BUSINESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Latest on Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s trip to Washington to meet with U.S. lawmakers and officials from the Trump administration (all times local): 7 p.m. Google CEO Sundar Pichai has accepted an invitation to meet with President Donald Trump at a White House roundtable about internet issues. The White House asked Pichai to attend the roundtable after meeting Friday [9-28-18] with Larry Kudlow, the head of the National Economic Council. Pichai also met with U.S. lawmakers to discuss Google’s business practices. Further details about the roundtable’s date, agenda and other attendees are expected to be released at a later date. Google didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. Trump has recently accused Google of rigging the results of its influential search engine to suppress conservative viewpoints. Google has denied any political bias.”
–The Associated Press, “The Latest: Google CEO to Meet With President Trump,” The New York Times online, September 28, 2018