https://smartaiintel.com/Breaking US news, world affairs, security, technology, business and sports from SMARTAI News.en-usThu, 12 Nov 2026 16:59:38 GMThttps://smartaiintel.com/articles/jensen-huang-agrees-testify-congress-before-thanksgiving-trump-tim-cook-nvidia/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/jensen-huang-agrees-testify-congress-before-thanksgiving-trump-tim-cook-nvidia/Thu, 12 Nov 2026 16:59:38 GMT2026-11-12T16:59:38.883ZTechnology & AIEx-Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang agreed on Nov. 12, 2026, to testify before three House committees before Thanksgiving under threat of subpoena, as President Donald Trump pitched Apple executive chairman Tim Cook to become Nvidia's next CEO.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/united-airlines-bans-ai-agents-openai-dots-meta-muse-flight-bookings/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/united-airlines-bans-ai-agents-openai-dots-meta-muse-flight-bookings/Thu, 12 Nov 2026 15:17:57 GMT2026-11-12T15:17:57.976ZTechnology & AIUnited Airlines revised its Contract of Carriage on Nov. 11–12, 2026, banning unauthorized third-party AI agents such as OpenAI's dots and Meta's Muse from booking, modifying, or checking into flights under threat of ticket cancellation.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/putin-witkoff-kushner-kremlin-talks-european-security-dublin-zelenskyy/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/putin-witkoff-kushner-kremlin-talks-european-security-dublin-zelenskyy/Thu, 12 Nov 2026 15:17:56 GMT2026-11-12T15:17:56.578ZWorld & Global AffairsVladimir Putin concluded 2.5 hours of Kremlin talks with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on Nov. 12, 2026, discussing a U.S.-proposed European security framework before the American delegation departed for Dublin to meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/manchester-united-sack-michael-carrick-mauricio-pochettino-10m-clause-pierre-sage/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/manchester-united-sack-michael-carrick-mauricio-pochettino-10m-clause-pierre-sage/Thu, 12 Nov 2026 15:17:55 GMT2026-11-12T15:17:55.757ZFootball & SportsManchester United sacked head coach Michael Carrick on Nov. 12, 2026, with the club sitting 18th in the Premier League relegation zone and advanced talks underway to trigger USMNT boss Mauricio Pochettino's $10m release clause.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/jensen-huang-resigns-nvidia-ceo-colette-kress-harvey-jones-601b-wipeout/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/jensen-huang-resigns-nvidia-ceo-colette-kress-harvey-jones-601b-wipeout/Thu, 12 Nov 2026 15:17:55 GMT2026-11-12T15:17:55.413ZBusiness & EconomyNvidia co-founder Jensen Huang resigned immediately as president, CEO and director on Nov. 12, 2026, with CFO Colette Kress named interim CEO and Harvey C. Jones appointed Nvidia's first board chair as shares plunged 14% and erased up to $601 billion.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/us-jobless-claims-200000-four-week-average-1969-low-treasury-yield-5-percent/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/us-jobless-claims-200000-four-week-average-1969-low-treasury-yield-5-percent/Thu, 12 Nov 2026 14:13:45 GMT2026-11-12T14:13:45.105ZBusiness & EconomyUS initial jobless claims ticked up 9,000 to 200,000 for the week ended November 7 (above the 195,000 forecast), while the four-week average held at 195,250 — matching an October 1969 low — and continuing claims dropped 20,000 to 1,697,000 as 10-year Treasury yields topped 5.00%.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/spain-luis-de-la-fuente-slams-lies-lamine-yamal-privileges-england-clash/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/spain-luis-de-la-fuente-slams-lies-lamine-yamal-privileges-england-clash/Thu, 12 Nov 2026 13:17:23 GMT2026-11-12T13:17:23.074ZFootball & SportsSpain head coach Luis de la Fuente condemned media 'fabrication' alleging special privileges for Lamine Yamal, explaining knee fluid kept the 19-year-old in Barcelona ahead of Thursday's Nations League trip to Czechia and Sunday's top-of-the-group showdown with England.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/howard-lutnick-stalls-trump-nvidia-china-chip-crackdown-bessent-musk/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/howard-lutnick-stalls-trump-nvidia-china-chip-crackdown-bessent-musk/Thu, 12 Nov 2026 13:17:21 GMT2026-11-12T13:17:21.980ZBusiness & EconomyHoward Lutnick stalled three separate orders from President Donald Trump to crack down on third-party diversions of Nvidia AI chips to China, including firms like Megaspeed, prompting a Situation Room clash with Scott Bessent and an Oval Office call to Elon Musk.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/commanders-giants-thursday-night-football-injury-report-jj-mccarthy-cam-skattebo/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/commanders-giants-thursday-night-football-injury-report-jj-mccarthy-cam-skattebo/Thu, 12 Nov 2026 13:17:21 GMT2026-11-12T13:17:21.304ZFootball & SportsFull NFL Week 10 Thursday Night Football injury report for Washington Commanders at New York Giants (8:15 p.m. ET, Prime Video), including J.J. McCarthy's hip status, Cam Skattebo's return from a hamstring injury, Treylon Burks, and Lucas Patrick's concussion.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/attorney-general-todd-blanche-military-base-bessent-rubio-iran-threats/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/attorney-general-todd-blanche-military-base-bessent-rubio-iran-threats/Thu, 12 Nov 2026 13:17:20 GMT2026-11-12T13:17:20.904ZWar & SecurityAttorney General Todd Blanche is living on a secure US military installation alongside Cabinet peers Scott Bessent, Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth and White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller amid heightened Iranian assassination and security threats.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/witkoff-kushner-arrive-moscow-putin-talks-european-security-donbas-deadlock/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/witkoff-kushner-arrive-moscow-putin-talks-european-security-donbas-deadlock/Thu, 12 Nov 2026 09:20:03 GMT2026-11-12T09:20:03.400ZWorld & Global AffairsSteve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow on Thursday for Kremlin talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine postwar security guarantees and European participation after two-day Abu Dhabi talks yielded a major prisoner-swap deal.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/scott-colom-unseats-cindy-hyde-smith-mississippi-senate-55-democrat-majority/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/scott-colom-unseats-cindy-hyde-smith-mississippi-senate-55-democrat-majority/Thu, 12 Nov 2026 09:20:01 GMT2026-11-12T09:20:01.285ZUS NewsDemocrat Scott Colom defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith 49.2% to 48.7% in Mississippi's US Senate race, making history as the state's first Black senator since Reconstruction and expanding the incoming Democratic Senate majority to at least 55 seats.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/nvidia-board-prepares-oust-ceo-jensen-huang-powell-affair-stock-drop/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/nvidia-board-prepares-oust-ceo-jensen-huang-powell-affair-stock-drop/Thu, 12 Nov 2026 09:20:00 GMT2026-11-12T09:20:00.571ZTechnology & AINvidia shares slid nearly 8 percent after hours following reports that its board is preparing to oust CEO Jensen Huang and working with an executive search firm after allegations of an affair with healthcare VP Kimberly Powell compounded an ongoing security inquiry.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/white-house-warns-oversight-chair-robert-garcia-trump-probes-criminality/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/white-house-warns-oversight-chair-robert-garcia-trump-probes-criminality/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 17:26:32 GMT2026-11-11T17:26:32.176ZUS NewsWhite House Counsel Will Scharf warned Rep. Robert Garcia that incoming House Democratic investigations without a legitimate legislative purpose may cross into blatant criminality, setting up a fierce constitutional separation-of-powers clash.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/paul-george-36-points-tatum-celtics-rout-jaylen-brown-76ers/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/paul-george-36-points-tatum-celtics-rout-jaylen-brown-76ers/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 17:26:29 GMT2026-11-11T17:26:29.989ZFootball & SportsPaul George scored 36 points in 30 minutes in his return to Philadelphia and Jayson Tatum outplayed former Boston co-star Jaylen Brown after a frosty pregame snub as the Celtics routed the 76ers 123-101.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/oil-tanker-burns-mine-strait-of-hormuz-iran-threatens-europe-bases/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/oil-tanker-burns-mine-strait-of-hormuz-iran-threatens-europe-bases/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 17:26:29 GMT2026-11-11T17:26:29.898ZWar & SecurityAn oil tanker caught fire east of the Strait of Hormuz after striking a naval mine on Wednesday, while Iranian security chief Mohsen Rezaei threatened strikes on distant US airbases in Europe and ruled out exporting enriched nuclear material.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/eisenkot-bloc-seizes-knesset-committees-netanyahu-gradual-us-military-aid/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/eisenkot-bloc-seizes-knesset-committees-netanyahu-gradual-us-military-aid/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 17:26:27 GMT2026-11-11T17:26:27.301ZWorld & Global AffairsGadi Eisenkot's opposition bloc captured temporary Knesset defense and finance committees in a 13-9 vote on Wednesday, while Benjamin Netanyahu's office stated Israel plans to phase out American military aid gradually rather than abruptly.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/coreweave-surges-22-percent-9-billion-prepayments-micron-wall-street/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/coreweave-surges-22-percent-9-billion-prepayments-micron-wall-street/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 17:26:27 GMT2026-11-11T17:26:27.204ZBusiness & EconomyCoreWeave shares leaped 21.9 percent on Wednesday after CEO Michael Intrator detailed $9 billion in near-term customer deposits, sparking a broad AI rally across Micron, Broadcom, GE Vernova, and Nvidia that lifted the S&P 500 and Nasdaq.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/appeals-court-blocks-doj-blanket-demand-journalists-linkedin-data/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/appeals-court-blocks-doj-blanket-demand-journalists-linkedin-data/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 17:26:26 GMT2026-11-11T17:26:26.026ZTechnology & AIWriting for a unanimous 4th Circuit panel, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III blocked a sweeping Justice Department order requiring LinkedIn to disclose 18 months of journalists' records across nearly 1,000 stories.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/vikings-trade-kirk-cousins-49ers-keenan-allen-pat-murphy-mlb-history/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/vikings-trade-kirk-cousins-49ers-keenan-allen-pat-murphy-mlb-history/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 16:13:24 GMT2026-11-11T16:13:24.133ZFootball & SportsMinnesota brought back quarterback Kirk Cousins from the Raiders as NFL contenders loaded up at the trade deadline, while World Series champion Pat Murphy made MLB history with his third consecutive NL Manager of the Year trophy.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/trump-vance-veterans-day-arlington-kennedy-lawsuit-250-foot-arch/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/trump-vance-veterans-day-arlington-kennedy-lawsuit-250-foot-arch/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 16:13:23 GMT2026-11-11T16:13:23.335ZUS NewsDonald Trump and JD Vance marked Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery as nine Kennedy family members filed suit in Washington federal court to stop construction of a 250 foot Memorial Circle arch near JFK's Eternal Flame.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/spain-first-general-strike-14-years-housing-crisis-election/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/spain-first-general-strike-14-years-housing-crisis-election/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 16:13:22 GMT2026-11-11T16:13:22.273ZWorld & Global AffairsSpain's two largest labor unions, UGT and CCOO, launched the nation's first general strike in 14 years on Wednesday over spiraling housing costs and stagnant wages ahead of the November 29 national vote.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/red-hat-nvidia-hybrid-ai-factory-google-tpu-8tx-8i-max-chips/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/red-hat-nvidia-hybrid-ai-factory-google-tpu-8tx-8i-max-chips/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 16:13:21 GMT2026-11-11T16:13:21.381ZTechnology & AIIBM unit Red Hat unveiled Red Hat AI 3.4 and a co-engineered AI Factory with Nvidia for hybrid cloud AI agents on Wednesday, as Google expanded its custom eighth-generation TPU family with AMD-hosted TPU 8tx and dual-chip TPU 8i Max.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/microsoft-patches-1259-flaws-outlook-zero-day-railway-ai-key-breach/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/microsoft-patches-1259-flaws-outlook-zero-day-railway-ai-key-breach/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 16:13:20 GMT2026-11-11T16:13:20.966ZWar & SecurityMicrosoft patched 1,259 vulnerabilities including actively exploited Outlook zero-day CVE-2026-124194 added to CISA's KEV catalog, as cloud provider Railway disclosed an October breach that drained $740,000 via stolen AI API keys.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/exxonmobil-signs-pdvsa-deal-historic-venezuela-oil-return/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/exxonmobil-signs-pdvsa-deal-historic-venezuela-oil-return/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 16:13:18 GMT2026-11-11T16:13:18.247ZBusiness & EconomyExxonMobil signed a preliminary agreement with PDVSA in Caracas presided over by interim President Delcy Rodriguez to study brownfield and greenfield oil projects following Nicolas Maduro's January removal, while demanding strict legal protections.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/supreme-court-allows-big-bend-texas-border-wall-construction/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/supreme-court-allows-big-bend-texas-border-wall-construction/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 12:52:12 GMT2026-11-11T12:52:12.763ZUS NewsThe US Supreme Court voted 8 to 1, with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissenting, to stay a federal judge's injunction and allow border barrier construction to resume across Texas's Big Bend sector.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/russia-ukraine-agree-major-prisoner-exchange-abu-dhabi-talks/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/russia-ukraine-agree-major-prisoner-exchange-abu-dhabi-talks/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 12:52:12 GMT2026-11-11T12:52:12.471ZWorld & Global AffairsDelegations from Russia and Ukraine agreed to a large scale prisoner of war exchange following two days of US mediated negotiations in Abu Dhabi led by Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/nvidia-rebounds-wachtell-lipton-probe-trump-defends-jensen-huang/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/nvidia-rebounds-wachtell-lipton-probe-trump-defends-jensen-huang/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 12:52:12 GMT2026-11-11T12:52:12.390ZTechnology & AINvidia shares rebounded over 5 percent Wednesday after retaining Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz for an internal security investigation as Donald Trump defended CEO Jensen Huang and GOP Senator Kevin Cramer urged his resignation.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/judge-rejects-bbc-bid-dismiss-trump-10-billion-defamation-lawsuit/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/judge-rejects-bbc-bid-dismiss-trump-10-billion-defamation-lawsuit/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 12:52:12 GMT2026-11-11T12:52:12.200ZUS NewsFlorida federal judge Jeffrey T. Kuntz denied the BBC's motion to dismiss President Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit over a Panorama documentary edit of his January 6, 2021 speech, keeping a 5 billion dollar claim alive ahead of a December 11 deposition deadline.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/france-accuses-iran-irgc-cyberattack-700-supermarket-refrigerators/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/france-accuses-iran-irgc-cyberattack-700-supermarket-refrigerators/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 12:52:11 GMT2026-11-11T12:52:11.618ZWar & SecurityFrance formally blamed Iran's IRGC Shahid Kaveh cyber unit for sabotaging refrigeration controllers at over 700 supermarkets, spoiling tens of millions of euros in food and sparking equipment fires, as Tehran rejected the charge.