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Top lawyer in DOJ's Civil Division is latest in string of resignations

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The top lawyer in the Justice Department's Civil Division resigned on Monday, marking the latest in a wave of departures since Democrats won back control of both the House and Senate in the midterm elections.

Brett Shumate, the assistant attorney general of the Civil Division, tendered his resignation on Monday, leaving behind a division that has been struggling to keep pace as it defends the federal government in a flurry of lawsuits since President Trump took office.

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Nvidia investigates CEO Jensen Huang over Chinese spy concerns

Nvidia has launched an independent investigation of its co-founder and CEO, Jensen Huang , over allegations he was the target of an intelligence effort by China. The allegations center around a Chinese business executive named Alice Huang, whom U.S. intelligence agencies believe was an asset of China's Ministry of State Security , the country's main intelligence agency. The CIA, NSA and ODNI did not immediately respond to CBS News requests for comment.

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Senate advances bill to speed up permit reviews for infrastructure projects

Chamber voted 73-25 to formally take up bill that will shorten timelines to start energy and datacenter projects The Senate on Monday advanced bipartisan legislation aimed at speeding up permitting reviews for datacenters and other infrastructure projects, in the first major action since last week’s election that soundly repudiated Donald Trump and congressional Republicans. The Senate voted 73-25 to formally take up the bill, which senators and the president have pushed as a way to meet growing demand for electricity and other forms of energy that now…

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