A single trading session produced two different numbers for Nvidia's decline, with one report putting the drop at 8.9% and the other at 8.4% as the session unfolded, as the stock was swept into a broad retreat across AI and semiconductor names triggered by politics rather than earnings. At the center of the selloff, according to Reuters, were Democratic gains in the US midterm elections, with investors worrying that tighter oversight could slow or restrict the construction of data centers, while AP framed the same anxiety around financing costs and the possibility of government-ordered construction pauses following the elections; both accounts describe investor fears, not measures that have actually been enacted. Earlier in the week, Melius Research analyst Ben Reitzes cut his price target to $315 from $420 on Monday, according to media reports, while keeping his buy rating intact. Separately, Republican committee chairs in the US House of Representatives have asked Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang to appear for a closed-door briefing on 18 November, Reuters reported, set to cover a report about his alleged relationship with a businesswoman, as well as Nvidia's security arrangements; the woman is under investigation on suspicion of espionage with China links, and Nvidia's response was that Huang speaks with thousands of customer executives and that Asian cloud customers receive ordinary business information — not sensitive trade secrets or US national security material. Reports dated 30 October said a breach at Brev, Nvidia's cloud development platform, may have