of Ireland’s greatest lyricists, who died in 2023. Read about its birth. Would you spend $150 on a Thanksgiving apple pie? You certainly can, if the $5.99 pumpkin pie at Costco doesn’t appeal. Read our report from the front lines of the new pie economy. THE MORNING RECOMMENDS Audrey Helen Weber Manage the seasonal depression that comes for so many of us when we’re commuting in the dark. Our Well desk has advice. (TL;DR? Go outside in the morning!) Consider using a teeny-tiny toolbox from Harbor Freight as a place to store your everyday carries at night — your watch, say, and wallet, cash, earphones, sunglasses, pocketknife, flashlight and compass. (Or is that just me?) Write with a pencil, so you can erase your mistakes. The crossword neophytes at Wirecutter have selected the very best ones. (I’m a Ticonderoga man, myself.) GAMES Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangram was deductive. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections, Crossplay and Strands. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times and me. See you tomorrow. — Sam Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Host: Sam Sifton Editor: Adam B. Kushner News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Evan Gorelick, Brent Lewis, Lara McCoy, Karl Russell Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Editorial Director, Newsletters: Jodi Rudoren Deputy Editorial Director: Lauren Jackson

Hegseth and staff reprimanded by guard at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Video shows Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth taking photos in front of the tomb with a group of advisers and staffers following a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. As the group broke from taking photos, a loud laugh could be heard, and the soldier guarding the tomb shouted that “all visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence and respect at all times.” Read more. What to know: Sean Parnell, the Pentagon’s top spokesman, said that “while commemorating this solemn day, a soldier correctly and respectfully reminded everyone to maintain decorum.” The tomb is considered one of the most solemn and revered war memorials in the U.S., being the final resting place of unidentified soldiers from World War I, World War II and the Korean War. It has been guarded around the clock by a soldier from the Army’s 3rd Infantry Regiment, also known as “The Old Guard," since 1948. The incident comes a day after Hegseth narrowly survived an effort to impeach him by lawmakers in Congress. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ WATCH: See the incident unfold House approves bill to boost compensation for many veterans, with some floor drama Trump says the towering arch he wants to build might be dedicated to military veterans Americans honor those who served on Veterans Day, in photos A Detroit group is using dog tags to aid homeless women veterans

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✈️ 1 for the road: United's bot ban Illustration: Shoshana Gordon/Axios United Airlines is blocking personal AI assistants like Meta's Muse and OpenAI's Dots from accessing its systems to book tickets, The Wall Street Journal reports. The airline cited concerns about sensitive customer information, unintended purchases and potential violations of federal aviation rules. AI agents can still show customers United's flight options and prices but won't be allowed to book tickets directly on its website. Keep reading (gift link).

📉 Death penalty support crumbles Data: Gallup. Chart: Avery Lotz/Axios For the first time since 1971, fewer than half of Americans support the death penalty for convicted murderers, Axios' Avery Lotz writes from a new Gallup poll. Gallup started its most recent polling on the question a day after death row inmate Christa Pike survived a botched lethal injection process in Tennessee, triggering a pause on executions in the state. Go deeper.

💰 Trump playbook tempts Dems Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios Newly emboldened Democrats are warming to a move from President Trump's playbook: Turning the federal government into an investor in private companies, Axios' Amy Harder writes. They're considering investments and aid for clean energy and energy infrastructure. 🎨 The big picture: The Biden administration spent billions subsidizing clean energy and semiconductor manufacturing. The Trump administration has gone further by taking ownership stakes in companies ranging from Intel to critical-mineral producers. It has announced more than $30 billion in investments across nearly 50 deals involving government ownership and related financial arrangements, according to a Council on Foreign Relations tracker. 🔬 Zoom in: Jennifer Granholm, who served as President Biden's energy secretary, said at a gathering of energy and climate experts in Berkeley last month that "the Trump administration has widened the aperture for industrial policy." Granholm, a former Michigan governor, told us the government could take small ownership stakes in companies for national security or global competitiveness reasons. Keep reading ...

Big-city crime decline Data: Major Cities Chiefs Association (MCCA). (Tulsa Police changed crime-reporting systems, which may affect year-over-year comparisons.) Chart: Russell Contreras/Axios Axios' Russell Contreras, who has closely tracked America's stunning post-pandemic crime drop, writes: Homicides fell 15.2% across major U.S. police jurisdictions through the first nine months of 2026 compared with the same period last year, a new Major Cities Chiefs Association report found. Robberies fell 9.1%, rapes 3.5% and aggravated assaults 3.4%. 51 of the 66 large law enforcement agencies in the report logged overall declines. Between the lines: Not every city followed the trend. New York City was a major outlier, with more violent crime reported in all four categories, including 24.5% more homicides. In D.C., homicides fell 29.9%, but robberies surged 41.1%. Keep reading.

Jensen's blast radius Photo illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Jensen Huang's potential ouster from Nvidia leaves a blast radius far beyond the chip giant that's the backbone of the global AI economy: The scandal will consume the new Congress, could take out Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, goes all the way up to President Trump, and undermines U.S.-China relations on the eve of Trump's trip to Shenzhen for a summit next week and Xi Jinping's visit to Florida for a summit next month. Why it matters: Nvidia's chips, investments and financial guarantees sustain an ecosystem of companies worth trillions of dollars, Axios' Zachary Basu writes. At the epicenter of the blast is Huang, who spent 33 years making himself synonymous with Nvidia — and Nvidia synonymous with the AI revolution. "This is no ordinary CEO. This is no ordinary company. This is no ordinary sector. This is no ordinary time," economist Mohamed El-Erian wrote on X, warning of contagion across the AI industry. 🔎 Zoom in: As recently as two weeks ago, the notion of Nvidia without Jensen was unthinkable. Even after his affair with a suspected Chinese spy came to light, Trump and Nvidia's board stood behind him, Silicon Valley's elite rallied to his defense and betting markets suggested he would survive. A New York Times revelation yesterday that Huang had a second affair as recently as March — this time with an Nvidia executive who reports to him — shattered that consensus of support and put his storied reign in jeopardy. Driving the news: After that second affair came to light last night, Nvidia's board reportedly met to settle Huang's fate, though there was still no decision as of early this morning. The White House was read in. The market reaction has been brutal. Nvidia had already shed more than $1 trillion in market value since the initial scandal erupted, and shares plunged further in after-hours and pre-market trading. One of Wall Street's most prominent voices on tech, analyst Dan Ives, said Nvidia was worth 25% less without Huang. Data: FactSet. Chart: Matt Phillips/Axios Zoom out: Huang's rise was the stuff of Silicon Valley legend: The Taiwanese immigrant went from cleaning toilets at a Kentucky boarding school and waiting tables at Denny's to building one of the most valuable companies in history. Huang and two fellow engineers hatched the idea for Nvidia at a Denny's booth in 1993, launching a chipmaker that would revolutionize gaming, transform modern computing and ultimately power the AI revolution. Clad in his trademark black leather jacket, Huang became a global AI rock star — with a cult of personality that drew adoring crowds, calmed markets and commanded the attention of world leaders. 🖼️ The big picture: Huang's crisis comes amid mounting anxiety over the AI industry's future, as new financial, political and regulatory risks threaten one of the largest infrastructure buildouts in history. The timing is especially fraught for Anthropic, whose historic IPO — backed by a $10 billion commitment from Nvidia — looms as a referendum on Wall Street's faith in the AI trade. Huang spent years defending the industry's soaring valuations and dismissing warnings of a speculative frenzy. Now his own scandals could help burst the bubble he insisted didn't exist. 👀 What to watch: The blast radius could extend far beyond Silicon Valley and Wall Street, threatening to engulf the Trump administration in a scandal over its handling of sensitive technology exports to China. Huang forged a close alliance with Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who loosened restrictions on chip sales even as other officials raised concerns about Chinese espionage and smuggling. Two top Senate Democrats, Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Chris Coons of Delaware, demanded yesterday that Lutnick and other top Trump officials preserve records of their dealings with Nvidia and Huang.

Russia-Ukraine Talks Wrap Russia and Ukraine agreed in principle to a large prisoner-of-war exchange yesterday after two days of US-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi ended without a major breakthrough toward ending the nearly five-year war. The exchange could occur within two to three weeks, with the number of prisoners to be finalized today (how the countries exchange POWs). The talks marked the countries' first direct negotiations in nine months, with disagreements remaining over Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory and postwar security guarantees. European officials were excluded at Moscow’s insistence but consulted with Ukraine’s delegation on the sidelines. The Kremlin opposes Europe's military and financial support for Ukraine, while Ukraine wants its European allies involved. US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow today before meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Dublin. The war has displaced nearly 10 million Ukrainians and become Europe's deadliest conflict since World War II. Track the conflict on an interactive map here.

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