• The United States Justice Department has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James for bank fraud, raising fears that President Donald Trump is continuing a campaign of retribution against perceived rivals.
  • Trump has again blamed Democrats for the federal government shutdown and says he will cut “some very popular Democrat programmes” as a result.
  • Trump’s aggressive and unprecedented National Guard deployments will be tested in two court hearings on Thursday, as governors and local leaders resist the militarisation of their cities.
  • Trump hosted Finland’s President Alexander Stubb at the Oval Office, but he used the appearance to slam Spain’s resistance to increased military spending: “Maybe you should throw them out of NATO.”