White House reportedly discussing Howard Lutnick's future as Commerce secretary
Verified: 2 outlets in 2 countries have reported this story since Nov 12.
Senior White House officials are discussing whether Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick should be pushed out in the wake of the spy scandal surrounding Nvidia's now former CEO Jensen Huang, two people familiar with the situation told Reuters on Thursday. In June, Reuters reported that the Trump administration had held off from adding China’s AI startup DeepSeek, memory chipmaker CXMT and more than 100 other companies flagged as national security risks to a trade blacklist. FRANCE 24's Wassim Cornet reports from Los Angeles.
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- Nov 12, 8:11 PM UTCFirst report· you’re reading thisWhite House reportedly discussing Howard Lutnick's future as Commerce secretaryfrance24.com ↗
- Nov 12, 8:41 PM UTC+30 minWhite House discussing Howard Lutnick’s future as commerce secretary, sources sayscmp.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 12, 8:41 PM UTC · +30 min
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1h agoWhite House reportedly discussing Howard Lutnick's future as Commerce secretary Senior White House officials are discussing whether Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick should be pushed out in the wake of the spy scandal surrounding Nvidia's now former CEO Jensen Huang, two people familiar with the situation told Reuters on Thursday. In June, Reuters reported that the Trump administration had held off from adding China’s AI startup DeepSeek, memory chipmaker CXMT and more than 100 other companies flagged as national security risks to a trade blacklist. FRANCE 24's Wassim Cornet reports from Los Angeles.
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