President Donald Trump took to Twitter early Friday to condemn Minneapolis demonstrators as "THUGS," threaten military intervention and suggest it could lead to "shooting," prompting the social-media company to take the unprecedented step of limiting the public's ability to view his tweet.

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is preparing to sign an executive order Thursday that could open the door for federal officials to try to penalize Facebook, Google and Twitter for the way they moderate content on their sites, according to two people familiar with the matter, opening a major rift between Washington and Silicon Valley with potentially dramatic free-speech implications.