Stranger Than Fiction

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TOP NEWS

• The Trump administration has bought access to a commercial database that maps the movements of millions of cellphones in America and is using it for immigration and border enforcement.

• Secret Service has paid rates as high as $650 a night for rooms at Trump’s properties.

• Trump is preparing to push out Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman in retaliation for testifying about Trump’s effort to pressure Ukraine in the impeachment inquiry.

• The death of a doctor who tried to warn officials about the spread of coronavirus has sparked fury in China.

• U.S. labor market added 225,000 jobs in January

THE ELECTION

• Biden is lowering his expectations following a big loss in Iowa

• 12 wild hours with Andrew Yang

• Why Buttigieg did so well in Iowa

THE COMMENT

“I haven’t seen my WeChat timeline filled with so much forlornness and outrage,” Xu Danei, founder of a social media analytics company, wrote on the messaging platform WeChat.

“Tonight is a monumental moment for our collective conscience,” he wrote in a later post.

THE STRANGEST

• Man plans on suing NFL over crotch shots shown during Super Bowl halftime show

THE AV ROOM

• THE FERMI PARADOX

• THE 1985 SIGONELLA INCIDENT

• THE JESUS ROLLS