- Seeing signs of rebellion, Trump scrambles to convince Republican senators to stick together on his Cabinet picks (washingtonpost.com)
- Extremism in US military is ‘sleeping danger’ says author of Pentagon report (theguardian.com)
- ‘Pure Fiction’: Trump Cites Nonexistent ‘Declaration’ He Claims Would’ve Contained SoCal Wildfires by Now (mediaite.com)
- Trump shares inflammatory video with crude reference to Netanyahu (theguardian.com)
- Elon Musk Is Trying to Break Germany’s Quarantine on the Neo-Nazi AfD Party (nytimes.com)Oligarch Elon Musk Conspiring With Allies In Private Meetings To Destabilize UK Government And Oust Prime Minister Keir Starmer: Report (mediaite.com)
- Trump Inauguration, Awash in Cash, Runs Out of Perks for Big Donors (nytimes.com)
- Tim Walz Endorses Ken Martin, a Fellow Minnesotan, to Lead the D.N.C. (nytimes.com)