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Friday, April 14th, 2023 Apr 14, 2023

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Today's headlines: The 5th circuit court of appeals has allowed partial access to mifepristone abortion medication, but only up to 7 weeks and it cannot be sent through the mail. A new report from ProPublica found that Harlan Crow, a billionaire mega donor, purchased Clarence Thomas's childhood home without reporting the sale on his financial disclosures as required. Senator Diane Feinstein is giving up her seat on the Judiciary Committee due to health issues, which caused delays in the confirmation of Biden judges. Delaware Judge Eric Davis sanctioned Fox and its parent company Fox Corporation for withholding evidence in the Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit. Federal investigators have arrested a member of the intelligence wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard for leaking classified Pentagon documents on a Discord group.

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Thursday, April 13th, 2023 Apr 13, 2023

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Today’s Headlines: Senator Tim Scott launches an exploratory committee, taking a significant step toward a presidential bid. Justin J. Person, one of the two Democratic representatives ousted for the Tennessee House of Representatives last week, was reinstated to his House Seat after an unanimous vote from local officials. Also, Juul has agreed to the largest settlement in the company’s history, and will be paying $462 million to six US states and DC. In other news, the Biden administration proposed a plan to strongly incentivize sales of electric cars and trucks, aiming to ensure 2/3 of new passenger cars and a quarter of new heavy trucks sold in the US will be electric by 2032. Consumer prices rose at a more moderate pace in March, going up only 0.1% compared to 0.4% in the previous month. Finally, NPR had quit Twitter after being labeled as ‘state-affiliated media,’ stating that the company had lost faith in the decision-making of the social media platform.

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Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 Apr 12, 2023

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Today's headlines: More details emerge about several shootings in the US recently, including one at Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky, where a disgruntled employee used a legally purchased AR-15 rifle to kill five people and injure eight others. Kentucky is one of 26 states that allows for permitless concealed carry of firearms. Another shooting took place outside a funeral home in Washington DC, leaving one person dead and three others critically injured. Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg filed a lawsuit against House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan and lawyer Mark Pomerantz to bar them from enforcing a subpoena of one of the former leaders in the DA’s investigation into Trump. In other news, leaked Pentagon and US military documents on the messaging app Discord reveal several insights into the US intelligence gathering process and its relationship with other countries.

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Spectrum News: College closes following campus shooting, hours after mass shooting in downtown Louisville
CNN: Gunman livestreamed mass shooting at Louisville bank that left 5 dead and 8 injured
ABC News: What we know about Kentucky's gun laws after Louisville shooting
Washington Post: 1 Killed, 3 wounded in shooting outside D.C. funeral home
NY Times: Bragg Sues Jim Jordan in Move to Block Interference in Trump Case
AP News: Leaked US intel: Russia operatives claimed new ties with UAE

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Tuesday, April 11th, 2023 Apr 11, 2023

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Today's headlines: A shooting at a bank in Kentucky killed 4 people and injured 9 others. A Texas judge ruled to halt FDA approval of abortion medication Mifepristone, while a Washington judge issued a contradicting ruling. Iowa's attorney general suspended funding for emergency contraception for sexual assault victims. Two Black lawmakers were expelled in Tennessee for protesting gun violence, while a white lawmaker was spared. The expelled lawmakers can be reappointed to their seats prior to a special election, which has not been scheduled yet. An American journalist has been detained in Russia on espionage charges, the first of this kind since the end of the Cold War. Finally, the Dalai Lama has apologized for asking a young boy to kiss him on the lips and "suck his tongue" during a public event in Northern India.

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Friday, April 7th, 2023 Apr 07, 2023

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Today's headlines: A judge ruled that Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch may be forced to testify in the Dominion defamation case along with other Fox personalities, and jury selection for the trial is set to begin soon. The state of Washington is stockpiling abortion medication in anticipation of a potential court ruling in Texas that could halt its FDA approval and make the drug unavailable. Idaho's governor signed a bill into law that creates a new crime of "abortion trafficking" and makes it illegal for an adult to help a minor get an abortion without parental consent. The Kansas state legislature passed a law banning transgender girls from playing women's sports from kindergarten through college. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been treated to annual luxury vacations by a billionaire Republican donor over the past 20 years without disclosing them, in violation of ethics law. Elon Musk's Twitter labeled NPR's account as "state-affiliated media" because they receive some federal funding.

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NY Times: Rupert Murdoch Can Be Forced to Testify in Defamation Trial, Judge Says
NPR: Washington state stockpiles thousands of abortion pills
AP News: Idaho governor signs ‘abortion trafficking’ bill into law
The Lawrence Times: Transgender student athlete ban on the books in Kansas
ProPublica: Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire
NPR: Twitter labels NPR's account as 'state-affiliated media,' which is untrue

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Thursday, April 6th, 2023 Apr 06, 2023

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Today's headlines: Former VP Mike Pence will comply with a judge's order to testify in the DOJ special counsel investigation into January 6th, but Trump may continue to appeal. Meanwhile, progressive candidate Brandon Johnson has won the mayoral election in Chicago. The Wisconsin Republicans have gained a supermajority in the state senate, allowing them to impeach elected officials. Democratic state lawmaker Tricia Cotham has defected to the Republican party, giving the Republicans a veto-proof supermajority in both chambers of the North Carolina legislature. A new report from Maryland's attorney general reveals that Catholic Church officials in Baltimore covered up sexual abuse of over 600 children for 60 years. Finally, the chairwoman of the Florida Democratic Party and the state Senate Minority Leader were arrested and charged with trespassing after refusing to leave a protest in Tallahassee.

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AP News: Pence won’t appeal order compelling grand jury testimony
Chicago Tribune: Brandon Johnson wins Chicago mayor election
AP News: GOP lawmaker wins Wis. Senate seat, creating supermajority
NY Times: Democrat’s U-Turn to Join the G.O.P. Upends North Carolina Politics
NBC News: Baltimore’s Catholic Church sexually abused at least 600 children over 60 years, Maryland AG says
AP News: Florida Democrats charged after abortion rights protest

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Wednesday, April 5th, 2023 Apr 05, 2023

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Today's headlines: Yesterday Donald Trump made history for becoming the first US president to be indicted for a crime, so we finally get a full accounting of the 34 counts he's charged with, and what comes next in the case. The state of Wisconsin held a critical election to decide the majority of their state supreme court yesterday, and the winner of that race may end up casting the deciding vote on whether abortion would be legal or illegal in the state. Republican lawmakers in the Tennessee state house took the first steps towards expelling 3 of their Democratic colleagues in the legislature for participating in a recent gun control protest. Finally, approximately 15 million Americans who are on Medicaid are at risk of losing coverage soon.

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Tuesday, April 4th, 2023 Apr 04, 2023

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Today's headlines: Former president Donald Trump has finally arrived in New York City and will be arraigned later today, leading to questions about just how much of the indictment we will be able to see, and whether or not a mugshot will be released to the viewing public. Meanwhile, following calls for protests from Trump and other public figures, all 36,000 of New York City’s police officers are on alert today in anticipation of potential unrest. The DOJ and FBI have reportedly uncovered new evidence which suggests Trump obstructed their investigation into top secret documents at Mar-a-Lago, even after they attempted to get him to return classified material. And in the final (for now) Trump-related story of the day, a new report shows that Ivana Trump was the subject of an FBI counterintelligence inquiry in the 1990s. Finally, we get an update on the severe winter storms and life-threatening sub zero wind chills that continue to threaten much of the south and midwest.

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CBS News: Will there be cameras in the courtroom for Trump's arraignment?
NY Times: Trump at Mar-a-Lago: Magical Thinking and a Perp-Walk Fixation
Rolling Stone: Trump Aides Weigh Putting Mugshot on Campaign Merch
Axios: Trump's Surreal Surrender
Washington Post: Justice Dept. said to have more evidence of possible Trump obstruction at Mar-a-Lago
Bloomberg: FBI Releases Files on Ivana Trump
NPR: More storms and tornadoes have been forecast for the Midwest and South

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Monday, April 3rd, 2023 Apr 03, 2023

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Today’s headlines: Donald Trump is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow afternoon at 2:15pm in downtown Manhattan. Trump’s indictment has not yet been unsealed, but there are reportedly around 30 charges. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced that she’ll also be in New York City to join the protests and called for supporters to join her. We received news that Former republican governor of Arkansas Asa Hutchinson announced yesterday that he will run in the 2024 republican presidential primary and said that Trump should drop out of the race due to the indictment. To leave the indictment beat, over the weekend a series of several tornadoes occurred across 7 states in the south and midwest, leading to at least 25 deaths reported so far. Moving over to Florida, its state legislature has advanced a bill that will allow people to carry concealed firearms and weapons without permits, training, or background checks. Then for the final four stories, a federal judge in Delaware denied Fox News’s motion to dismiss the Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit, the DOJ has filed a civil lawsuit against railway company Norfolk Southern, Texas has struck down a provision of the Affordable Care Ac

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Host: Sami Sage

Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz

Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson

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Friday, March 31st, 2023 Mar 31, 2023

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Today's headlines: The Manhattan grand jury that’s been hearing the case of Trump’s 2016 hush money payment to Stormy Daniels voted yesterday for an indictment, meaning that Trump will be arrested on criminal charges. The board members who DeSantis had just appointed to oversee the districts of Disney World have taken their seats, only to discover that Disney’s lawyers had modified the district’s rules to render the board effectively powerless. California governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation that established a first-in-the-nation task force to determine what potential reparations the state should pay to the Black community. Finally for today, The jury in Gwyneth Paltrow’s trial has found her not at fault in the ski collision with retired optometrist Terry Sanderson.

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Host: Sami Sage

Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz

Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson

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