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Pilots, flight attendants demand flights to China stop as virus fear mounts worldwide

Pilots and flight attendants are demanding airlines stop flights to China as health officials declare a global emergency over the rapidly spreading coronavirus, with American Airlines' pilots filing a lawsuit seeking an immediate halt. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/3b0SVZY January 31, 2020 at 04:10AM

The Atlantic Politics Daily: Democrats Are Still Searching for a Savior

It’s Thursday, January 30. The World Health Organization declared the Coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency. “To succeed, Trump will have to trust the kind of government experts he has disdained to date,” writes the former Ebola Czar Ron Klain. On Capitol Hill, the impeachment trial’s Q&A period ends tonight before a vote on new witnesses tomorrow. In the rest of today’s newsletter: Adam Schiff was never going to be the hero Democrats wanted. Plus: 2020 Democrats learn to love the Imperial presidency. * « TODAY IN POLITICS » (Tom Brenner / Getty) Democrats Are Still Searching for a Savior Since 2016, Democrats have been hopelessly looking for one thing: a savior. Since Trump took up residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the left has been itching for anyone and anything to put an end to their MAGA misery. But while Democrats keep pinning their hopes on a cast of would-be heroes, they have been let down again and again and again. The latest potential savior? Adam...