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Thursday, March 30th, 2023 Mar 30, 2023

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Today's headlines: Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s office announced that the grand jury will be going on hiatus until late April. Following the shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville, which is the 130th this year, President Biden is renewing his call on Congress to pass a ban on assault weapons. The Senate voted to repeal the resolution from 2002 that gave President Bush the authority to invade Iraq on the pretense of the false claim that Saddam Hussein was stockpiling weapons of mass destruction. The FDA announced that the overdose drug Narcan will soon be available to buy over the counter without a prescription. Elon Musk is reportedly valuing the company at $20 billion dollars, which is less than half of the $44 billion that he paid for it. Finally for today, an elementary school in Waukesha Wisconsin has banned a first grade class from performing a Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton duet of the song Rainbowland as it “could be perceived as controversial.”

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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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Wednesday, March 29th, 2023 Mar 29, 2023

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Today's headlines: Following the shooting of 6 people at the Covenant School in Nashville Tennessee on Monday, law enforcement has released more information about the shooter, 28 year old Aubrey Hale. The Manhattan grand jury that’s hearing the investigation into Trump’s hush money payment to Stormy Daniels is reportedly not going to meet to vote on an indictment this week. New reporting from the Washington Post found that an activist group led by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s wife Ginni, collected almost $600,000 dollars in anonymous donations over the past three years. Finally for today, FTX scammer Sam Bankman-Fried is back in the legal hot seat.

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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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Tuesday, March 28th, 2023 Mar 28, 2023

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Today's headlines: Yesterday 6 people were shot and killed at a private Presbyterian elementary school in Nashville, known as the Covenant School. The Manhattan grand jury heard another round of testimonies yesterday from a throwback witness: the former publisher of the National Enquirer and Trump’s catch & kill boy David Pecker. Officials from the Federal Reserve, the Treasury and the FDIC are set to appear before Congress this week for a hearing related to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. Following a chemical spill of 8,000 gallons of latex finishing solution in Bucks County Pennsylvania on Friday, officials say that the city’s tap water is safe to drink through at least 3:30pm today. Finally for today, a temporary resolution regarding the highly controversial plan to overhaul Israel’s judiciary has presented itself: Netanyahu announced yesterday that he quote “wanted to avoid civil war” and is delaying the judicial overhaul to take time for dialogue.

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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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Monday, March 27th, 2023 Mar 27, 2023

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Today's headlines: The Manhattan grand jury that’s investigating Trump’s 2016 hush money payment to Stormy Daniels is expected to reconvene today. a federal judge has ordered several former Trump aides to testify in the probe that’s being overseen by DOJ special counsel Jack Smith. Republicans in the House of Representatives have passed a piece of legislation known as the Parents Bill of Rights which would require a number of things from public school districts. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has returned home from inpatient physical therapy, almost 3 weeks after he fell and suffered a concussion and a rib fracture at a political event. Finally for today, Republicans in the Idaho state house of representatives rejected a bill that would have funded free menstrual products in public school bathrooms.

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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 24th, 2023 Mar 24, 2023

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Today's headlines: A 6-hour congressional testimony of TikTok’s CEO Shou Chew by the House Energy & Commerce Committee happened yesterday. House Republicans are already seeking pre-revenge on Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg for his anticipated indictment of Donald Trump. the Anti-Defamation League’s annual audit found that antisemitic incidents in the US jumped to a record level in 2022, up 36% from 2021. Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a law yesterday that will prohibit transgender people in public schools from using the bathroom that matches their gender identity. A judge in Wyoming has temporarily blocked the state’s new abortion ban that came into effect last weekend. Finally for this week, the FTC has proposed a new rule called the “Click to Cancel” provision, which would make it easier for people to cancel subscriptions.

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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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Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 Mar 23, 2023

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Today's headlines: A highly-anticipated grand jury meeting that was planned for yesterday morning was canceled last minute by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg. Yesterday the Federal Reserve announced that they’re raising the interest rate another quarter of a percentage point. Florida’s state board of education will vote next month on whether to expand the provisions of the “Don’t Say Gay” bill to grades 4 through 12. Finally, a Fox producer named Abby Grossberg, who worked with Tucker Carlson & Maria Bartiromo, has filed 2 lawsuits against Fox in New York & Delaware, accusing the company of coercing her into giving misleading testimony in the Dominion case.

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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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Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023 Mar 22, 2023

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Today's headlines: As of this recording on Tuesday night, Donald Trump has not been arrested, despite his claims that he would be yesterday morning. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced that he would direct House committees to investigate the Manhattan DA’s potential prosecution of Donald Trump. Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a surprise visit to Kyiv Ukraine to meet with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. A bill in Florida has advanced in the state Senate that’s meant to crack down on illegal immigration. Finally for today, a hospital in Idaho announced that they are ceasing all labor and delivery services as a result of doctor shortages and the political climate.

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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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Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 Mar 21, 2023

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Today's headlines: The latest update from the Manhattan District Attorney’s investigation into Trump was that the grand jury heard testimony yesterday from Michael Cohen’s former lawyer Robert Costello. The banking system is continuing another fraught week, with the FDIC announcing yesterday that following its closure last week, Signature Bank will sell to Flagstar Bank. Yesterday President Biden issued his first veto of his term in response to a bill that would ban the government from considering environmental impacts or potential lawsuits when making investment decisions for people’s retirement plans. UN scientists came out with a new report stating that the panel said humanity still has a chance, but only if we slash almost two-thirds of carbon pollution by 2035. Finally for today, Putin has welcomed China’s Xi to the Kremlin amidst the fighting in Ukraine.

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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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Monday, March 20th, 2023 Mar 20, 2023

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Today's headlines: Saturday morning, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he expects to be arrested on Tuesday by the quote “highly political Manhattan District Attorney’s office.” The International Criminal Court announced on Friday that they were issuing an arrest warrant for Putin in response to war crimes in Ukraine. UBS agreed to purchase its longtime competitor Credit Suisse for more than $3 billion dollars. French President Emmanuel Macron is now facing a no confidence vote following his unilateral decision last week to push through a law that would raise the retirement age 62 to 64. Wyoming became the first state to ban the use of pills for abortion effective July 1st. Florida republicans announced they will be advancing a bill that would ban girls from talking about their menstrual cycles in school before 6th grade. Finally for today, it has now been over a week since Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell fell at an event in DC and was admitted to the hospital with a concussion.

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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 17th, 2023 Mar 17, 2023

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Today's headlines: Yesterday, a group of the largest banks in the US provided First Republic Bank with $30 billion dollars in cash to bolster their liquidity and calm the markets. The Biden Administration is demanding that TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance sell their stake in TikTok, or else face a possible ban of the app in the US. Fulton County Georgia has been hearing evidence about attempts to overturn the 2020 election results there. The US and Russia had a collision over the Black Sea, when a Russian fighter jet crashed into a US drone, forcing the US to bring it down in international waters. Finally for this week, new research from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that nonprofit hospitals in the US save more in tax exemptions than they provide in charity care.

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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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