Jun 20, 2018

Nobel Committee member says Trump is no longer a "moral leader"

President Donald Trump speaks on immigration issues. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

A member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee is condemning President Trump for his administration's "zero-tolerance" immigration policy that has led to the separation of migrant families, saying that the president is "no longer the moral leader of his country or the world," reports the Hill.

Why it matters: Trump was nominated by two members of Norway’s governing Progress Party on June 13, citing his achievement in reaching an agreement toward denuclearization of North Korea. But this member's recent comments reveal that not everyone on the committee is supportive of what Trump is doing.

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The polarized pandemic election

A Trump supporter protests Pennsylvania's stay-at-home order, during a May 15 rally outside the Capitol in Harrisburg. Photo: Mark Makela/Getty Images

President Trump is going all-in on pushing for a rapid, robust return to normal life, creating a visual, visceral contrast with Joe Biden and other Democrats who are more reticent to rip the masks off.

The state of play: Business friends have been urging Trump from the beginning to keep the lockdowns short. He's listening more and more.

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Tech's long hot summer of antitrust

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Google, Facebook and other tech giants face a summer of regulatory grilling as long-running investigations into potential anticompetitive practices likely come to a head.

The big picture: Probes into the power of Big Tech launched by federal and state authorities are turning a year old, and observers expect action in the form of formal lawsuits and potentially damning reports — even as the companies have become a lifeline for Americans during the pandemic lockdown.

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Palantir CEO hits Silicon Valley "monoculture," may leave California

Palantir is "getting close" to a decision on whether to move the company out of California, CEO Alex Karp said in an interview for "Axios on HBO."

The state of play: "We haven't picked a place yet, but it's going to be closer to the East Coast than the West Coast. ... If I had to guess, I would guess something like Colorado."

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