WHAT'S BREWING
TRUMP SUGGESTS MILITARY SHOULD DISCIPLINE VINDMAN Trump strengthened his zeal for revenge against government officials involved in his impeachment, suggesting that the military should consider disciplinary action against Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, whom Trump fired from his National Security Council last week in apparent retaliation for his cooperation with impeachment investigators. [HuffPost]
WARREN VOWS TO STAY IN RACE DESPITE WEAK RESULT Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren received a disappointingly small share of the votes in New Hampshire, continuing a major slide for a candidate who mere months ago topped polls in the state. Warren was in fourth place in New Hampshire. [HuffPost]
AMERICAN WORKERS STRIKING IN HUGE NUMBERS U.S. workers continued to throw their weight around in a healthy economy in 2019, recording the largest number of major strikes in the decade. The U.S. saw 25 work stoppages involving at least 1,000 workers last year. That was the most of any year between 2010 and 2019, a time span in which the average was 15. [HuffPost]
VAPE-RELATED DEATHS RISE TO 64 The official number of people who have died after suffering from lung injuries linked to the use of vape pens and e-cigarettes has risen to 64. Four of those deaths occurred in the last three weeks, and more deaths are currently under investigation. A total of 2,758 hospitalizations have been reported to the CDC from across all 50 states, and D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. [HuffPost]
SUDAN TO HAND OVER OMAR AL-BASHIR TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT Sudan’s transitional authorities have agreed to hand over ousted autocrat Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court to face trial on charges of war crimes and genocide in a deal with rebels to surrender all those wanted in connection with the Darfur conflict. [AP]
MYSTERIOUS RADIO SIGNAL FROM SPACE REPEATS EVERY 16 DAYS Mysterious radio signals from space have been known to repeat, but for the first time, researchers have noticed a pattern in a series of bursts coming from a single source half a billion light-years from Earth. Between Sept. 16, 2018, and Oct. 30, 2019, researchers detected a pattern in bursts occurring every 16.35 days. [CNN] | 
