Asia’s equity markets extend global sell-off, taking the cue from Wall Street’s US$1 trillion wipeout overnight as trade war escalates https://t.co/6QXmLfTKRo pic.twitter.com/9DoQH1tKK1

— 中国新闻 (@ChinaNooz) May 14, 2019

Trump defends China tariffs as trade war leaves allies and opponents in bindhttps://t.co/tHfGYAzO6R

— Luca Piluso (@Luca_Piluso) May 14, 2019

"by forcing China to shift from exports to investment in order to sustain growth, trade war might push it toward a less productive growth model….If harm to U.S. is modest & costs for China are severe & lasting, Trump might conclude losses are acceptable https://t.co/H1UQ6TOhIh

— Chris Parker (@CRS_1ne) May 14, 2019

Boeing is the largest American exporter, and China is its most important export market. The China-US trade war is not good news for the already troubled company. https://t.co/9Ns1NCJYaw

— CNN (@CNN) May 14, 2019

‘This will kill my US market’: China exporters react to new US tariff planhttps://t.co/6ft0pV43AL

— World Economic & Trade Advisory (@EconomicTrade) May 14, 2019

Loyal soldiers in Trump's trade war: GOP's farm belt Senators back Trump as China takes aim at U.S. agriculture via @SCHWARTZBCNBC https://t.co/CwrLVRuIq7

— valerie block (@ValerieBlock) May 13, 2019

China may stop purchasing US agricultural products and energy, reduce Boeing orders and restrict US service trade with China. Many Chinese scholars are discussing the possibility of dumping US Treasuries and how to do it specifically.

— Hu Xijin 胡锡进 (@HuXijin_GT) May 13, 2019

https://t.co/lpoSL3r74M

— World Economics (@WorldCapEcon) May 14, 2019

When asked at hearing if Trump or WH ever suggested Barr open a probe, the AG said: I’m trying to grapple with the word ‘suggest. .. I mean there have been discussions of, of matters out there that they have not asked me to open an investigation.” He later said: “I don’t know.” https://t.co/7DSxY4nnaC

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 14, 2019

Trump tells Politico that it would "certainly be an appropriate thing to" speak to Attorney General Barr about launching an investigation into Joe Biden.https://t.co/wW8QkHndcE

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 11, 2019

We're on the road to impeachment. We don't want to be here, but we need to hold Trump accountable.

We start with the obstructors first:
-Bill Barr
-Steve Mnuchin pic.twitter.com/M27tlfZTAA

— Eric Swalwell (@ericswalwell) May 14, 2019

.@Maddow reports on the House Intelligence and Financial Services Committees legal effort to obtain President Trump's financial records from Deutsche Bank and Capital One, and what their subpoena says about what they're investigating. https://t.co/1irkFxAadb

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 14, 2019

BREAKING: The Pentagon has presented a plan to President Trump that includes the deployment of 120,000 US soldiers in case of escalation with Iran

— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) May 14, 2019

Unsatisfied with crippling Iran’s economy, the Trump administration, led by sociopathic war hawk John Bolton, has drawn up plans to deploy 120,000 American troops to the Middle East to launch a war on Iran https://t.co/m5lkoVbST3

— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) May 14, 2019

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME??!!!
Trump nominates man whose firm tripled price of insulin to regulate drug companies https://t.co/rNlkR6mkwf

— VanillaCoachella (@AnnieBGreat) May 13, 2019

Former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and John Kerry are among the 62 former government officials in a court filing against President Trump's national emergency declaration https://t.co/DdoY0cReHZ pic.twitter.com/fhPMN2IKXO

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 14, 2019

All Trump scandals are part of the same scandal: corruption.https://t.co/ChezQieEzv

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) May 14, 2019

Brexit: Olly Robbins heads to Brussels https://t.co/FTaQ1qYmu6

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) May 14, 2019

Pro-Brexit Cabinet ministers are urging the Prime Minister to axe cross-party #Brexit talks after the latest meeting broke up after two hours https://t.co/pBcFudv7en

— Sky News (@SkyNews) May 14, 2019

Polls for this month's European Parliament show U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May's decision to delay Brexit once again didn't go down well with the party faithful https://t.co/WQAuP59ern

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) May 14, 2019

This plan for indicative votes with AV ignores whether MPs will play ball. To say fair enough I’ll continue after this particular vote, to honour my 2nd pref as if it were my 1st, for all future votes and leg. Has there been any testing of that? https://t.co/byzOBllNB8

— Nikki da Costa (@nmdacosta) May 14, 2019

Jeremy Hunt wants the UK to spend an additional 2% of GDP a year on defence. That's £40 billion a year, or more than 4x the net cost of our EU membership. All that while pursuing Brexit, which is guaranteed to leave us poorer under every scenario. https://t.co/8JcyosK4Mh

— Edwin Hayward🦄🏹🗡️ (@uk_domain_names) May 14, 2019

Honda Anger Alert

I’ve tried to keep my anger under control regarding today's confirmation of the closure of Honda, Swindon.

I exploded when I saw the local MP making a big point, again, of it being unrelated to Brexit, which I can assure is untrue. This is my industry.

1/3

— Big Lie of Brexit. #FBPE (@proud48percent) May 13, 2019

"Orban is Trump, with 25 years in the driver’s seat. He’s producing precisely the results we’ll see from Trumpism if it continues: a corruption of values, a racial politics, and democracy in name only." — @TheRickWilson https://t.co/R5CuPwh2R2

— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) May 14, 2019

"Orban’s government…has rewritten electoral laws in its favor, and taken over 90% of the country’s media outlets eliminating free press in much of the country. They have cracked down on academic freedom and judicial independence." https://t.co/0XYYc0tvjn https://t.co/DWGLeuESGJ

— Josh Greenman (@joshgreenman) May 13, 2019

Ex-president Jimmy Carter breaks hip ahead of turkey hunt https://t.co/wDM1MkLW7c pic.twitter.com/O0GgvGJ4zq

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) May 14, 2019

Statement from The Carter Center on President Carter's Health pic.twitter.com/9vhamJ9Vgk

— The Carter Center (@CarterCenter) May 13, 2019