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House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi says she's concerned about President Donald Trump's "fitness for office" and says he needs more sleep. (June 9) AP

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Friday that President Trump "needs sleep" and she is "worried about his fitness" for office.

The California Democratmade the comments at her weekly news conference in response to questions from reporters about Trump's tweets firing back at former FBI James Comey for Comey's testimony Thursday before the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Pelosisaid no one at the White House appears to be "brave enough" to tell the president that his tweets are "beneath the dignity of the office you serve."

She also wondered about Trump's fitness for office.

"The president's fitness for office is something that has been called into question," she said. "I'm very worried about his fitness."

She said she doesn't know if anyone in the White House "has the courage" to try to make Trump be more disciplined about his actions and tweets.

"It's too bad because he needs work, and he needs sleep," Pelosi said.

Trump, who had refrained from tweeting during Comey's testimony Thursday,tweeted Friday that Comey vindicated him and accused the former director of improperly leaking details of their discussions. Trump abruptly fired Comey on May 9 in the midst of the FBI's investigation of Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential elections and possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials.

"Despite so many false statements and lies, total and complete vindication...and WOW, Comey is a leaker!" Trump tweeted.

Pelosi said Comey's testimony made it clear that Trump engaged in an abuse of power.

"I think he abused power," she said. "Whether he obstructed justice remains for the facts to come forward."

The Democratic leader also said the president'streatment of Comey mirrors how Trump behaved as a businessman. She said business leaders in New York who dealt with Trump in the past told her that Trump's pattern in trying to make a deal is to start off trying to charm his opponents, then threaten them if charm doesn't work, then walk away from the table if threats don't work, then sue them.

Two officials familiar with Trump's legal strategy said his lawyersplanto file a complaint aboutComey's leak with the Inspector General's office at the Department of Justice, and with the Senate Judiciary and Intelligence committees. The officials were not permitted to speak publicly about legal matters still under consideration.

Comey testified Thursday that he had leaked to the press, through a friend, memos describing his talks with Trump, saying he hoped the stories would spur the appointment of a special counsel to takeover the investigation of the Trump campaign's contacts with Russia. A special counsel, Robert Mueller, was appointed last month.

Contributing: Kevin Johnson

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President Donald Trump has encouraged the public to "Buy American, Hire American," but the patriotic plan could have consequential effects on U.S. products particularly beer .

In order to retain metal-making jobs within the States, the President in April launched an investigation into the trade policies of aluminum. Should U.S. authorities decide to take action against foreign imports, the cans and overall prices of beer could rise, brewing companies said, according to Bloomberg.

"If there are duties on aluminum coming to this country, it will obviously get passed on to us and the customer," Tim Weiner, senior commodity risk manager at Molson Coors Brewing Co, said at an industry conference in Chicago on Wednesday, Bloomberg reports. "Our prices will go up."

If the U.S. decides to impose tariffs on aluminum imports as a result of its ongoing investigation, approximately 5,000 brewers across every congressional district could be affected, Weiner said.

When asked what the likelihood of this happening, he added: "It depends on whether its politically motivated, or business motivated. I think theres political motivation for putting some tariffs on."

Weiner added that roughly 60% of Molson Coors' packing comes in aluminum cans.

"We dont expect that to change," he said. "Were giving our customers what they want, and what they want is cans."

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RNC's false talking point about Comey came from alt-right trolls Media Matters for America (blog) The Republican National Committee (RNC) pushed a false talking point that originated from the alt-right/fake news ecosystem to try to discredit former FBI Director James Comey's June 8 testimony to the Senate intelligence committee. During his ... and more »

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A game featuring Pepe The Frog, the internet meme who morphed into a symbol of the alt-right, has been declined by Apples App Store because the tech giant considers the cartoons main character as objectionable content.

Pepe began life as the star of an internet comic strip created by cartoonist Matt Furie and was popular in the early days of social media on platforms such as Reddit and MySpace.

In recent years, however, the once innocent frog was co-opted by the white supremacist, alt-right movement. The meme became ever present on social media as supporters of then US presidential candidate Donald Trump used it to attack his opponents. Trump himself tweeted a Trumpian version of the meme in October 2015.

Hillary Clintons campaign sought to highlight Pepes neo-Nazi connection after Donald Trump Jr posted a photo featuring the frog on Instagram in a reaction to Clintons infamous basket of deplorables remark.

The Anti-Defamation League, a non-profit organization set up to fight anti-Semitism, declared the cartoon frog a general hate symbol in September last year.

Apple has now joined in, classing the cartoon character as objectionable content and has rejected a game called Pepe Scream, according to Motherboard.

The aim of the game is to maneuver a character between gaps and around obstacles by yelling into the phone's microphone.

The format of the game isnt the issue, however. The games developer, Spirit Realm Games, appealed the decision prompting Apple to identify Pepe as the problem.

"Your app contains images and references of Pepe the Frog, which are considered objectionable content, an Apple App Review Board employee said in a rejection notice to the games developer. It would be appropriate to remove the references and revise the images in your app.

Apple said Pepe Scream was rejected for section 1.1 of the App Store Review Guidelines, which states that apps cannot "include content that is offensive, insensitive, upsetting, intended to disgust, or in exceptionally poor taste.

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Apple appears to have a blanket ban on the meme as there are no Pepe related apps in the store and the cartoon also doesnt appear in iMessage sticker packs themed around memes.

Spirit Realm have said they will modify the game to remove all traces of the notorious frog in the hope that it will allowed back into the App store. The game is still available in the Google Play Android store who are more lax about the kind of content developers can include.

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