- Biden outlines steps officials are taking to get the message across
- Mitch McConnell says no rollback of Trump-era tax cuts
- Thirty people dead as Netanyahu vows to intensify Gaza attacks
7.40pm BST
The White House press secretary, Jen Psaki, is now holding her daily briefing. Energy secretary Jennifer Granholm and homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas joined Psaki in the briefing room.
The two cabinet secretaries provided updates on fallout from the ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline, amid reports of long lines at gas stations in some east coast states.
“Much as there was no cause for, say, hoarding toilet paper at the beginning of the pandemic, there should be no cause for hoarding gasoline.”
— Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Colonial Pipeline cyberattack. pic.twitter.com/2ACNKBE7Yk
7.21pm BST
NBC reports that Donald Trump’s much-trumpeted new online platform – From the Desk of Donald J Trump, meant to fill the void left by his ejection from Twitter and Facebook but in NBC’s words “essentially a blog” – is … not exactly setting the internet alight, let alone breaking it.
The ex-president’s blog has drawn a considerably smaller audience than his once-powerful social media accounts, according to engagement data compiled with BuzzSumo, a social media analytics company. The data offers a hint that while Trump remains a political force, his online footprint is still dependent on returning to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
The Desk of Donald J Trump is limited – users can’t comment or engage with the actual posts beyond sharing them to other platforms, an action few people do, according to the data.
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