‘Regrettable’: Republican senator breaks with Trump after president delays Jay Clayton’s nomination for intelligence director – live

Senate intelligence committee chair Tom Cotton says hearing postponed after Trump ordered Jay Clayton to not appear; delay extends lapse of powerful US surveillance toolTrump derails confirmation process for Jay ClaytonSign up for the Breaking News US emailDonald Trump also denied (again) that the memorandum of understanding includes a $300bn fund for Iran, and denied that he had asked the Gulf states to commit funding.“It’s false,” Trump told reporters as he sat alongside Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. “You can invest if you want. What am I going to do, say no one is ever allowed to invest? We’re not