“Federal prosecutors investigating former FBI Director James Comey for allegedly making false statements to Congress determined that a central witness in their probe would prove ‘problematic’ and likely prevent them from establishing their case to a jury,” ABC News reports.

“Daniel Richman — a law professor who prosecutors allege Comey authorized to leak information to the press — told investigators that the former FBI director instructed him not to engage with the media on at least two occasions and unequivocally said Comey never authorized him to provide information to a reporter anonymously ahead of the 2016 election.”

Wired: “In a highly informal Inner Loop poll of presidential advisers conducted over the past week, I found that there’s a consensus building around which top officials are on the ropes. I asked these sources to rank, in order, the five Cabinet-level officials they thought were in the worst standing with Trump…”

“At the top of everyone’s lists was either commerce secretary Howard Lutnick or attorney general Pam Bondi.”

“President Trump escalated his battle with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, saying the Democratic leaders should be imprisoned for failing to protect ICE officers,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Book publisher HarperCollins UK apologized to First Lady Melania Trump on Tuesday and recalled a book that repeated unverified claims that child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was involved in introducing her to Donald Trump,” Axios reports.

“HarperCollins is the third media enterprise to apologize to Melania Trump and remove content related to the Epstein allegation.“