TOP STORIES
Tuesday, January 28
BOLTON FEARED TRUMP IN CAHOOTS WITH XI AND ERDOGAN John Bolton, the former White House national security adviser, told Attorney General William Barr that he was worried President Donald Trump had grown too friendly with the strongman leaders of China and Turkey, according to an account of Bolton's unpublished book. [HuffPost]
CORONAVIRUS DEATHS TOP 100 The new coronavirus has now killed at least 106 people and infected more than 4,500 in China, and American officials have urged residents to avoid all nonessential travel to the region. China’s National Health Commission said Monday that there were 1,771 new cases of the novel coronavirus, which continues spreading around the world. [HuffPost]
NPR REPORTER EXCLUDED FROM TRIP AFTER POMPEO MELTDOWN The State Department excluded an NPR reporter from the press corps that will travel to Europe and Asia with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo later this week, just days after his profane rant against an "All Things Considered" co-host who asked him questions about Ukraine. [HuffPost]
SUPREME COURT GIVES GO-AHEAD TO IMMIGRATION CURB The U.S. Supreme Court gave the go-ahead for one of Trump’s hard-line immigration policies, allowing his administration to implement a rule denying legal permanent residency to certain immigrants deemed likely to require government assistance in the future. [Reuters]
JOURNO SUSPENDED OVER BRYANT RAPE TWEETS The Washington Post faces backlash from its own staff after suspending a political reporter for tweets after NBA star Kobe Bryant’s death. The Post’s own media critic criticized the suspension as “misguided,” and the newsroom's union expressed “alarm and dismay.” [HuffPost]
PILOT IN BRYANT CRASH TRIED TO CLIMB TO AVOID FOG A veteran helicopter pilot who plunged into a Los Angeles-area hillside, killing Kobe Bryant and eight others, tried to avoid fog so heavy that it had grounded police choppers. But even experienced pilots may have only seconds to act when they are blinded by weather, an expert said. [AP] | 
