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Tuesday, February 11th, 2025 - Trump’s tariff update; Musk’s OpenAI snub; Bird Flu hots NV dairy worker; Vince Neal’s jet AZ crash


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Today’s Headlines: Trump officially imposed a 25% tariff on aluminum and steel imports and threatened Hamas to release all hostages by Saturday or face consequences. He also pardoned former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and moved to drop corruption charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams. Elon Musk’s $97.4B bid for OpenAI was swiftly rejected by CEO Sam Altman, who trolled Musk with a counteroffer to buy Twitter. Meanwhile, New York has banned Chinese AI assistant DeepSeek from government devices over surveillance concerns. A Nevada dairy worker contracted the new D1.1 bird flu strain, as the outbreak has hit 23 million birds. Trader Joe’s is now limiting egg purchases, with prices expected to spike 20% this year. Lastly, a deadly jet crash in Scottsdale, Arizona, killed one and injured three, prompting an NTSB investigation.

Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode:

  • AP News: Live Trump updates: Palestinians won’t have right to return to Gaza, Trump says 
  • NBC News: Trump pardons former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich
  • NY Times: Eric Adams Corruption Case Live Updates: Justice Dept. Tells Prosecutors to Drop Charges
  • AP News: Elon Musk-led group proposes buying OpenAI for $97.4 billion. OpenAI CEO says 'no thank you'
  • NBC News: New York state bans DeepSeek from government devices
  • WA Post: New version of bird flu infects Nevada dairy worker
  • Axios: Trader Joe's limits egg purchases due to bird flu shortages
  • ABC 15: Pilot dead, 4 hurt after plane owned by Mötley Crüe member crashes at Scottsdale Airport 

  • Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Bridget Schwartz and edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson

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