1. The White House has stripped the security clearance of John Brennan, above, the former C.I.A. chief and a vocal critic of President Trump. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, indicated that the reason was that he is among a group of former officials who have “transitioned into highly partisan” people.

And closing arguments in the bank and tax fraud trial of Paul Manafort, Mr. Trump’s former campaign chairman, began today, with prosecutors calling the evidence against him “overwhelming.”