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Nov 2024
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A.M. Edition for Nov. 14. More than a week after Election Day, the GOP clinches the House majority. Plus, Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick makes a play to be picked as Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary, as some of the president-elect’s advisers signal skepticism about the top contender, investor Scott Bessent. And, Nvidia plans to bring the Jetson Thor computers for powering humanoid robots to market in the first half of 2025. Luke Vargas hosts.


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