1. Adam Schiff claimed that Devin Nunes gave Trump a "secretly altered" version of The Memo™ that had not been approved by the House Intelligence Committee. A spokesperson for Nunes denied Schiff's allegations, referring to them as another "strange attempt to thwart publication of the memo." (The Hill)

  2. Trump will not participate in this year's traditional pre-Super Bowl interview with the president. Trump did the interview with Fox News before last year's Super Bowl, but has rejected requests for him to appear on NBC this Sunday. (CNN)

  3. Mike Pence is preparing to launch a nationwide campaign tour in an attempt to raise millions of dollars for Republican candidates in the 2018 midterms. A big part of his strategy involves partnering with a Trump-backed public policy non-profit called America First Policies to host public events aimed at discussing and promoting Trump's achievements during his first year in office. (Politico)

  4. Mueller is not ready to schedule a sentencing hearing for Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty in December to lying to the FBI. George Papadopolous' case was also delayed, signaling that Mueller doesn't plan on wrapping up his investigation before the spring. (CNN)

  5. Trump claimed that his State of the Union address had "the highest number in history" in terms of viewers. Nielsen reported that about 46.5 million people watched Trump's first SOTU address. 51.7 million watched George W. Bush's address in 2002, 48 million watched Obama's first address, and 46.8 million tuned in for Bill Clinton's first SOTU speech. (MSN)

  6. Carter Page was on the radar of U.S. intelligence agencies several years before he became a prominent member of the Trump campaign. Page had his first brush with a U.S. intelligence official back in 2013, when he was interviewed by FBI counterintelligence agent Gregory Monaghan about his contacts with Victor Podobnyy, who was serving as a junior attaché at the Russian consulate in New York City at the time. (Wall Street Journal)