Mary Catherine Wellons

• Trump's blessing of Nvidia AI chip sales to China gets a chilly reception from GOP - Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping "responded positively" to the proposal to let Nvidia sell H200 AI chips on condition that the U.S. gets 25% of revenue.
• USDA secretary threatens to cut funding to blue states over alleged SNAP data noncompliance - The Trump administration threatened to cut off federal funding to blue states over their alleged refusal to share SNAP program data.