News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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US President Donald Trump said the Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a regional passenger jet in Washington, DC was flying too high at the time of the accident, in what appeared to be a major disclosure about the investigation reut.rs/3EdtuXW
— Reuters (@reuters.com) January 31, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Both the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder from the downed American Airlines plane have now been recovered, the NTSB tells CNN.
— CNN (@cnn.com) January 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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NEW: An air traffic control supervisor in the tower at Reagan Airport let a controller leave their shift early on the day of the midair collision above the Potomac, a source familiar with the investigation confirms to NBC News.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) January 31, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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JUST IN: A U.S. military official told NPR on Friday that at the request of the family the Army is not going to release the name of the female crew member. The withholding of the name is a highly unusual move.
— NPR (@npr.org) January 31, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Hamas said it would free the father of the youngest hostages seized in its Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel and two others including a dual US citizen and a dual French citizen in the next exchange of Gaza hostages for Palestinian prisoners reut.rs/40VqkRx
— Reuters (@reuters.com) January 31, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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About 12,000 North Korean soldiers have been sent to Russia, according to Ukrainian officials and Western intelligence reports, which say around 4,000 those troops have been killed or injured
— CNN (@cnn.com) January 31, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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New: Trump intends to move ahead with plans on Saturday to impose 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada and a 10% levy on China, the White House said, denying a report that he planned to delay the implementation by a month
— Bloomberg (@bloomberg.com) January 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Several senior FBI employees have been told to resign in a matter of days or be fired, as the Trump administration moves to shake up the agency’s upper ranks, according to people familiar with the discussions.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) January 31, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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More and more questions are being raised about the legality of the Trump administration's offer to nearly all federal workers to resign now and keep their pay through Sept. 30.
— NPR (@npr.org) January 31, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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A CNN analysis of Trump’s first week in office found that two-thirds of his early executive orders and actions appear closely aligned with Project 2025’s plans.
— CNN (@cnn.com) January 31, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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Hospitals in Colorado, Virginia and the nation’s capital say they have paused gender-affirming care for young people as they evaluate President Trump’s executive order aimed at cutting federal support for such care.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) January 31, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Journavx, a non-opioid painkiller that is the first novel pain drug to win government authorization in more than 20 years. Vertex Pharmaceuticals, which makes the drug, has billed it as an effective alternative to opioids that isn’t addictive.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) January 31, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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