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Nvidia’s board is considering firing Jensen Huang after revelations that he had an affair with an executive who reports to him and a woman whom U.S. officials say is a Chinese spy.

The number of students in America’s public schools is shrinking. In some cases, the declines have been so drastic that districts are facing empty classrooms, painful budget cuts and angry debates about whether to close schools. Sarah Mervosh, an education reporter at The New York Times, discusses what the enrollment crisis looks like, why it’s happening and how one school district hopes to fix it.

Over the weekend, Jensen Huang, the chief executive and co-founder of Nvidia — which makes the chips that power artificial intelligence — admitted to having an affair with a woman who, according to U.S. officials, turned out to be a Chinese spy. That revelation came after The New York Times broke the story of how U.S. intelligence officers uncovered what they say was a plot by Mr. Huang’s lover to use their relationship to funnel information to Beijing. Tripp Mickle, a White House correspondent for The Times, explains how Beijing tried to compromise one of the tech executives closest to President Trump, and what the scandal could mean for a company with enormous influence over the future of A.I. — and the entire American economy.

After a stinging rebuke last week at the polls, President Trump announced that he would elevate Stephen Miller — a driving force behind some of the most polarizing policies of Mr. Trump’s second term — to chief of staff. Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, White House reporters for The New York Times, explain what Mr. Miller’s appointment reveals about the president’s priorities for his final two years in office.

The governor-elect of Georgia is elated about her party’s victories in the South, but knows realignment is far from secure.

Today, we’re sharing an episode from a brand-new show called “METRO,” made by the Serial podcast team and the reporters here at The Times who cover New York City. Every other week, Sarah Koenig and her team will tell stories about the city and its most fascinating raw material: New Yorkers. They’ll bring you investigations, personal stories, essays and interviews that take the bigness of New York and make it human scale and relevant, no matter where you live. You can find all episodes of Serial’s “METRO” wherever you get your podcasts and in The New York Times app.

Warning: This episode contains strong language. Last spring, the political picture for Senator Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, was downright bleak. President Trump was back in the White House. Schumer’s Democratic caucus was largely powerless to stop him. And restless Democratic activists were calling for Schumer to resign. Fast forward to this week. Democrats have roared back to power in both the Senate, where the party flipped seven Republican seats, and the House. And now Schumer, who personally recruited several of the winning candidates, is poised to become the next Senate majority leader with an unambiguous goal: reining in Trump. On Thursday afternoon, I visited Schumer’s office in the U.S. Capitol to talk about all of that during a 45-minute interview. In between profanity-laced descriptions of the president, Schumer laid out his plans for Senate Democrats over the next two years, including investigations into the Trump administration and legislation seeking to lower Americans’ cost of living.

The midterm elections were an electoral tsunami for Democrats: a complete collapse of the Republican coalition and a landslide victory. Nate Cohn, the chief political analyst for The New York Times, examines the results to figure out which voters showed up, which stayed home and how much billions in campaign spending mattered.

The party clinched the House and the Senate in the midterm elections, giving Democrats a powerful platform to counter President Trump.

Strategists in both parties say Democrats are likely to wrest back control of the House, but the battle for the Senate is more complicated.

In 2024, Hispanic voters in the region delivered a political earthquake: majority support for Republicans. Now, that support appears to be evaporating.

Ben Ratliff, a music critic and avid runner, always ran in silence. Then he discovered how music opened up to him — while running. It changed his entire approach to criticism and listening. He calls it “running the song.” Today, for the New York City Marathon, Ben talks with our host Rachel Abrams about how his listening sharpens when he runs to music. Then, he goes through highlights from his five-hour New York City Marathon playlist, which is designed to complement a run through the five boroughs, featuring various styles of music connected to the places on the route.

The writer-director, known for his dark and bleak work, believes in film’s power to change our lives.

An inmate paid lobbyists and lawyers with ties to the president’s team and walked free. Others are following his blueprint.

An investigation by The New York Times looked at how two people named Dan Sullivan ended up on the ballot for the Senate.

A look at candidates from President Trump’s party who are running on a platform of criticizing him.

The strange story behind the first federal terrorism prosecution of American protesters.

The noise of the midterm elections has exploded into public consciousness after a TV commercial highlighted the two very different stories that Democratic and Republican candidates are telling.

Americans are expected to spend a record $13.5 billion on Halloween this year, according to the National Retail Federation. That includes costumes, decorations and lots of candy. In this episode of “The Sunday Daily,” our host Rachel Abrams talks about these three tent poles of the Halloween season with reporters from across the Times newsroom. Kim Severson, who covers food, tells us about the sour, peelable and texture-confused candy edging out longtime chocolate favorites. Louis Lucero II, an editor for style coverage, predicts the most popular costumes of the year. And Callie Holtermann, a reporter who covers style and pop culture, discusses the enduring joy of “Skelly,” the 12-foot-tall Home Depot skeleton with a cult following.

Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic nominee for governor, on her appeal to MAGA voters and her refusal to engage in the “culture wars.”