2. Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, will meet with President Trump on Thursday to discuss his fate, following a Times report that he had discussed secretly taping the president and invoking the 25th Amendment to remove the president from office.

Mr. Rosenstein has said privately that he was thinking of quitting. We have the inside story of a chaotic day that began with his expectation of being fired, but ended with him still in his job. Above, Mr. Rosenstein after meeting with John Kelly, the White House chief of staff.

Mr. Rosenstein oversees the special counsel’s Russia investigation and has often found himself on the receiving end of Mr. Trump’s anger and frustration with the Justice Department. His departure could pave the way for the president to then get rid of Robert Mueller, the special counsel.