The New York Times

1. Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund Tests Constitutional Limits

   The deal the president reached with his own subordinates relies on a mechanism created by Congress that legal experts had warned was subject to manipulation.

2. Jan. 6 Police Officers Sue to Block Trump’s Payout Fund

   The two officers accused the administration of creating a “slush fund” to reward rioters and groups that committed violence on behalf of President Trump.

3. Cuba Says the Trump Administration Is Not Negotiating in Good Faith

   Cuba’s ambassador to the United Nations said in an interview that Havana wanted to talk but the Trump administration was creating pretexts for military action.

4. Rubio, in Video, Urges Cubans to Align With Trump Administration

   In a rare direct address, Secretary of State Marco Rubio blamed the former leader Raúl Castro for the country’s longstanding electricity and resource shortages.

5. Early War Goal Was to Install Hard-Line Former President as Iran’s Leader

   An Israeli strike designed to free Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from house arrest in Tehran, U.S. officials said, was part of an effort to bring about regime change and put him in power.