Brad Littlejohn | It’s getting harder to maintain perspective in a world of screaming headlines
Lawmakers condemned China for violating U.S. airspace with a balloon-mounted spying device, a House panel held its first hearing on what Republicans are calling the political weaponization of the government against conservatives, lawmakers grilled Southwest Airlines Chief Operating Officer about a winter systems meltdown that forced thousands of canceled flights, the death toll from earthquakes in Turkey and Syria has now surpassed 20,000, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with European leaders in Brussels, Former President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts are back online, Burt Bacharach died at 94 years old
Plus: the State of the Union and the political center, and Disney and the racial divide
POLITICS | Abortion takes the spotlight in Wisconsin election
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BACKGROUNDER | The recent flight of a Chinese spy balloon drew attention to a little-known air defense organization
Lawmakers grilled former Twitter executives about censoring conservative voices, the U.S. military says the Chinese spy balloon that it shot down was just one of many, the death toll from earthquakes in Turkey and Syria has now topped 12,000, a team of international investigators says Russia most likely supplied the missile used to shoot down a Malaysian Airlines jet in 2014, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with French and German leaders in Paris, Walt Disney is one step closer to losing control of its own private kingdom near Orlando
