While President Trump agreed with Rep. Trey Gowdy's appearance on CBS' "This Morning" in a morning tweetstorm, he may have missed Gowdy's hit on Fox News' "The Story with Martha MacCallum" last night — where Gowdy largely dismissed the president's concerns about FBI surveillance of his campaign.
Go deeper: Gowdy, who is retiring from Congress at the end of this term, hasn't been shy about breaking with Trump on the Russia issues.
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The Chinese government is threatening to detain foreign citizens unless their home governments do what Beijing demands. In some cases, China has already made good on those threats.
The big picture: This marks a potential evolution of China's "wolf warrior diplomacy" to outright rogue state behavior, putting it in the company of countries like North Korea and Iran, which have also engaged in hostage diplomacy.
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The Justice Department and 11 states Tuesday filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google, accusing the company of using anticompetitive tactics to illegally monopolize the online search and search advertising markets.
Why it matters: The long-awaited suit is Washington's first major blow against the tech giants that many on both the right and left argue have grown too large and powerful. Still, this is just step one in what could be a lengthy and messy court battle.