widespread doubt and uncertainty, the united states government seems to have assumed a role similar to an orwellian ministry of truth. white house from press secretary karine jean-pierre responded on wednesday. we certainly disagree with this decision. we re going to continue to promote responsible actions to protect public health, safety and security when confronted by challenges like a deadly pandemic. our view remains that social media platforms have a critical responsibility to take action or to take account of the effects of their platforms are having to the american people. paul: let s bring in our panel, wall street journal columnists dan henninger, kim strassel and iowaly shah finley. alicia, tell us who sued the government and what they re alleging. louisiana and missouri joined by scientists and conservative activists sued the government for infringing on their free speech rights. they claim that they put pressure and coerced the platforms such as youtubing
74% of americans think the countries on the wrong track and 60% are concerned about the president s physical and mental health. to save a shot at reelection, the movie mogul thinks biden should own his age and turn it into an asset. the same way fellow old guys harrison ford and mick jagger have done. while biden works on getting swole like indiana jones come he s got some competition. rfk jr. looking like the most jacked presidential candidate in history. biden still won t agree to the match up but how about a push-up contest? let s go. [groaning] let s go, let s go. up, up, up, up. jesse: dana perino. dana: i m so glad that you want to me first. jesse: as a female and undecided voter. dana: is that what i am? jesse: you see rfk jr. like that, does it make you reconsider voting for him? dana: [laughs] gosh. you re really putting me on the spot. i am impressed. 69 years old. it s interesting. hollywood is telling the white house just embrace biden s age. the t
ayman al zawahri, al qaeda s leader and a former deputy to osama bin laden on 9/11, was killed by a cia drone strike in kabul. the administration has not confirmed al zawahri was the target ahead of the president s re, ma. the senior administration official said there were no civilian casualties in the mission. al zawahri has been on the run for year, and his history of violence extends well beyond his role in planning 9/11. the egyptian doctor was at one point arrested in connection with the assassination of egyptian president anwar sadat and was indicted in 1999 for the 1997 bombings of the u.s. embassies in tanzania. joining me now is chief white house correspondent kristen welker. what do we know about what the president is going to announce, and any details about that operation? reporter: the details are still coming in. what we do know is that the president is going to announce that ayman al zawahri was killed over the weekend in a counterterrorism operation. the pres
secretary and long term trump staffer and tom peck political sketch writer at the independent. hello welcome to the programme. the european commission will set out next week emergency measures to reform the structure of the european electricity market. the exact makeup of that intervention is still to be decided. but a growing number of eu member states are calling for electricity prices to be decoupled from the price of gas which has soared as a result of russia s war in ukraine. the commission president, ursula von der leyen, said prices which havejumped ten fold in the last year have exposed the limitations of how the market is currently managed. it is no more fit for purpose, and that is why we, the commission, are now working on an emergency intervention and a structural reform of the electricity market. it is the czech republic that has summoned eu s energy ministers to this meeting next week, they currently hold the rotating presidency of the eu council. and just befor
so thankful for his return. they have all made it a mission now to raise awareness of the scores of other americans being unjustly detained around the world. so you were in a russian prison for 985 days? yup. and it s now been three weeks since you ve within back in the united states. how are you doing? i m doing well. i feel better every day that i m here. have you been able to fully grasp that you re free? no, so, you know, the last couple of days it s been been more real to me, but there s a time there where you you just don t accept at all that you re back, you can t understand that you re actually free. free, a reality that was almost unthinkable to this american son, brother and former marine just a short time ago, but today after enduring a hell few have lived to tell about trevor rowdy reed is back on u.s. soil, unafraid and sharing his story for the first time. you re a marine. one of your jobs literally in the past was to guard and protect th