Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Tariff Truce, Transplant Milestone & New TikTok Plan

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Story Links

All the news stories mentioned in today's episode are listed with links below, so you can spend as much -- or as little -- time as you want to review the latest happenings... 

Read more about the stories in today's show:

Deals to Delay Tariffs: AP, Axios, WSJ, NewsNation, Bloomberg, CNN

Protests Over Plan to Shut USAID: NY Times, Reuters, NY Post, ABC News

U.S. Leaving UN Human Rights Council: Axios, NPR, WA Examiner, Politico

Netanyahu Meeting with Trump: WaPo, CNN, Axios, BBC

Some Arrested Migrants Released: NBC News, The Independent, WA Examiner

‘Day Without Immigrants’ Protests: USA Today, AP, Newsweek, LA Times, The Hill

West Coast Storms: NWS, TWC, Fox Weather, USA Today, NY Times, WaPo

FDA Approves Pig Kidney Transplant Trials: United Therapeutics, NY Times, Bloomberg, Stat

US Sovereign Wealth Fund Could Buy TikTok: Reuters, NY Post, CNBC, The Hill

ChatGPT for Deep Research: OpenAI, Bloomberg, Axios, NY Times

OpenAI’s Persuasion Test: TechCrunch, Ars Technica, Tech Times

NBA Trade Deadline Approaching: The Athletic, AP, Fox Sports, USA Today, NBC Sports

Trivia Tuesday: Which country is home to the world’s oldest desert?
Last Week’s Q: What animals only taste salt? 
Last Week’s A: Whales and dolphins
Read More: Smithsonian, Science, The Atlantic, Discover Mag