Dustin Volz

@dnvolz

@nytimes Washington correspondent reporting on hackers and spies. Priors w/ @WSJ, @Reuters and @nationaljournal.

Washington, D.C. nytimes.com/by/dustin-volz Joined March 2009

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A Chinese businesswoman who had a close relationship with Jensen Huang was a spy for China’s Ministry of State Security, Beijing’s top intelligence agency, according to people briefed on U.S. surveillance. nytimes.com/2026/11/06/us/…

www.nytimes.com China’s Top Spy Agency Recruited Woman Who Targeted Jensen Huang (Gift Article) U.S. intelligence concluded that Alice Huang, a Chinese business executive who developed a close relationship with Nvidia’s leader, was an asset of Beijing’s Ministry of State Security.

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My colleague @jonathanvswan reports Trump blamed Wiles on election night for the steep midterm losses and had privately been asking people what they thought of Stephen Miller doing the job. Trump was also asking for views on Jay Clayton, the director of national intelligence.

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“This past Election Day was just another Tuesday on the internet,” said @C_C_Krebs. “That’s a good news story, alongside the continued expansion of paper ballots and post-election audits across the country.”

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Foreign meddling in the midterm elections was largely a bust, officials and experts say. There are likely a few reasons why — including that the Kremlin appears more focused on France's upcoming presidential race. nytimes.com/2026/11/05/us/…
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Foreign meddling in the midterm elections was largely a bust, officials and experts say. There are likely a few reasons why — including that the Kremlin appears more focused on France's upcoming presidential race. nytimes.com/2026/11/05/us/…

www.nytimes.com U.S. Finds Subdued Foreign Meddling Operations in Midterm Elections (Gift Article) Russia was linked to influence campaigns targeting Democrats that gained little traction, but the Kremlin may be more focused on France’s elections in the spring.

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"This account of the Republican Party’s collapse is based on interviews with more than 70 people ... who were directly involved in the midterm elections, many of whom were granted anonymity to describe private conversations and decisions." nytimes.com/2026/11/04/us/…

www.nytimes.com ‘I Have Seen the Enemy, and It Is Us’: Inside Team Trump’s Historic Collapse How an unpopular president and an unpopular war provided an opening for Democrats to make sweeping gains in the midterms.