1. Trump signed an executive order to keep the Guantanamo Bay prison open prior to the start of his first State of the Union address. During the speech, Trump also reiterated the Bush-era notion that suspected terrorists should be treated as "unlawful enemy combatants" instead of criminals. The majority of detainees held in the controversial facility were never actually charged with a crime. Of the 41 detainees that remain at Guantanamo, only seven are facing any formal charges. (CNBC)

  2. The head of the CDC bought shares in a tobacco company while leading the agency charged with reducing tobacco use. Brenda Fitzgerald bought the stock, along with roughly a dozen other investments, one month after she took the job as director of the CDC. (Politico)

  3. Nearly half of Americans who watched Trump's State of the Union address (48%) had a "very positive" impression of the speech, the lowest net positive rating for a State of the Union address since 1998. (CNN / The Hill)

  4. Devin Nunes refused to say whether he worked with Trump's team on The Memo™. "I'm not answering," Nunes said during a contentious closed-door meeting of the House intelligence committee. (The Daily Beast)