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TDFP News Roundup – 11/12/26

Writer: Yossi Schmidt
Yossi Schmidt
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Today’s 20 stories from The Digital Free Press: President Trump threatens to double tariffs on Mexico over a migrant caravan, Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi’s Senate race, the Justice Department warns Sen. Richard Blumenthal over his ballroom donor probe, and four TDFP reports, led by Jensen Huang’s resignation as Nvidia CEO, plus the White House counsel’s letter to Rep. Robert Garcia, an Alaska judge’s ruling on the Peltola campaign’s ballot request and what the viral Trump “wall of flesh and blood” video really shows.



Part 1: Top 10 Stories


1. Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO and leaves the board; filing gives no reason and discloses no severance deal

Nvidia said Thursday that co-founder Jensen Huang has resigned as president, chief executive and a member of its board, effective immediately, according to the company’s Form 8-K read by The Digital Free Press. Chief financial officer Colette Kress was named interim CEO while the board searches for a permanent one, and longtime director Harvey C. Jones was named chair. The filing gives no reason for the departure and discloses no separation agreement, four days after the board said it had confidence in him.


2. Trump threatens to double tariffs on Mexico if a migrant caravan reaches the U.S.

President Trump said Thursday on Truth Social that tariffs on Mexico will be “IMMEDIATELY DOUBLED” if Mexico does not stop migrant caravans heading north, the New York Post reported. A group of more than 1,000 migrants set off Tuesday from Tapachula, near the Guatemala border, and some told AFP they hoped Democrats’ midterm gains would mean looser U.S. immigration policy, according to the Post. Trump also wrote that the “INVASION of our Country is taking place again” (his claim, not verified).


3. Democrat Scott Colom defeats Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi after a weeklong count

Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi, 49.2% to 48.7% with more than 95% of ballots counted, the New York Post reported, more than a week after Election Day. Hyde-Smith conceded, saying, “I respect the decision of Mississippi voters.” Colom, a district attorney, becomes the first Democrat to win a Senate race in the state since 1982, according to the Post.


4. White House letter warning Rep. Garcia of “blatant criminality” rests on two Supreme Court cases and social media posts

White House Counsel William Scharf warned Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the Oversight Committee’s top Democrat, that planned investigations of the Trump administration “may cross the line into blatant criminality.” The Digital Free Press read the three-page letter in full: it rests on two Supreme Court cases, Watkins and Mazars, most of its 12 footnotes cite posts on X and Bluesky, and it names no criminal statute.


5. Trump tells Vance to focus on blue-state “corruption and crime,” says “we don’t need a deal with Iran”

President Trump said Thursday he has told Vice President JD Vance to give his “complete and total attention” to alleged benefit fraud in Democrat-run states and cities rather than diplomacy, the New York Post reported. Trump wrote on Truth Social that “Billions of Dollars is being stolen each and every month” in blue states (his claim, not verified) and that “We don’t need a deal with Iran.” Vance helped negotiate a June memorandum with Iran that opened a 60-day window for talks, which passed without a deal, according to the Post.


6. Justice Department warns Sen. Blumenthal over his probe of Trump ballroom donors

Houston U.S. Attorney Aaron Reitz accused Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) in a letter of trying to intimidate donors to the White House ballroom, the New York Post reported. Blumenthal, who is set to chair the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations in January, sent nearly 60 letters to donors, including Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft and Nvidia, asking for records by Jan. 4 or face subpoenas. Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter wrote on X that “DOJ will defend against threats to those rights, period.”


7. Alaska judge denies Peltola campaign’s bid for a rejected-ballot list, saying the reports observers see are discarded daily

An Anchorage judge ruled that Alaska’s Division of Elections does not have to give Mary Peltola’s Senate campaign a list of voters whose absentee ballots were rejected. The Digital Free Press read the 17-page order: Superior Court Judge Thomas A. Matthews found that the daily reports shown to ballot observers are thrown away and are not public records, and that the state’s “antiquated” voter database cannot produce the list in the middle of the count.


8. Iran claims a strike on an Omani island in the Strait of Hormuz that it says the “enemy” uses

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard navy said it struck navigation and communications equipment on Oman’s Didamar Island in the Strait of Hormuz, alleging the systems helped ships move through the strait without Tehran’s authorization, Fox News reported. Three sources confirmed to Reuters that equipment on the island had been attacked. The Institute for the Study of War said the attack happened Nov. 8 and that the extent of the damage remains unclear, according to Fox.

Source: Fox News


9. At least five people injured in a shooting outside a D.C. fitness center near Logan Circle

An active shooting Thursday morning near Logan Circle in Washington, D.C., left at least five people injured, D.C. police told Fox News. D.C. Council member Brooke Pinto said the shooting happened at and outside Vida Fitness near 15th and P streets NW. Police told Fox the shooter had been “contained” and was barricaded; the ATF is assisting. The situation was still developing as of Thursday morning.

Source: Fox News


10. Russia’s ambassador to the U.S., Alexander Darchiev, dies suddenly at 66

Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Alexander Darchiev, died suddenly on Wednesday at 66, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced, Fox News reported. The ministry called him “a consummate professional and brilliant Americanist” and did not give a cause of death in the statement quoted by Fox.

Source: Fox News


Part 2: 10 More Stories, Only on TDFP


11. U.N. General Assembly elects Iran to the committee that shapes U.N. priorities on human rights and counterterrorism

The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday elected Iran to its Committee for Programme and Coordination with 144 votes in a secret ballot, Breitbart reported. The committee reviews U.N. programs and recommends priorities across the U.N. system, including on women’s rights, human rights, disarmament and counterterrorism, according to the report. Critics called the vote “a travesty of justice.”

Source: Breitbart


12. What the Video Shows: Trump’s viral “wall of flesh and blood” clip came from his 2025 Veterans Day speech

A viral clip of President Trump calling service members a “mighty wall of flesh and blood” spread on Veterans Day as if it came from this year’s ceremony. The Digital Free Press transcribed the clip and compared it with the full transcripts of his 2025 and 2026 Veterans Day speeches: the words match his Nov. 11, 2025, speech and do not appear in this year’s transcript.


13. DHS says the twice-deported United cockpit suspect was granted asylum after a transgender persecution claim

A twice-deported Honduran national accused of trying to storm the cockpit of a United Airlines flight while claiming to have a bomb was granted asylum by an immigration judge after his third illegal entry in 2019, the Department of Homeland Security told Fox News. According to an application excerpt DHS provided, Rony Alexander Gomez-Alberto, 34, wrote that he feared being killed in his home country because he was transgender. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the suspect was able to “game the system.”

Source: Fox News


14. DHS says a man in the U.S. illegally dragged an ICE officer with his car in a Chicago suburb

Jose Garnica-Naranjo, 32, a Mexican citizen with a prior criminal history, was arrested Wednesday a day after he allegedly dragged an ICE officer with his car while fleeing an arrest attempt outside Chicago, the Department of Homeland Security said, Fox News reported. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the officer was hospitalized and has since been released. These are allegations; no court has ruled.

Source: Fox News


15. Iran designates Argentina’s navy and air force as “terrorist organizations”

Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday designated Argentina’s navy and air force as “terrorist organizations,” saying the move was “based on the principle of reciprocity,” Breitbart reported. Argentina designated Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization in April and added its Quds Force to a national terrorism register in January, according to the report.

Source: Breitbart


16. Idaho man gets 18 years for an ISIS-inspired plot to attack churches

U.S. District Judge David Nye sentenced Alexander Scott Mercurio, 21, on Tuesday to 18 years in prison and lifetime supervised release for plotting attacks on churches in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, the Daily Wire reported. The FBI arrested Mercurio on April 6, 2024, one day before the planned attack, and he pleaded guilty last month to attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, according to the report.

Source: Daily Wire


17. Michigan Gov.-elect Benson, who ran on curbing utilities’ political spending, names a DTE Energy director to lead her transition

Michigan Gov.-elect Jocelyn Benson (D) named Huntington Bank chairman Gary Torgow on Nov. 4 as one of four chairs of her transition leadership council, the Daily Caller News Foundation reported. Torgow also sits on the board of DTE Energy, according to an October SEC filing cited in the report. In April, Benson called for barring state-regulated utilities from political spending meant to “influence or elect politicians,” according to Bridge Michigan.

Source: Daily Caller


18. Florida city says a new state DEI law blocks its St. Patrick’s Day parade and Pride event

Delray Beach, Florida, said it cannot organize, fund or promote its annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade or Pride event in 2027 because of a new state law restricting local governments from taking part in diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, Fox News reported. The city said the law covers “certain programming and activities designed or implemented with reference to ethnicity, sexual orientation or gender identity.”

Source: Fox News


19. D.C. Metro says 64% of bus riders don’t pay as it weighs higher fares and service cuts

Washington Metro general manager Randy Clarke said Thursday the system faces a deficit even with a fare increase and may propose a higher fare hike or “pretty significant” service cuts, the Daily Caller reported, citing his interview with 7News. More than six in 10 bus riders, 64%, do not pay their fares, according to the report.

Source: Daily Caller


20. Long Island man accused of posing as a Purple Heart recipient while stealing $81,000 from a veterans group

Suffolk County prosecutors accused David Agtsteribbe, 58, of posing as a wounded, decorated combat veteran and stealing $81,000 from a veterans organization where he was finance officer, Fox News reported. Prosecutors said he was discharged as a private in 1988 for bad conduct and later altered his discharge papers. He was arrested two days before Veterans Day; these are allegations.

Source: Fox News


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