White House weighs Commerce Secretary Lutnick’s ouster amid Nvidia export concerns, sources say

Intelligence summary

WASHINGTON: Senior White House officials are discussing whether Commerce Secretary ​Howard Lutnick should be pushed out amid a spy scandal surrounding Nvidia’s now-former CEO Jensen Huang, two people familiar with the situation said on Thursday. A growing number of lawmakers criticized Lutnick for the administration’s refusal to add dozens of Chinese companies to a key US trade blacklist, and over whether the government was properly overseeing Nvidia’s exports to China. Criticism of Lutnick’s