Recode Daily: Trump fires the acting attorney general for refusing to defend his immigration ban

President Trump fired Acting Attorney General Sally Yates after she refused to defend his immigration and refugee ban. Dissent was also mounting within the State Department. Coming today: An order on cyber security and a Supreme Court nomination. — [Mark Landler, Michael D. Shear, Matt Apuzzo and Eric Lichtblau / New York Times]

Trump is considering rolling back a series of Obama administration LGBT protections, including a ban on discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity by the federal government and its contractors. — [Kara Swisher / Recode]

Amazon, Microsoft and Expedia are joining in a lawsuit filed by Washington state’s attorney general challenging the constitutionality of the immigration ban. Meanwhile, thousands of Google employees held rallies against the ban. — [April Glaser / Recode]

Apple is expected to show a return to growth, driven by an increase in iPhone sales, when it reports its holiday quarter earnings today. — [Ina Fried / Recode]

Twitter’s VP of engineering says the company will soon roll out changes to combat harassment on the service, including “fixes” to the mute/block features and measures to prevent repeat offenders from creating new accounts. — [Rich McCormick / The Verge]

SoftBank is thinking about investing upward of $1 billion from its $100 billion tech fund in shared-office startup WeWork. — [Eliot Brown, Rolfe Winkler and Maureen Farrell / Wall Street Journal]

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This article originally appeared on Recode.net.