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Dec 24, 2025 Executive Branch permitted Nvidia to resume advanced chip sales to China under a revenue-sharing arrangement after a donor's contribution to a White House project Tier 1 · Primary Power and Authority
The timing of a corporate donation followed by a favorable regulatory deal raises concerns about pay-to-play influence over trade policy decisions.
Independently corroborated by5 independent news desks
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- Nvidia permitted to resume advanced chip sales to China after White House ballroom donations — Multiple wealthy benefactors, including Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, donated to the President's proposed White House ballroom renovation. Weeks after these donations, Nvidia was permitted to resume certain advanced chip sales to China under an arrangement requiring the company to remit 25 percent of such sales revenue to the United States government. No documented proof of quid pro quo exists in the public record, but the timing and sequence raise concerns about pay-to-play arrangements.
- Nvidia permitted to resume advanced chip sales to China under revenue-sharing arrangement — Weeks after Jensen Huang of Nvidia donated to the proposed White House ballroom, the administration permitted Nvidia to resume advanced chip sales to China under an arrangement requiring the company to remit 25% of sales revenue to the U.S. government.
Verified: Tier 1 primary record
Week 49 – 2025-12-20–2025-12-26
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Jul 7, 2025 IRS announced churches may endorse political candidates without losing tax-exempt status Tier 1 · Primary Power and Authority
Reversing a decades-old rule blurs the separation of religion and politics and gives tax-exempt organizations new partisan latitude.
Independently corroborated by4 independent news desks
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- IRS announced exemption for churches endorsing political candidates — The IRS announced in a court filing that churches and other houses of worship are free to endorse political candidates, creating an exemption for a decades-old ban preventing tax-exempt non-profit organizations from political activity.
- IRS announces churches may endorse political candidates without tax penalty — The IRS filed in federal court that churches can endorse political candidates without risking loss of tax-exempt status, upending a 70-year interpretation of the Johnson Amendment of the tax code. Other tax-exempt organizations remain barred from candidate endorsements.
Verified: Tier 1 primary record
Week 25 – 2025-07-05–2025-07-11
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