Bloomberg View columnist Michael Lewis went to Washington in search of Donald Trump. He wound up attending a White House press briefing, witnessing the president’s return from Davos, and lunching with former ethics watchdog Walter Shaub. But watching the State of the Union with Steve Bannon was the highlight. Lewis writes: "What Bannon thinks, I'm guessing, is that Trump does not understand how he got elected. He doesn’t understand the power of the anger he’s tapped, almost by accident. And he likely never will." 

The White House is racing to rewrite the budget. The changes are being made in response to a two-year budget deal passed by lawmakers early Friday and signed within hours by Trump to end a brief government shutdown. The deal boosts spending caps by $300 billion, providing $90 billion in emergency disaster aid, and a raft of tax benefits and incentives for the energy industry.

Flu caused one in 10 deaths in America last week, and more people are likely to die from it before the season's end. The levels of influenza-like illnesses being reported now are as high as the peak of the swine flu epidemic in 2009. It’s an unexpected phenomenon that public health experts are still trying to decode.

Uber has agreed to pay Waymo $245 million in stock to settle the high-stakes trade-secrets theft lawsuit that already cost the ride-hailing giant its top driverless car engineer and threatened further embarrassment. That would give the Alphabet driverless-car unit 0.34% of Uber equity, Waymo said.

Climate change just got a little less terrible. A new analysis rules out the worst-case scenario, one where an overpopulated, technology-poor world digs up all the coal it can find. The researchers contend that current goals of reducing coal, oil and gas consumption may be closer than we think. But without radical change, we’re still in plenty of danger. 

You can no longer return duck boots after years of hard use. For more than a century, L.L. Bean has offered lifetime returns on its products. Now, thanks to growing abuse of the generous policy, the company is drastically cutting back on it and will impose a one-year limit on returns.

On your next visit to the French capital, forget your old favorites. The city has brand new delights to show off. Innovation is sweeping Parisian restaurants and hotels, adding even more excuses to extend a business trip. Here’s where to eat, shop and explore right now.