• The News Roundup For January 31, 2025

  • Jan 31 2025
  • Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
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The News Roundup For January 31, 2025

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  • An American Airlines plane collided with a helicopter on Wednesday in Washington D.C., sending both crashing into the Potomac River. There are no survivors.

    Donald Trump ordered a freeze of all federal grants, disrupting vital national processes.

    Meanwhile, tens of thousands of Palestinians are making their way back into the northern parts of Gaza. Israel's ban on working with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency goes into effect this week.

    A new Chinese AI app, called DeepSeek, has upended the tech industry and Wall Street. Industry watchers note the country's programmers can deliver a product on par with that of the West, for a fraction of the cost and without access to similar hardware.

    We cover all this and more during the News Roundup.

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