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The Federal Register published a presidential memorandum concerning a committee of inquiry into allegations against Lisa Cook. The memorandum directs the committee to conduct an in-person hearing on November 5, 2026.

Abbe Lowell challenged the inquiry process in a letter on behalf of Lisa Cook. The letter said the process did not respect the appearance or history of independence.

Donald Trump established a committee of inquiry to investigate allegations that Lisa D. Cook made false statements in connection with mortgage instruments. Associated Press reported that the committee was part of Trump’s effort to remove Cook from the Federal Reserve Board.

The White House reported that more than 70 companies had committed to make Trump Account contributions for employees. The release did not identify all of the companies or their contribution amounts.

A transcript of the October 7 event states that more than $4.5 billion had been deposited in Trump Accounts since July 4. ABC News reported that the administration put deposits since July 4 at $2.2 billion. The supplied sources do not reconcile the two totals.

The White House announced that nearly 70 million Trump Accounts had been created, including more than 60 million through automatic enrollment. ABC News reported that Donald Trump described enrollment of 70 million children as historic.

The second 100,000-metric-ton tranche for other countries or areas opened on October 1, 2026. The tranche was scheduled to close on October 30, 2026.

The fourth 20,000-metric-ton tranche of the Argentine lean-beef-trimmings quota opened on October 1, 2026. The tranche was scheduled to close on December 31, 2026.

Benzinga and Newsquawk reported that AMD and Nvidia were lobbying the Trump administration over proposed China-related chip-export restrictions in an annual defense policy bill. The reports attributed the account to Politico and sources.

Anthropic said high-risk grants for Claude Opus 5 and Claude Sonnet 5 were available on September 17. It said broader high-risk access for Claude Mythos remained limited to a small group receiving additional vetting while it worked with the United States government.

Executive Order 14425 directed the Secretary of Agriculture to review authorities that may allow mandatory country-of-origin labeling for beef products. The Secretary was directed to consult the United States Trade Representative within 90 days.

Executive Order 14424 directed the Secretary of Agriculture to prioritize and expand investigations of possible Packers and Stockyards Act violations. The order called for attention to practices that restrain commerce or manipulate prices.

Politico reported that NVIDIA and AMD urged the Trump administration to discourage lawmakers from including China-related chip-export restrictions in the annual defense policy bill. The reported outreach sought to prevent the proposed restrictions from being added to that bill.

OpenAI began a limited preview of the GPT-5.6 series, flagship Sol plus Terra and Luna, restricted to a small group of partners whose participation had been shared with the U.S. government. OpenAI said it had previewed the models' capabilities with the government, called the access process a short-term step, and said it should not become the default.

A White House release credited the administration with mortgage rates at their lowest level since 2022, refinance applications up 132 percent and the Realtors' affordability index at its highest since March 2022. It listed the US$200 billion directive to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac among the actions taken to lower borrowing costs.

The U.S. government granted Nvidia a license to ship small amounts of H200 products to specified China-based customers. Nvidia said the license required U.S. inspection before shipment.

The U.S. government granted Nvidia licenses to ship certain H20 products to certain China-based customers. Nvidia later reported about $60 million in H20 revenue under those licenses.

After Jensen Huang met officials in Washington and travelled to Beijing, Nvidia said the U.S. government had assured it that H20 export licenses would be granted and that it hoped to start deliveries soon. It also announced an RTX Pro GPU aimed at the China market.

Nvidia disclosed that on April 9 the government required a license for exports of H20 and any chip with its memory or interconnect bandwidth to China, Hong Kong, Macau and D:5 countries, and on April 14 said the requirement would apply indefinitely. Nvidia expected up to about US$5.5 billion of first-quarter charges for H20 inventory, purchase commitments and reserves.

Nvidia disclosed that the government had told it the October 2023 licensing requirements for products with a total processing performance of 4800 or more, designed for data centers, were effective immediately rather than after the planned 30-day period, affecting A100, A800, H100, H800 and L40S shipments.

Two months after the U.S. cut off the A100 and H100, Nvidia offered the A800 as an alternative for Chinese customers, saying it met the government's test for reduced export control and could not be programmed to exceed it. The part had gone into production in the third quarter. Nvidia had previously said the ban could affect as much as US$400 million of third-quarter sales to China.

Nvidia disclosed that the U.S. government had imposed, effective immediately, a license requirement for exports of its A100 and forthcoming H100 chips to China, including Hong Kong, and Russia, along with systems containing them and any future chip at A100-level performance. Nvidia said it did not sell to Russia and that the rule could affect H100 development and A100 support.