The top Democrats on two U.S. House of Representatives committees said Wednesday Paramount Skydance had refused to answer key questions or provide documents tied to the Trump administration's approval of its the company's $8.

Instead, Trump directed his gaze at Bev Turner, the GB News anchor who recently relocated to Washington, DC and had travelled back to the UK aboard Air Force One. It was the first time in recorded history that an American president had failed at first blush to pick a reporter representing a US-based news outlet to ask a question while on foreign soil.

Silicon Valley technology companies’ cozy relationship with President Donald Trump appears to be deepening and bearing fruit, as firms and their leaders show fealty with gifts, policies, and public statements of support, and CEOs show their ability to influence the President on matters of politics and business.