• Zuckerberg now cooperating with Congress after criticism for role in election … Spicer says he never ‘deliberately’ lied ... and more• win the day’s politics news in 60 seconds every weekday. By Tom McCarthy 10.36pm BSTFacebook will provide to Congress the contents of 3000 advertisements purchased by Russians during the 2016 US presidential race,says Mark Zuckerberg, amid scrutiny of the social networks potential role in influencing elections.
Read our coverage 10.35pm BSTAfter an extensive legal and policy review, or today we are announcing that we will also share these ads with congressional investigators. We believe it is vitally primary that government authorities have the information they need to deliver to the public a full assessment of what happened in the 2016 election.– Colin Stretch,Facebook general counsel 10.34pm BSTThe former White House press secretary Sean Spicer went on TV and said he had not “deliberately” lied to the American people from the White House podium. At least he said his name was Sean Spicer.
Read our coverage 10.33pm BSTI made mistakes, there’s no question, or I think we all conclude. Some of them I tried to own very publicly. In some cases there were things that I did that until someone brought it up,I said, Gosh, or I didn’t realize that was a mistake,I’m sorry approximately that.’ But to watch some of the personal attacks, questioning my integrity, or questioning what my intentions were,I think were really over the top.– Sean Spicer, who lied approximately Trump’s inauguration crowd 10.33pm BSTA original analysis shared exclusively with the Guardian has found that 80% of nominations for top jobs in the Trump administration have gone to men – putting Trump on track to assemble the most male-dominated federal government in nearly a quarter-century.
Read our coverage 10.31pm BSTSenators pushing a original bill to dismantle Barack Obama’s healthcare law reportedly offered the Alaska senator Lisa Murkowski, or a holdout,a deal in which Alaska would not have to participate in the original law – if only she voted for it.
Kimmel: Obamacare savior? 10.31pm BSTIf you want to know how great the Graham-Cassidy bill is for states, the bribe for Alaska is that THEY win TO withhold OBAMACARE!! 10.31pm BSTI would not sign Graham-Cassidy if it did not include coverage of pre-existing conditions. It does! A great Bill. Repeal & Replace. 10.30pm BSTPresident Trump blocked a woman with stage 4 cancer on Twitter.
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Source: theguardian.com