Stranger Than Fiction

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TOP NEWS

• A recap on yesterday’s events during the second day of arguments at the impeachment trial of President Trump.

• China expands travel ban over coronavirus to include 35 million people.

• The Pentagon blocked efforts to make it harder for U.S. companies to sell to Huawei.

• The Trump admin plans to fight California’s requirement for insurers to cover abortions.

• The report that points the finger at Saudi Arabia for the hack of Amazon boss Bezos’ phone is being scrutinized for not including basic investigative tools.

• Tens of thousands of Iraqi protestors gathered to demand withdrawal of U.S. troops.

THE ELECTION

• A guide to the primaries

• Buttigieg’s struggle with black voters endangers his candidacy

• Bernie continues to gather labor union support

THE COMMENT

“The majority of clients we onboard come on in some kind of hacked state,” he told me. “Their computers are compromised or their login credentials are available on dark web. Their home camera systems are accessible to people on internet or their entire home and appliances are vulnerable and viewable by persons remotely.”

THE STRANGEST

• 97,000 gallons of wine spilled into California river

THE AV ROOM

• JFK REAMS OUT AIR FORCE OVER CRIB PURCHASED FOR HIS BABY

• INCREDIBLE BOWLER SHOT

• WHAT BILL GATES IS AFRAID OF