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Biden mocks Trump as ‘the great MAGA King’ in speech on economy
As Donald Trump’s chosen candidate David Perdue struggles to gain momentum in Georgia’s gubernatorial primary, Mike Pence has announced he will visit the state to get out the vote for incumbent Brian Kemp – a Republican who refused to bow to Mr Trump’s insistence that the state was stolen from Joe Biden in 2020.
Meanwhile, the select committee investigating the 6 January attack on the US Capitol has issued subpoenas to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and four other GOP lawmakers who are close allies of Donald Trump: Representatives Jim Jordan of Ohio, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, Andy Biggs of Arizona, and Mo Brooks of Alabama. Each was given the opportunity to voluntarily give evidence.
And the Department of Justice is now investigating whether former President Trump or any of his aides violated federal law by mishandling classified documents that ended up at Mar-a-Lago instead of at the national archives at the end of his term.
On Friday, the former president shared some thoughts on Elon Musk’s plan to buy Twitter, saying the billionaire would not pay a ‘ridiculous price’ for the platform as it is mostly “BOTS or spam accounts”.
Recommended Prosecutors begin probe into secret official documents Trump took to Mar-a-Lago after leaving White House Meat industry made ‘baseless’ claims of Covid shortages to press Trump to keep plants open, report says Trump attacks Pennsylvania candidate amid Republican backlash over his Dr Oz endorsement Jen Psaki says she’ll miss her daily confrontations with Fox News reporter Peter Doocy
Key Points Trump says Elon Musk will not buy Twitter at such a ‘ridiculous price’ Pence breaks with Trump in Georgia governor’s race Capitol riot committee subpoenas Kevin McCarthy and four other GOP lawmakers Prosecutors begin probe into secret official documents Trump took to Mar-a-Lago Dan Crenshaw says Marjorie Taylor Greene is ‘going after that Russia Today slot’ in row over Ukraine aid
Show latest update 1652466627 Amid nationwide shortage, House Oversight Committee launches probe into baby formula manufacturers
The chairwoman of the powerful House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform is demanding answers from the heads of the four largest baby formula producers in the United States on what their companies are doing to alleviate a formula shortage that has left parents scrambling to feed their children across the country.
Andrew Feinberg reports from Washington, DC.
House Oversight Committee launches probe into baby formula makers amid shortage ‘The national formula shortage poses a threat to the health and economic security of infants and families in communities across the country,’ lawmakers write
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1652465307 Psaki fights back tears as she says she tried to restore ‘respect and integrity’ to White House press role
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said she had promised herself not to “get emotional” at her final appearance behind the James Brady Briefing Room lectern, but that promise was quickly broken as she fought back tears just before taking questions from reporters for the 244th and final time.
Ms Psaki, who is reportedly decamping for a role with the MSNBC cable news network, thanked President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden for giving her the honour of serving as the top White House spokesperson during the first 15 months of Mr Biden’s term.
Recalling her first meeting with Mr and Ms Biden after the 2020 election, she said they discussed “the importance of returning integrity, respect and civility to the White House” when engaging with the press.
Andrew Feinberg reports from Washington, DC.
Psaki fights back tears in her final appearance as White House press secretary Ms Psaki is stepping down as White House Press Secretary after 15 months and 244 briefings in the James Brady Briefing Room
Oliver O'Connell 13 May 2022 19:08
1652464347 Philadelphia Inquirer declines to endorse GOP PA senate primary candidate
In an editorial board op-ed, The Philadelphia Inquirer has declined to endorse any of the candidates running in the Republican Party primary to run in Pennsylvania’s upcoming Senate election.
Headlined “We wanted to endorse in Republican primaries this year. We can’t”, the op-ed states that while the board leans Democrat, in previous years they have endorsed in Republican races and have always found: “points of agreement, sustained moments of mutual respect, and an appreciation of the kind of apolitical qualifications that are objectively deserving of praise”.
“Most fundamentally: We were all operating in the same reality,” the board writes. “That can’t be said in 2022.”
The op-ed continues:
When we sent a survey to Republican candidates in the Senate race to ascertain their positions on a range of issues, we learned that nearly everyone in the field felt our questions were biased and unfair.
In their view, among the most problematic queries that we asked was: Who won the 2020 presidential election? The only two options in the multiple-choice format were Joe Biden or Donald Trump. Only one candidate — Jeff Bartos — agreed to acknowledge reality.
If one of these Republicans wins the general election, they will represent Pennsylvania at the next State of the Union address. We guarantee that it will not be Donald Trump who walks into the U.S. Capitol to deliver the speech. The 2020 election is over. A candidate won, he lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and his name is Joe Biden.
How do you find points of agreement when you can’t reach common ground on facts so basic that they could be used in a field sobriety test?
Read the full piece here.
Oliver O'Connell 13 May 2022 18:52
1652463259 Don Jr says Pompeo ‘smart enough’ to know he shouldn’t run against Trump in 2024
Donald Trump Jr has said in an interview that Mike Pompeo should be “smart enough” to know whether to run against his father Donald Trump, if the former president was to run again in the elections in 2024.
Mr Trump has not formally stated whether he will contest the next presidential elections.
Read more:
Donald Trump Jr says Mike Pompeo ‘smart enough’ not to run against his father ‘He’s a smart enough guy to probably know he shouldn’t or wouldn’t run against Donald Trump’
Oliver O'Connell 13 May 2022 18:34
1652462557 Jen Psaki gives last briefing as White House press secretary
White House press secretary Jen Psaki is currently giving her final briefing before stepping down from the role. It is her 224th briefing.
Here’s our compilation of clips of her key moments behind the lectern in the briefing room.
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Key moments from Jen Psaki’s time as White House press secretary
Oliver O'Connell 13 May 2022 18:22
1652462135 Hannity keeps up attack on “ultra-Maga” PA candidate
As hardcore right-winger Kathy Barnette surges in the Pennsylvania Senate primary, supporters of Donald Trump and his chosen candidate, Dr Mehmet Oz, are starting to turn on her. Among the most visibly incensed is Fox News host Sean Hannity, who has blasted out a remarkably bilious thread attacking Ms Barnette head-on:
Andrew Naughtie 13 May 2022 18:15
1652460919 Trump says Elon Musk will not buy Twitter at such a ‘ridiculous price’
Donald Trump says Elon Musk will not buy Twitter at “such a ridiculous price” after the billionaire announced he had paused his $44bn purchase of the platform.
The Tesla boss says he is “still committed” to buying Twitter but that the deal is on hold until he had gathered more information about the spam and fake accounts on the platform.
Mr Musk has vowed to let Mr Trump back onto the platform once he has taken control of it, but the one-term president cast doubt on that ever happening in a post on his own Truth Social platform.
Graeme Massie reports:
Donald Trump says Elon Musk will not buy Twitter at such a ‘ridiculous price’ Tesla boss would have to pay $1bn fee to walk away from $44bn deal
Oliver O'Connell 13 May 2022 17:55
1652459855 ICYMI: A pro-Trump Netflix could be coming your way
A bespoke social media platform (albeit a beleagured one) is all very well, but Donald Trump now seems to be pursuing another venture to provide a “refuge” for the president’s fans: a right-wing alternative to Netflix.
The Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) is recruiting staff for the new venture. In an ad posted on Wednesday, the group announced that the streaming service, named TMTG+, will be “a ‘Big Tent’ platform offering broad-based entertainment rooted in free speech”.
It added that “in addition to the Social Media platform Truth Social, our SVOD [Subscription Video on Demand] platform TMTG+ will be the home for a wide variety of non-scripted, scripted, and original content”.
Sravasti Dasgupta has more.
Trump media company hiring producers for ‘Maga version of Netflix’ TMTG’s vision statement says the conglomerate is an answer to ‘liberal bias’
Oliver O'Connell 13 May 2022 17:37
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