Greta Thunberg to lead climate crisis protest outside White House – live news

A House of Representatives committee moments ago demanded internal emails and other sensitive company records from four technology giants as it seeks evidence of anticompetitive behavior.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee requested Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Alphabet, the owner of Google, provide the documents by October 14, Reuters reports.

Good Friday the 13th morning, everyone, some of you may be bleary eyed from staying up to watch the post-match analysis and social media rhythms after last night’s Democratic debate among the top 10 contenders for the 2020 nomination.

But, hey, wake up and smell the smoothie coz Greta’s in town, some Dem candidates are already on TV and the Trump administration is up to mischief. Here’s what’s afoot so far today:

• Swedish teen climate campaigner Greta Thunberg is leading a protest outside the White House this morning. She and other youth activists will demand action from the US to address the climate crisis, one week before global climate strikes on 20 September.
• Some Democratic candidates from the debate last night have already been on the television before the sun is even up in Texas. Some are standing firm on controversial topics, others are catching flak. Find out more after the break.
• While the Dem debate was getting underway, Donald Trump was giving a reportedly rambling speech at the House Republican “retreat” in Baltimore – the city he called a rat- and rodent-infested mess in the summer. The president promised a “tax cut for the middle income people that is going to be very, very inspirational.”
• A report has emerged that a 12-year-old girl who evacuated from the Bahamas when Hurricane Dorian hit, and arrived in Florida, was detained in US government custody instead of being allowed to be with an aunt or her godmother, who were at hand.