Axios AM1 big thing: Both parties to move on Facebook Members of Congress in both parties have begun exploring possible legislative action against Facebook and other tech giants, setting the stage for a potentially massive battle in the midterm election year of 2. Why it matters: Following revelations about fake news and paid Russian propaganda on Facebook during last year's election, big tech has become a big target, with politicians across the spectrum declaring on Sunday shows that more scrutiny, transparency and restrictions are needed. The shift against the companies has been sudden, and is one of the biggest stories of the year. Republicans are likely to emphasize the national security and homeland security aspects to reining in the tech companies. A GOP lobbyist who's involved in the conversations says that the populist right in Trump's base views tech companies as political combatants that favor open border and liberal social policies.

Republican lawmakers, seeing a massive opening on a sexy issue, have begun consulting experts who have studied ways Congress could act. On the Democratic side, Sen. Mark Warner of Virginiais actively working to develop legislation to improve disclosure for online political ads. Warner's office tells me: "As more and more dollars are being spent on these digital platforms, we may need legislation to require more disclosure about political ads running on social media, the way we do for television ads. T]he ads you may see on Facebook are not public and are targeted narrowly to users based on different variables — making disclosure and transparency even more vital."But a well- wired Democrat warns: "It's not at all clear that people are ready to turn the big tech firms into villains — for national security issues, monopolization, commodifying our info or privacy.

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People like i. Phones and Google and Amazon. They don't make for as clear cut a target as pharma or Wall Street."Be smart: Facebook sees the abrupt turn in elite opinion about Big Tech, and is unlikely to oppose all legislation. Instead, Facebook will describe the proposals as a "roadmap" or "framework," and try to steer them in the industry's direction rather than try to kill them, which would be unpopular in this environment. A loud lunch that's an instant legend "President Trump's legal team is wrestling with how much to cooperate with the special counsel, ..

White House lawyers," the N. Y. Times' Peter Baker and Ken Vogel write at the top of column 1: "At the heart of the clash is an issue that has challenged multiple presidents: .. Trump's aides said they were scrambling to respond to [Mueller] requests to avoid a subpoena that might make it look as if the White House was not cooperating.""The debate .. Donald F. Mc. Gahn II, the White House counsel, against Ty Cobb, a lawyer brought in to manage the response to the investigation.""Cobb was overheard by [Vogel] discussing the dispute during a lunchtime conversation with John Dowd, .. Trump's] his personal lawyer .. BLT Steak, not far from the White House and a few doors down from The Times's office.""Cobb was heard talking about a White House lawyer he deemed 'a Mc. Gahn spy' and saying Mr.

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Mc. Gahn had 'a couple documents locked in a safe' that he seemed to suggest he wanted access to. He also mentioned a colleague whom he blamed for 'some of these earlier leaks,' and who he said 'tried to push Jared out.'"More quotes from Ken's lunch. The only story that matters Dump trucks full of sand are lined up along Fifth Avenue in front of Trump Tower in New York yesterday. AP's Craig Ruttle)Show of force against North Korea, a day before Trump's U.

N. speech: "The U. S. military staged bombing drills with South Korea over the Korean peninsula and Russia and China began naval exercises ahead of a U. N. General Assembly meeting on Tuesday where North Korea's nuclear threat is likely to loom large."L. A. Times' Tracy Wilkinson, on the U.

N. General Assembly: "Neither Russian President Vladimir Putin nor Chinese President Xi Jinping are coming this year. That gives even more running room to a celebrity president who has shaken global institutions with his 'America first' policy and whom diplomats politely describe as unpredictable.""H. R. Mc. Master, the White House national security advisor, said Trump will emphasize the [themes of 'sovereignty and accountability'] in his bilateral and multilateral meetings."P.

S. The inaugural Bloomberg Global Business Forum, which on Wednesday will bring together public and private sector leaders from every region in the world, will kick off with remarks from President Clinton, Michael Bloomberg, French President Macron and Alibaba founder Jack Ma. David Rubenstein will moderate a panel that includes Bill Gates, on how technology is disrupting poverty, energy, and health care. Industry prefers Obama regs to uncertainty. The world's biggest air conditioning and chemical companies are urging President Trump to defend one of his predecessor's landmark climate policies — and so far, it's working, Axios' Amy Harder writes in her weekly "Harder Line" energy column. The big picture: This is the most aggressive example of how different types of industries are urging Trump to use caution with his regulatory rollback, in the name of business certainty.

Some executives in the fossil fuel and electric power sectors are urging the administration not to issue wholesale repeals of several regulations, including a rule cutting carbon emissions from power plants. Drill deeper. 5. While you were watching 🏈 .. Axios stream was surging: "Trump's dark view of North Korea options," by Jonathan Swan: "Forget DACA or tax reform. One topic consumes the vast majority of President Trump's inner circle: North Korea. The consensus view among Trump, Mattis and Mc.

Master .. is that this conflict is heading towards two options, both with high risks: escalated confrontation with China and the military option.""Biden to oppose universal basic income," by Steve Le. Vine: "Joe Biden [today] will push back against 'Universal Basic Income,' or UBI, one of the most popular suggested solutions to the massive eradication of jobs that's feared because of automation. In a blog post .. Joe Biden Institute at the University of Delaware, Biden will quote his father telling him how a job is 'about your dignity.'""How Rex Tillerson alienated every ally he needs," by Jonathan Swan: "Tillerson alienated his natural constituency — moderates who view him as a restraining influence on Trump — by what he's done, or failed to do, managerially at the State Department. He's surrounded himself by a tiny circle and hasn't sought much advice from outsiders. And he's got no ideological constituency on the right."6.

Data du jour A new UN report on the state of broadband says 5. Why it matters, from Axios' Erica Pandey: The global "digital divide" risks becoming a "digital chasm" as the poorest nations continue to be disconnected from the rest of the world, the report says.

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