<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: McCabe's Departure, Manafort's Past, Grammy Honors

What We’re Following

Administration Mysteries: FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is stepping down several weeks ahead of his planned retirement, which was expected in March. Though it’s not yet clear what prompted the change, it may come as welcome news to President Trump, who has attacked McCabe on Twitter and indicated that he distrusts him. The abrupt exit comes in the midst of heated controversy over a memo authored by Representative Devin Nunes, which reportedly argues that the Justice Department may have obtained an improper warrant to surveil Carter Page, one of the president’s campaign advisers. And that controversy, in turn, is overshadowed by Nunes’s history.

At least 95 people were killed and over 150 were wounded in a in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday. The group’s continued violence presents a formidable obstacle to America’s strategy in Afghanistan—which, a new book