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It's a new year, and according to Pew, 79% of resolutions are about one thing, health. But there are so many fads around how to keep ourselves healthy. On It's Been A Minute, I'm helping you understand why some of today's biggest wellness trends are, well, trending. Like why is there protein in everything? Join me as we uncover what's healthy and what's not on the It's Been A Minute podcast from NPR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janene Herbst.

The bodies of 28 people have been recovered from the Potomac River after an American Airlines jet and a U.S. Army helicopter on a training flight collided as the plane was about to land at Reagan National Airport last night. Sixty-four passengers and crew were on the plane, three soldiers on the helicopter. National Security Advisor Michael Watts has more on the military aircraft. A Blackhawk typically has two pilots. In this case, it was, and I can tell you,

it was an officer and a warrant officer. They tend to have a lot of experience. And then you have an enlisted crew chief in the back. Speaking there on Fox News, both aircraft have been located and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says the plane is upside down and in three parts in waist-deep water. Officials say both were on their standard flight patterns in the busy air corridor. Reagan National Airport was closed after the crash, but officials say it will reopen at 11 this morning. There will be a vigil in Wichita, Kansas at noon local time.

The White House Wednesday rescinded a memo that ordered a government spending freeze. But it says the overall effort, aligning government programs with President Trump's priorities, remains, even though a federal judge temporarily blocked it until Monday. This comes after swift backlash and a day of confusion over the memo's release. And Piers Domenico Montanaro has more. Piers Domenico Montanaro, M.D. The idea is what you've seen. Make things unclear, make people exhausted, make it harder for the media to focus on one thing, and make it harder for the opposition to organize a message around what to focus on. But the backlash to this spending freeze memo shows that there are limits to that kind of strategy. Just because something is done fast doesn't necessarily

mean it's the best way to run the government. And this is now the first major misstep by the Trump administration. But don't think this is going to mean any kind of dialing back. Danielle Pletka MPs, Domenico Montanaro, it's not clear what the funding freeze will target. Despite rather a ceasefire in Gaza, Israel has been carrying out military raids in the occupied West Bank, targeting Palestinian militants. Palestinian health officials say an Israeli airstrike killed at least 10 people in the West Bank, as MPers Daniel Estrin reports.

Israel's military has launched a crackdown in the West Bank during the ceasefire in Gaza. Israeli troops have been on the ground in two Palestinian militant strongholds, the Jenin refugee camp and Tul Karem. The military says it's killed more than a dozen militants and detained scores of others. It's dismantling explosive devices and roadside bombs and confiscating weapons. Troops also killed an infant over the weekend.

The army says it's investigating. Israel has also imposed checkpoints throughout the West Bank, severely restricting movement. The military raids come as Israel is releasing scores of Palestinian prisoners and detainees to the West Bank and Jerusalem in exchange for the release of three Israeli hostages held in Gaza. Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Metta and its chief executive Mark Zuckerberg have agreed to pay President Trump $25 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Trump in 2021.

As Impir's Bobby Allen reports, Trump sued after he was blocked on Facebook and Instagram following the deadly January 6th attack at the U.S. Capitol. Metta and Zuckerberg agreed to the $25 million payout to Trump after years of fighting the litigation. In his suit, Trump claimed his First Amendment rights were violated when he was booted from Facebook and Instagram. Since Trump argued, Metta was acting at the behest of lawmakers who wanted Trump removed.

But Metta said it pushed Trump off its platforms for violating policies for inciting violence. The settlement is the latest example of Zuckerberg yielding to Trump after years of hostilities. Zuckerberg ended a fact-checking program criticized by Trump supporters and appointed Trump ally Dana White to Metta's board. Before he was elected, Trump wrote if Zuckerberg crossed him, he could be thrown in prison for the rest of his life.

Bobbi Allen, NPR News. The economy grew 2.3% in the fourth quarter of 2024, slowing a bit from about 3% growth in each of the previous two quarters, and it was less than economists had expected. The Commerce Department says the gross domestic product, a measure of all the goods and services produced in the U.S. economy, closes out 2024 on a somewhat downbeat note, but it also shows that former President Biden left behind a fairly healthy economy with continued consumer spending for the most part and a resilient labor market. I'm Janene Herbst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.