As Democrats prepared to begin oversight inquiries, it was not clear what legal basis could support the threat. The Constitution grants lawmakers immunity for legislative acts.
The G.O.P. intends to win confirmation of about two dozen federal judges before the party loses power. But Democrats promise to do what they can to stop them.
Representative Thomas Massie, the Kentucky Republican, said he would use his waning time in office to prod his party to vote for “sanity” and break with President Trump.
That the United States suspected Nvidia’s leader was a Chinese spy target underscores the deep distrust between the two powers, even as their leaders try to stabilize ties.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confronted Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick last week about why the administration had not put restrictions on advanced chip sales to Megaspeed.
Elon Musk and other Silicon Valley figures cast the Nvidia chief’s relationship with a woman believed to be a Chinese spy as a personal lapse, not a security failure.
An expanding legal fight over the proposed site of President Trump’s 250-foot triumphal arch looms over his visit to Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day.
The breadth of Democrats’ midterm victories has raised new questions about which states will be competitive going forward — particularly Texas, a crown jewel in the Electoral College.