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PBS News Hour

Why the federal government could take a stake in Intel

Season 2025 Episode 233 | 6m 28s

President Trump is weighing taking a 10% stake in computer chip maker Intel. If approved, it would mark one of the largest U.S. government interventions in a private company since the auto bailout of 2008. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Peter Harrell of the Carnegie Endowment for Peace. He is a former White House economic advisor in the Biden administration.

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