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The heads of four big tech firms – Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook – have agreed to participate in a House Judiciary Committee hearing in late July.

The House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee has been investigated whether the market power of these tech giants poses a threat to competition.

The Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign raised $131m in June, eclipsing the total they raised in any month in 2016, according to the RNC.

The campaign has $295m on hand. How will that be spent?

President Donald Trump’s campaign, facing a growing disadvantage in polls, has started reserving spots for a television ad blitz set to run in several swing states during the final months of the race.

The ad buy, worth more than $90 million, comes as some in the Trump campaign see warning signs in multiple key states, including Michigan, Georgia and North Carolina, according to people familiar with the matter.

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