Bessent Says Treasury Pushed For Megaspeed Restrictions, But 'Commerce Has The Pen’huffpost.com· 5d
HuffPost's live-updates article covers the FAA's nationwide ground stop on 13 November 2026, which delayed nearly 10,000 flights and was lifted after roughly four hours. Scott Bessent says Treasury pushed for months to restrict Megaspeed over Nvidia's alleged spy scandal but Commerce "has the pen," while officials including Sean Duffy and Markwayne Mullin blame an overloaded legacy communications system, not a cyberattack.
As background newest first
- US flights resume after FAA ground stop blamed on router fault in contractor upgrade
- Investors and employees petition Nvidia to reinstate Jensen Huang over spy-affair scandal
- Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO amid Washington backlash over his China chip campaign
- Howard Lutnick agrees to testify over Nvidia chip exports to China as pressure grows
- James Fallows says US air safety layers are being dismantled by the Trump administration
- Trump bought Nvidia stock around China chip export decisions that benefited the company
- FAA begins replacing floppy disks in air traffic control with new digital system
