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The Congressional Budget Office is investigating a recent apparent cyberattack on its networks, a spokesperson confirmed Thursday.

Why it matters: CBO is responsible for studying the financial impact of each bill that's introduced in both the Senate and House of Representatives.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments on a challenge to President Trump's tariff powers, with even conservative justices sounding skeptical of the White House's position.

The big picture: You can't divine a SCOTUS ruling from questions, or even their tone, but the odds have definitely shifted against this type of executive authority.

Nearly two in three Latinos say it's a bad time to be Latino or Hispanic in the U.S. — a spike in pessimism since just last year and a total reversal from three years ago — according to a new Axios-Ipsos Latino Poll in partnership with Noticias Telemundo.

The big picture: The survey shows that Latinos' overall sense of optimism, safety and belonging has plunged across several measures since President Trump took office.

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday she's pressing charges against a man who groped her on the street a day earlier.

The big picture: Video of Tuesday's incident on a Mexico City street went viral and Sheinbaum said on X that she would "review the legislation so that this crime is punishable in all" of the 32 Mexican states.

A new peace prize will be awarded at the World Cup draw in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 5 that recognizes "exceptional actions for peace and unity," soccer's international governing body FIFA announced Wednesday.

The big picture: FIFA president Gianni Infantino said in a statement that in an "increasingly unsettled and divided world, it's fundamental to recognize the outstanding contribution of those who work hard to end conflicts and bring people together in a spirit of peace."

Democrats' surprising victory margins Tuesday were fueled by dramatic gains among people who've drifted to the GOP in recent years — particularly Black, Latino and young voters, exit polls showed.

• Also jumping out of the results: In winning the races for governor in Virginia and New Jersey, Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill not only won a solid majority of women voters, they were backed by nearly half the men who voted in each state, CNN's surveys indicated.

Why it matters: The deeper Democrats looked into the numbers Wednesday, the more encouraging it seemed for a party that has been in the wilderness much of the year since President Trump's election.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has sounded his loudest alarm about the U.S. falling behind to China on AI, telling the Financial Times that "China is going to win the AI race."

Why it matters: The trillion-dollar bet on AI's success, pushed by the Trump administration, hinges in large part on Nvidia, the dominant maker of chips for AI computing.

• Huang's warning reflected an apparent frustration with mounting calls for regulation in the U.S.

The Trump administration wants to use a crisis over Hamas militants who got "stuck" in tunnels behind Israeli lines in Gaza to develop a model for disarming the group, two U.S. officials with knowledge of the issue tell Axios.

Why it matters: Convincing Hamas militants to lay down their weapons is the most sensitive issue in President Trump's Gaza peace plan.

UN Ambassador Mike Waltz met Tuesday with Palestinian diplomats in New York to discuss the draft Security Council resolution put forth by the U.S. to authorize an international security force in Gaza, three sources with knowledge of the meeting tell Axios.

Why it matters: The meeting was a rare engagement between the U.S. and the Palestinian Authority on plans for post-war Gaza.

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered officials Wednesday to submit proposals to possibly resume nuclear tests, days after President Trump's surprise directive for the U.S. to end its moratorium on the practice.

Why it matters: Russia boasts the world's biggest nuclear stockpile, and has increasingly threatened to use it as its war in Ukraine has dragged on.

Incredible amounts of U.S. firepower are coalescing in the Caribbean as President Trump plays geopolitical chicken with Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.

The big picture: U.S. Southern Command, which is executing Trump's strikes and would oversee operations in Venezuela, is now at the heart of the action after decades of Pentagon priority paid to the Middle East and Indo-Pacific.

Hamas returned to Israel on Tuesday the body of U.S.-Israeli hostage Itay Chen as part of the agreement to end the war in Gaza.

The big picture: Chen was the last U.S. hostage held in Gaza. The return of his body ended the most serious U.S. hostage crisis since the takeover of the embassy in Tehran in 1979.