Former President Donald Trump filed a $49 million lawsuit on Jan. 30 against journalist Bob Woodward for releasing audio recordings of interviews Trump gave him in 2019 and 2020. A sixth Memphis officer has been taken off the force after the fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols. It comes on the heels of a weekend of protests across the nation and calls for more police reform. A recent NBC News poll showed that 71 percent of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction. Over the weekend, Ukraine ramped up talks with its allies over Kyiv’s request for more long-range missiles and fighter jets. But Germany has rejected the requests. Meanwhile, NATO and the United States are trying to convince new NATO members and some other allies to send arms.