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Infrastructure is one of the only bipartisan applause lines Trump had at the SOTU. But as of today our bridges, roads and tunnels are still a crumbling mess. #AmericanSwamp 

By urging Israel to block Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from entering the country, Trump showed how far he is willing to go to accept foreign help when it comes to his personal political battles, writes Samantha Vinograd for @CNNOpinion 

Chinese embassy tells Canada to stop meddling in Hong Kong affairs

Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, issued an ultimatum to Sen. McConnell on gun reform laws: "Either act or there will be hell to pay in 2019 and 2020."

Slavery lasted 250 years . Black people were second class citizens *as a matter of law* for another 100. It’s astounding that people pearl-clutch over the very idea that just a generation later, racism might still be pervasive, and that this is something we should talk about.

Four signs that democracy is under attack

Time correspondent Vera Bergengruen explains how a Kremlin-linked firm that had been under sanctions was able to invest millions in Sen. Mitch McConnell’s home state of Kentucky.

#WATCH Bengaluru: A drunk person drove his car over pedestrians on a footpath at HSR Layout locality. The driver was taken into police custody & injured were admitted to hospital. Case registered. #Karnataka 

Iceland held a funeral for its first glacier lost to climate change and left this warning sign

City with largest population by year. 300: Rome 400: Rome 500: Constantinople 600: Constantinople 700: Chang'an 800: Chang'an 900: Baghdad 1000: Baghdad 1100: Baghdad 1200: Hangzhou 1300: Hangzhou 1400: Nanjing 1500: Beijing 1600: Beijing 1700: Beijing 1800: Beijing 1900: London