On today's podcast: 1) Maine’s secretary of state ruled that Donald Trump cannot run in the state’s Republican primary (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-29/maine-s-top-election-official-bars-trump-from-gop-primary-ballot), citing his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. 2) The US military is trying to reassure shipping companies that a multinational force is making it safe to sail (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-29/pentagon-tries-to-ease-fears-on-red-sea-shipping-amid-houthi-attacks) through the Red Sea and Suez Canal even though attacks from Yemen-based Houthi rebels show no sign of stopping. 3) Nvidia Corp., the world’s most valuable chipmaker, is selling a less-capable version of its best graphics product for video gamers in China (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-28/nvidia-s-china-customers-to-get-hobbled-version-of-gaming-chip), after the US government tightened restrictions on what the company can market in that country. #Trump #Maine #Podcast #News #bloomberg Visit us: https://www.bloomberg.com/podcasts Follow Bloomberg Podcasts on Twitter: https://twitter.com/podcasts Visit our other YouTube channels: Bloomberg Television: https://www.youtube.com/@markets Bloomberg Originals: https://www.youtube.com/bloomberg Quicktake: https://www.youtube.com/@BloombergQuicktake For coverage on news, markets and more: http://www.bloomberg.com/video