Tuesday, July 16

FT News Briefing

Forhecz Topher

Daily News, News & Politics, News

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🗓️ 16 July 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Democratic congresswomen call Donald Trump’s attacks a “distraction” after the US president doubles down on his statement, US Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin says Facebook has “a lot of work to do” before the Trump administration will let it proceed with its planned cryptocurrency and money manager Jeffrey Epstein discloses his assets in a court filing after being charged with the sex trafficking of underage girls. Plus, the FT’s Ahmed Al Omran explains how Saudi Arabia is reviving its efforts to draw dissidents home.

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0:00.0	The UK's energy partner.
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0:10.0	Good morning from the newsroom of the Financial Times.
0:12.0	Today is Tuesday, July 16. Good morning from the newsroom of the Financial Times.
0:12.7	Today is Tuesday, July 16th, and this is your FT news briefing.
0:19.1	Democratic Congresswomen call US President Donald Trump's tweets a distraction.
0:24.3	Stephen Manushin joins a list of critics warning against Facebook's
0:28.2	cryptocurrency and money manager Jeffrey Epstein discloses his assets in a court filing after being charged with the sex trafficking of underage girls.
0:38.0	Plus, the F.T.'s Ahmed All-amran explains how Saudi Arabia is reviving efforts to lure dissidents home.
0:46.0	I'm Mark Filipino and here's the news you need to start your day.
0:50.1	I encourage the American people in all of us in this room and beyond to not take
0:59.7	the bait. This is a disruptive distraction from the issues of care, concern, and consequence to the American people.
1:10.9	That was Congresswoman Aiana Presley. She was joined by fellow House
1:14.3	Representatives Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Rashida Talib, and Ilhan Omar.
1:19.2	Over the weekend President Donald Trump took to Twitter to attack the quote
1:23.6	radical left congresswomen saying they should go back to the quote places from
1:27.9	which they came. The tweets appeared to target the four Democratic women of
1:32.2	color.
1:33.3	All are American citizens and all but one were born in the United States.
1:37.6	Ms Omar arrived in the US as a child refugee.
1:41.3	The four are members of the new Progressive Wing of the Democratic Party.
1:45.2	They've been vocal about many of Mr. Trump's policies, including the humanitarian crisis at
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