WTF Just Happened Today

1/ Michael Flynn promised that sanctions against Russia would be "ripped up" as one of the Trump administration's first acts.

2/ Trump Jr. will meet with the House Intelligence Committee behind closed-doors today.

3/ Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya told the Senate Judiciary Committee that Trump Jr. asked her for evidence of illegal donations to the Clinton Foundation.

4/ Trump's voter fraud commission wants to create a centralized voter database.

5/ The consumer protection bureau reversed its position on a nearly-concluded case less than 48 hours after Mick Mulvaney was named acting director.

6/ The wealthiest 1% of American households own 40% of the country's total wealth.

7/ Trump said a government shutdown "could happen."

poll/ 63% of voters want Congress to avoid shutting down the federal government in order to enact policy changes.

NOTABLES.

• The Senate confirmed Kirstjen Nielsen as the next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.

• Illegal border crossings along the Mexico border drop to their lowest level in 46 years.

• The Supreme Court appeared divided over a Colorado baker's refusal to design a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.

• Germany's acting foreign minister said relations between the US and Germany "will never be the same" after Trump.

• Britain's intelligence agency MI5 foiled a terrorist plot to assassinate Prime Minister Theresa May.

• Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

• Kellyanne Conway defended Trump's endorsement of Republican Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore.

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