Why it matters: This is the first time President Trump has weighed in on NBC's story that federal investigators wiretapped his personal lawyer Michael Cohen's phone lines, which was later corrected to say his calls were only "monitored." Yet despite NBC's misstep, the federal investigation involving Trump's "fix-it" man is rapidly gaining speed, and has several people in the White House concerned about what could be revealed.
President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday designed to limit the legal protections that shield social media companies from liability for the content users post on their platforms.
What they're saying: "Currently, social media giants like Twitter received unprecedented viability shield based on the theory that they are a neutral platform, which they are not," Trump said in the Oval Office. "We are fed up with it. It is unfair, and it's been very unfair."
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Turkey will lift restrictions on intercity travel and allow several public places to reopen June 1, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday, per Reuters.
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