White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah ripped Sen. Jeff Flake’s speech on the Senate floor attacking President Donald Trump, calling the outgoing Arizona Republican’s remarks “bordering on outrageous,” reports Newsmax.

• Politico: DACA-Shutdown Talks Still Stalled After Kelly Meets With Dems
• The Hill: House Conservatives Demand Vote on Tough Border Bill to Avoid Shutdown
• Townhall: Bannon Strikes Deal With Mueller to Avoid Grand Jury
• Daily Caller: House Intel Committee to Vote on Release of Fusion GPS Founder’s Testimony
• Free Beacon: Eight Senate Republicans Join Attempt to Derail Crucial Surveillance Program

President Trump asked the White House doctor to perform a cognitive exam during his physical last week, despite the doctor’s determination that such testing wasn’t necessary, reports CNN.

• Politco: DNC Overhaul Struggles As Sanders-Clinton Rivalries Persist
• WashExaminer: Google Refers to Republican Senator David Perdue As ‘Lying, Unscrupulous Politician’
• The Hill: House GOP Considers Adding Health Measures to Funding Bill
• Daily Caller: Anti-PC Professor Suing NYU Speaks Out
• Townhall: Veteran Asks if He Can Take Maxine Waters’s Empty Seat at the State of the Union

A day after the Trump administration announced it would allow states to require poor people to work or get ready for jobs to receive Medicaid benefits, federal health officials granted Kentucky permission to impose such conditions, reports The Washington Post.

• Daily Caller: Leaky Schiff? Trump Accuses Democratic Lawmaker of Leaking Details of Russia Probe
• Free Beacon: 44% of Voters Believe Repealing Any Part of Obamacare Is a Good Start
• The Hill: More Than 100 Lawmakers Call on Trump to Designate Climate Change a Security Threat
• Free Beacon: Rachel Maddow Show Sparked FBI Investigation Into Death Threats Against McConnell, Pruitt
• Guardian: Why Federal Cannabis Crackdown May Be a Blessing in Disguise for Legal Weed