1/ The Supreme Court ruled that criminal defendants may be prosecuted for the same offenses in both federal and state court without running afoul of the Constitution’s double jeopardy clause. The ruling could impact Trump’s pardon power – which extends only to federal crimes – by leaving people he pardons subject to state prosecutions. Paul Manafort, for example, is facing charges in New York similar to the federal charges for which he has been tried. A presidential pardon could free Manafort from federal prison, but it would not protect him from being prosecuted in New York. (New York Times / NBC News / CNN / USA Today)

2/ U.S. Cyber Command hacked and deployed malware inside Russia’s power grid that could be used for surveillance or attack – without Trump’s knowledge. Pentagon and intelligence officials reportedly did not brief Trump due to concerns that he might countermand it or discuss it with foreign officials. The actions were taken under a new set of legal authorities granted to U.S. Cyber Command by Congress last year, which allows the routine use of “clandestine military activity� in cyberspace without requiring presidential approval in order to “deter, safeguard or defend against attacks or malicious cyberactivities against the United States.� Officials at the National Security Council declined to comment about how deep into the Russian grid the U.S. had accessed, but said they had no national security concerns about the details of reporting about the targeting of the Russian grid. (New York Times)

3/ Trump accused The New York Times of committing a “virtual act of treason� for reporting that the U.S. had increased its cyberattacks on Russia, which were meant to deter future cyber activity by Moscow. In a separate tweet, Trump claimed that the story was “NOT TRUE!� and characterized the journalists as “true cowards.� The New York Times responded to Trump’s tweet, calling the accusation “dangerous� and noting that the paper reached out to the administration for comment on the story, but Trump’s own officials said they had “no concerns� about the story. (Associated Press / NBC News / The Hill)<...