TOP STORIES
Monday, February 3
TONIGHT: THE BATTLE OF IOWA Campaigns and voters are acknowledging a palpable sense of unpredictability and anxiety as Democrats begin selecting which candidate to send to a November face-off with President Donald Trump. The Democratic race is unusually large and jumbled heading into Monday’s caucus. [AP]
HONG KONG ANNOUNCES NEW BORDER CLOSURES The coronavirus outbreak has killed at least 362 people and infected more than 17,300 globally as it continues its alarming spread. One person outside mainland China, a man in the Philippines, is known to have died. Hong Kong has closed more borders with China, in an attempt to stem the spread of the virus. [CNN]
3 INJURED IN 'TERRORIST-RELATED ATTACK' IN LONDON A man strapped with a “hoax device” was fatally shot by police following a “terrorism-related” stabbing in London Sunday afternoon that left three people injured. All three victims were hospitalized, one with life-threatening injuries. [HuffPost]
TRUMP FUMBLES AFTER CHIEFS WIN SUPER BOWL Trump congratulated the Kansas City Chiefs on defeating the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV on Sunday night, telling the team they represented “the Great State of Kansas ... so very well.” Just one problem: The Chiefs aren’t based in Kansas, but rather in Missouri. [HuffPost]
TAXPAYERS' $3.4 MILLION TAB FOR TRUMP PARTY Taxpayers shelled out another $3.4 million to send Trump to Florida over the weekend so he could host a Super Bowl party for paying guests at his for-profit golf course. Tickets sold for $75 each, but were only available to members of the club — the initiation fee for which reportedly runs about $450,000. [HuffPost]
U.S. DRONE DESTROYED BUILDING CONTAINING AL QAEDA MILITANTS A suspected U.S. drone strike destroyed a building housing al Qaeda militants last week in eastern Yemen. Trump retweeted several tweets and media reports that seemed to offer confirmation the Jan. 25 strike killed top al Qaeda leader Qassim al-Rimi. [AP] | 
