On today's podcast:

1) Nvidia Corp., the chipmaker at the center of an AI spending boom, delivered good-but-not-great quarterly numbers on Wednesday, drawing a muted response from investors accustomed to blowout results.

2) Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily let President Donald Trump keep freezing foreign-aid payments while the US Supreme Court weighs whether to lift an order that would require disbursement of as much as $2 billion.

3) Two-time Academy Award-winner Gene Hackman and his wife were found dead at their New Mexico home on Wednesday, the BBC reported, citing local police.

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