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In a message that journalists and political observers say looks like a shocking attack by a sitting president on his own Justice Department, President Donald Trump appeared to take aim at Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in a Friday morning tweet. Trump also acknowledged, for the first time publicly, that he is under federal investigation.

As it happens, Rep. Ted Lieu had his own "covfefe" moment. Late at night on May 30, the California Democrat tweeted "Yrsvjseubpihfcovswtvnjhgfefesxnklimnq" by mistake.

And just like President Trump's Twitter typo, Lieu's gibberish tweet went viral, getting 22,000 likes on the social media site.

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) said Friday that President Trump is "waiving executive privilege" by tweeting about the investigation into ties between the Trump administration and Russia during the 2016 presidential election.

Lieu said Trump's Friday morning tweets confirming that he was under investigation removed the president's ability to assert executive privilege.

"The more [Trump] tweets, the less executive privilege the White House will be able to assert, if any by now," Lieu tweeted Friday.

A newly passed Alabama state law lauded as protection for teenagers at faith-based youth programs was stripped of language that would have restricted sexual orientation conversion therapy following pressure from a conservative policy group with close ties to the bill's sponsor.

One of President Trump's most vocal critics in the House questioned Thursday whether the president was aware of a deal to sell Qatar up to 36 F-15 fighter jets.

"I don't mean to be facetious about this, but does the president know that?" Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) asked Tina Kaidanow, acting assistant secretary of State for political-military affairs, at a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing.

Rep. Ted Lieu on Thursday questioned the U.S. deal to sell F-15 fighter jets to Qatar days after President Trump accused the Persian Gulf country of supporting terrorism and supported a blockade against it.