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Friday, February 3rd, 2023 Feb 03, 2023

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Today's headlines: The DOJ is in talks with former Vice President Pence’s legal team to schedule a voluntary FBI search of his Indiana home and DC office. Republicans in the House of Representatives garnered enough votes to remove Representative Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Services Committee yesterday. The new republican-led House Oversight and Accountability Committee is prioritizing pandemic fraud. A Chinese surveillance balloon has been hovering over the United States for several days. Mother Jones has revealed a leaked memo from the Kremlin to Russian state-friendly media outlets. The number of “ghost guns” traced and recovered by the federal government more than doubled in 2021. Finally for this week, almost half of adults in the US are unsure whether medication abortion is legal in their state.

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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, February 2nd, 2023 Feb 02, 2023

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Wednesday, February 1st, 2022 Feb 01, 2023

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Today's headlines: Yesterday, Santos announced that he submitted a request to House Speaker McCarthy to temporarily recuse himself from his assignments on the Small Business and Science committees. New reporting from The Washington Post investigated the real-life impact in Florida schools of a law that took effect last July, which can cause teachers to spend five years in prison and pay a $5,000 dollar fine, as well as potentially lose their teaching license. The Manhattan district attorney impaneled a new grand jury to present evidence regarding Donald Trump’s role in paying hush money to Stormy Daniels during his first campaign. Finally for today, President Biden and Speaker McCarthy will be meeting today to talk about the debt limit and budget priorities.

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Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson

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Tuesday, January 31st, 2023 Jan 31, 2023

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Today's headlines: Another Memphis police officer, Preston Hemphill, has been relieved of duty following the death of Tyre Nichols. a San Francisco court released body cam and security footage of the hammer attack on Paul Pelosi, as well as audio of the 911 call and the police interview with the attacker, David DePape. Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem yesterday. Finally for today, TikTok’s CEO has voluntarily agreed to appear before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on March 23rd

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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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Monday, January 30th, 2023 Jan 30, 2023

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Today's headlines: The police body camera footage from the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols was released on Friday evening. Another exposé involving former Attorney General Bill Barr has come forward, centered around what the piece called a “capital punishment killing spree” under Donald Trump’s administration. California Representative Adam Schiff announced that he will make a bid for Diane Feinstein’s senate seat in 2024. An anti-abortion bill was duly introduced in both the House and Senate last week. Finally for today, The FDA has proposed easing the blood donation rules for gay and bisexual men.

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

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Friday, January 27th, 2023 Jan 27, 2023

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Today's headlines: Charges were brought yesterday against the 5 ex-police officers in Memphis Tennessee, who beat to death a 29-year-old Black man named Tyre Nichols. The democratic-led Virginia state Senate stopped the passage of a 15 week abortion ban which had been proposed by Governor Glenn Youngkin yesterday. On Wednesday, when Santos served surprise Dunkin Donuts with amended campaign filings on the side, forms now indicated that he had hired a new treasurer. Donald Trump pressured former Attorney General Bill Barr in 2019 to appoint someone at the DOJ to investigate the Mueller investigation. Finally for today, former employees of the American arm of Russian state-media broadcaster RT America are restarting a new media venture under the name GlobalTek.

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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, January 26th, 2023 Jan 26, 2023

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Today's headlines: President Biden announced that the US will be providing the Ukrainians with Abrams tanks. The National Archives is considering whether they will ask all past presidents and vice presidents to review their personal records to verify that no classified materials are there. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has made good on his promise to reject the placement of certain Democrats on congressional committees, but has yet to remove George Santos. Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has announced that they will let Donald Trump back on their platforms in the coming week after his two year suspension. NBC News is reporting that Marjorie Taylor Greene is supposedly angling to be Trump’s 2024 pick for Vice President. Finally for today, a recent study claims Long Covid is having a significant effect on America’s workforce, preventing substantial numbers of people from going back to work.

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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, January 25th, 2023 Jan 25, 2023

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Today's headlines: 7 people are dead after an incident in Half Moon Bay on Monday; in Oakland California, 1 person was shot dead and 7 others were injured. A lawyer for former Vice President Pence found a small number of classified documents at Pence’s home in Indiana. An appearance by George Santos on a Brazilian podcast from December 2022 has surfaced, where he claims (in Portuguese), that he was the target of an “assassination attempt” the prior year. Kevin McCarthy has stated that “I will never leave that woman, I will always take care of her" in regards to Marjorie Taylor Greene. The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing yesterday sparked by the Taylor Swift Eras Tour ticket fiasco. Finally for today, A 30-year-old Wharton graduate named Charlie Javice is being sued by JP Morgan Chase who claimed that she engaged in an elaborate fraud scheme.

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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, January 24th, 2022 Jan 24, 2023

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Today's headlines: The death toll has now risen to 11 people from Saturday night’s mass shooting in Monterey Park, and law enforcement has been able to learn new details about the evening. Verdicts came down in 2 separate January 6th trials yesterday, with guilty results across the board; In a separate trial, a DC jury found the insurrectionist who sat in Nancy Pelosi’s chair guilty on all 8 counts against him. Charles McGonigal was arrested on charges that he laundered money and violated sanctions against Russia, by working with a Russian oligarch. Arizona Representative Ruben Gallego announced yesterday that he plans to challenge Senator Kyrsten Sinema for her Senate seat in 2024. Finally for today, the DOJ has reportedly opened an investigation into Abbott Nutrition over operations at one of its factories that heavily contributed to the formula shortage last year.

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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, January 23rd, 2023 Jan 23, 2023

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Today's headlines: 10 people were killed and 10 others injured over the course of two shooting incidents in Los Angeles on Saturday night. The FBI conducted a voluntary search of President Biden's Wilmington Delaware home on Friday, and found another 6 papers marked classified from his vice presidency. There’s been pretty much no progress on raising the debt limit since last week, with the White House stating that they will not negotiate with House Republicans for spending cuts. Florida's Department of Education has rejected the curriculum for an Advanced Placement course covering African American Studies. Finally for today, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that the Federal Reserve is investigating Goldman Sachs’s consumer business and whether it had appropriate safeguards.

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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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