OTHER UTAH HEADLINES   

Deseret News

Op-ed: Don't forget tax reform for small businesses

Editorial: Both sides deserve blame should government shutdown occur

Federal courthouse in Salt Lake City could soon bear name of Sen. Orrin Hatch

U.S.-Russia relationship moving in wrong direction, Ambassador Jon Huntsman Jr. says

After Utah slaying, lawmaker wants to expand liability when borrowed guns kill or injure

Utah Sen. Mike Lee applauds U.S. pullout from Syria, Rep. Chris Stewart calls it a mistake

A.G.'s office responds to court petition seeking referendum on medical marijuana compromise bill

Salt Lake Tribune

In a surprise tribute, the Senate votes to name Salt Lake City's federal courthouse after retiring Sen. Orrin Hatch

Enrollment in the Obamacare marketplace dips slightly in Utah after the repeal of the individual mandate

Sen. Mike Lee sinks a big public lands package because Congress won't stop presidents from creating national monuments in Utah

Other

Salt Lake Chamber rep visits Roy, Ogden, North Ogden, warns of housing shortage (Standard-Examiner)

  NATIONAL HEADLINES  

• Defense Secretary Jim Mattis announced his resignation on Thursday. In his resignation letter, Mattis blasted President Trump's foreign policy decision saying "Because you have the right to have a Secretary of Defense whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects, I believe it is right for me to step down." Mattis' decision comes after Trump announced he wanted to withdraw U.S. military from Syria - https://nyti.ms/2EL0GWS
  
  
• Washington erupted following Mattis' resignation. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle expressed shock and fear following the announcement - https://cnn.it/2EIgF8g
  
  
• President Donald Trump threw the government into chaos on Thursday when he reversed course and announced he would not sign any appropriations bill that did not include funding for his border wall. Trump flip-flopped on the shutdown after criticism from right-wing hosts on TV and radio - https://politi.co/2EHRmTK
  
  
• President Trump tweeted Friday morning that the government shutdown "will last for a very long time" if Democrats oppose the stop-gap funding bill that includes money for his border wall demand - https://wapo.st/2EG6fFX
  
  
• The House passed a stop-gap funding bill that includes more than $5 billion for President Trump's border wall, but it's likely the Senate does not have the votes to move the measure forward. That means a partial government shutdown is likely Friday night at midnight - https://politi.co/2EInpD8 
  
  
• The Dow dropped nearly 500 points following Thursday's upheaval in Washington - https://wapo.st/2EIr7MJ
  
  
• Special counsel Robert Mueller may submit a confidential report about his investigation to the attorney general as soon as February - https://nbcnews.to/2EJLYzv
  
  
• Ethics officials at the Justice Department recommended that acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker recuse himself from overseeing special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. In response, Whittaker formed his own ethics panel which concluded he need not step aside - https://wapo.st/2EKjipO 
  
  
• Bob Barr, President Trump's nominee to become the next Attorney General, wrote a memo in which he sharply criticized the special counsel's investigation into whether President Trump had committed obstruction of justice - https://nyti.ms/2EGFod5 
  
  
• This is a very strange story. Russian agents used a communication backchannel with some Americans in the Treasury Department to get information on their enemies in America - http://bit.ly/2EK80SP
  
  
• The House Foreign Affairs Committee may form a new subcommittee to investigate the Trump administration - http://bit.ly/2EHgE4q
  
  
• President Trump ordered the military to withdraw about half the troops in Afghanistan - https://cnn.it/2EHgj1E
  
  
• The Democratic National Committee announces a series of 12 primary debates for presidential candidates beginning next June - https://politi.co/2EIxqA3 
  
  
• President Trump's first social media adviser describes the day he realized Trump had learned to use Twitter on his own, comparing it to the moment in Jurassic Park when the velociraptors learned how to open doors - https://politi.co/2EHey4y 
  
  
• Planned Parenthood has been accused of discriminating against their employees who are pregnant - https://nyti.ms/2EIo7jM

  ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY  

• 1620 - William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts.
  
  
• 1826 - American settlers in Nacogdoches, Texas declare their independence from Mexico, starting the Fredonian Rebellion.
  
  
• 1864 - Union Gen. William T. Sherman completed his Civil War "march to the sea" across the South and arrived in Savannah, Ga.
  
  
• 1913 - The first crossword puzzle in an American newspaper appeared in the New York Sunday World.
  
  
• 1937 - Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length animated feature film, premiered in Los Angeles.
  
  
• 1968 - Apollo 8, the first manned voyage to orbit the moon, was launched.
  
  
• 1991 - 11 former Soviet republics declared an end to the Soviet Union.

Policy News

More National Headlines

Glenn Greenwald on Sucker Journalists-and Why There's No Silver Bullet Coming for Trump (Observer)

Women Who Love Trump (Wall Street Journal)

The Real Story of the Flynn Hearing (Wall Street Journal)

Germany's Der Spiegel Says Reporter Made Up Facts (Wall Street Journal)

Stephen Miller defends Trump's Syria withdrawal: 'Are we supposed to stay in Syria for generation after generation spilling American blood?' (CNN)

President Trump signs $867 billion farm bill into law (Washington Post)

Interior Dept. Moves Toward Selling Oil Leases in Arctic Refuge (New York Times)

Veteran raising millions for Trump's border wall in GoFundMe campaign (CBS News)