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Overnight News Digest February 2, 2025 [1]
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Date: 2025-02-02
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to) Interceptor 7, Man Oh Man (RIP), wader, Neon Vincent, palantir, Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse (RIP), ek hornbeck (RIP), rfall, ScottyUrb, Doctor RJ, BentLiberal, Oke (RIP) and jlms qkw. OND is a regular community feature on Daily Kos since 2007, consisting of news stories from around the world, sometimes coupled with a daily theme, original research or commentary. Editors of OND impart their own presentation styles and content choices, typically publishing each day near 12:00 AM Eastern Time. Please feel free to share your articles and stories in the comments.
BBC
Asian markets tumble as Trump's tariff war escalates
Asian shares slid on Monday morning after US President Donald Trump followed through on his promise to impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China. Investors are bracing for a potential trade war that could hit the earnings of major companies and dent global growth. Canada and Mexico have said that they will hit back with retaliatory tariffs while China promised "corresponding countermeasures" and vowed to challenge Trump's move at the World Trade Organization. Trump has said the tariffs are necessary to halt the flow of illegal drugs and immigration into the US. "The prospect of having a long and protracted trade spat between the world's two biggest economies is causing investors to take risk off the table today," said Tim Waterer, chief market analyst at financial services firm KCM Trade. "The other worry for investors is which countries may be on Trump's tariff hit list next".
BBC
Canada imposes 25% tariffs in trade war with US
Canada has announced retaliatory tariffs against the US, in a move that marks the beginning of a trade war between the neighbouring countries. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau set out "far-reaching" tariffs of 25%, affecting 155bn Canadian dollars' worth ($106.6bn; £86bn) of American goods ranging from beer and wine, to household appliances and sporting goods. The move matches US President Donald Trump 25% levy on Canadian and Mexican imports to the US - and an additional 10% on China - over his concerns about illegal immigration and drug trafficking. Trudeau said he would "not back down in standing up for Canadians", but warned of real consequences for people on both sides of the border.
NPR
A plane and a tug vehicle collide at Chicago's O'Hare airport, injuring the driver
A plane struck an aircraft tug vehicle at Chicago O'Hare International Airport on Saturday, sending the 64-year-old driver to the hospital with multiple injuries. After flying in from Kalamazoo, Mich., Saturday evening, Air Wisconsin Flight 6181 landed in Chicago and was on its way to the gate when it collided with a tug on the taxiway. According to the Chicago Police Department, the driver of the tug — a small vehicle designed to tow aircraft — was trying to cross the taxiway when the tug and the Bombardier CRJ-200 jet crashed, flipping the tug and pinning the driver underneath. The tug driver sustained head and lower body injuries and was transported to Lutheran General Hospital in critical condition but was later stabilized, police said.
AP News
Data from the deadliest U.S. air accident in 24 years show conflicting altitude readings
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Preliminary data from the deadliest U.S. aviation accident in nearly 25 years showed conflicting readings about the altitudes of an airliner and Army helicopter when they collided near Reagan National Airport in Washington, killing everyone aboard both aircraft, investigators said Saturday. Investigators also said that about a second before impact, the jet’s flight recorder showed a change in its pitch. But they did not say whether that change in angle meant that pilots were trying to perform an evasive maneuver to avoid the crash. Data from the jet’s flight recorder showed its altitude as 325 feet (99 meters), plus or minus 25 feet (7.6 meters), when the crash happened Wednesday night, National Transportation Safety Board officials told reporters. Data in the control tower, though, showed the Black Hawk helicopter at 200 feet (61 meters) at the time.
Washington Post
Plane extraction from Potomac River to begin on Monday
Crews are set to begin lifting a catastrophically damaged American Airlines regional jet from the bottom of the Potomac River in Washington on Monday, five days after the plane and an Army helicopter collided in a fiery crash that left no survivors.. What’s left of the plane will be carefully brought to the surface with the help of Navy salvage experts and specialized dive teams who have been rehearsing the effort, according to Col. Francis Pera, the Baltimore district commander for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which is helping oversee the work. The Army Corps said the process could take three days to complete. The aircraft will be hoisted out of the water with a crane and onto a barge, then covered by a large tent, providing “full discretion” for human remains that may still be on board, Pera said.
Al Jazeera
USAID officials put on leave as Elon Musk says time for agency to ‘die coup
Elon Musk has declared that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) should “die” amid reports that two top security officials at the aid agency were put on leave for refusing his representatives access to classified materials. Musk, who was appointed by US President Donald Trump to lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), on Monday branded USAID a “criminal organisation” after security officials reportedly denied members of his cost-cutting task force access to restricted areas of the agency’s headquarters in Washington, DC. USAID’s director of security, John Voorhees, and his deputy, Brian McGill, were placed on leave after denying DOGE personnel entry to secure areas over their lack of security clearances, multiple US media outlets reported, citing unnamed officials. The representatives of DOGE, which was created in an executive order by Trump but is not a government department, were ultimately able to access areas with classified information following the confrontation, which was first reported by CNN, according to multiple reports.
Al Jazeera
Israel’s Netanyahu travels to US to discuss Gaza ceasefire with Trump
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on his way to the United States to discuss the second phase of the ceasefire agreed with Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza, his office says. Negotiations for the second stage of the ceasefire are due to begin in Washington, DC on Monday, Netanyahu’s office said on Sunday as the Israeli leader departed for the US. US President Donald Trump,who has claimed credit for the ceasefire deal signed on January 19, is expected to host Netanyahu at the White House on Tuesday – Trump’s first meeting with a foreign leader since his inauguration for a second term. Netanyahu’s US trip comes two weeks into the first phase of the ceasefire that is set to free 33 Israeli captives in return for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. The second phase is expected to cover the release of the remaining captives and to include discussions on a more permanent end to the war.
Raw Story
'Cowboy lady' Kristi Noem ridiculed on MSNBC for 'performative dress-up' NBC interview
On Sunday morning all three co-hosts on MSNBC's "The Weekend" expressed a combination of befuddlement and amusement after watching a clip of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem inexplicably wearing a cowboy hat for an earlier NBC interview. "The secretary of Homeland Security continues to don these outfits to, like, dress up and make it look like we're being tough on the border," she began. "It's the bomber jackets and the hats. For me, it's that now she's down at the border, I guess this week, so now it's the cowboy hats and the tan." Turning serious, co-host Steele added, "This performative dress-up, you know, fun and games with Kristi Noem has real consequences for people. and that's the thing that we need to be made aware of, that this performative act has real consequences, as we've already begun to see at the FBI in raids in New York, etcetera."
Deutsche Welle
US health agency approves brand-new painkiller
A new type of painkiller aimed at treating pain from an injury or surgery has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The drug suzetrigine, also known by its brand name Journavx, only works on nerves outside the brain, where it blocks the signals that cause pain. The drug has a completely different mechanism of action to other painkillers like opiates, paracetamol or aspirin. It's the first new class of pain medicine to be approved in the US in more than 20 years. The drug's manufacturer, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, said suzetrigine provides effective relief for moderate to severe pain without the addictive potential of opioids. "Today's approval is a historic milestone for the 80 million people in America who are prescribed a medicine for moderate-to-severe acute pain each year," Reshma Kewalramani, CEO and president of Vertex, said in a statement.
Washington Post
CBS to hand over Harris interview after Trump, FCC pressure. What to know. (Wimpy subservience.)
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