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Morning Announcements

Morning Announcements is your daily news rundown from Betches News--because the world’s a mess, and someone’s gotta explain it. Every morning, Betches co-founder and host Sami Sage cuts through the chaos to break down what actually matters, one unhinged headline at a time. All in under 10 minutes, so you can stay informed without spiraling.

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6:40

Tuesday, April 4th, 2023

Morning Announcements ·

2023/04/04

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

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8:37

Monday, April 3rd, 2023

Morning Announcements ·

2023/04/03

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

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7:20

Friday, March 31st, 2023

Morning Announcements ·

2023/03/31

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

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6:47

Thursday, March 30th, 2023

Morning Announcements ·

2023/03/30

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

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6:13

Wednesday, March 29th, 2023

Morning Announcements ·

2023/03/29

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,

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5:57

Tuesday, March 28th, 2023

Morning Announcements ·

2023/03/28

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

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7:20

Monday, March 27th, 2023

Morning Announcements ·

2023/03/27

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

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7:43

Friday, March 24th, 2023

Morning Announcements ·

2023/03/24

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

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5:00

Thursday, March 23rd, 2023

Morning Announcements ·

2023/03/23

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

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6:18

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023

Morning Announcements ·

2023/03/22

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

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5:45

Tuesday, March 21st, 2023

Morning Announcements ·

2023/03/21

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

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9:07

Monday, March 20th, 2023

Morning Announcements ·

2023/03/20

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

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8:00

Friday, March 17th, 2023

Morning Announcements ·

2023/03/17

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

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8:45

Thursday, March 16th, 2023

Morning Announcements ·

2023/03/16

Today's headlines: Credit Suisse disclosed problems and weaknesses within its financial reporting yesterday, prompting their share price to plummet 20%. A pro-Trump super PAC known as MAGA Inc filed a complaint with the Florida Commission on Ethics yesterday. Stormy Daniels met with Manhattan prosecutors yesterday regarding the $130,000 dollar hush money payment that was made to her during Trump’s 2016 campaign. Texas education officials announced a state takeover of Houston’s public school district

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8:09

Wednesday, March 15th, 2023

Morning Announcements ·

2023/03/15

Today's headlines: The DOJ and SEC are reportedly each separately investigating the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, specifically the stock sales that SVB executives made just days before the bank was taken over by the FDIC. Texas judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who is overseeing the lawsuit that would revoke FDA approval of mifepristone, held a conference call with the case’s attorneys on Friday to schedule a hearing for today (Wednesday). Yesterday the EPA proposed new regulations which would limit the

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6:19

Tuesday, March 14th, 2023

Morning Announcements ·

2023/03/14

Today's headlines: Three women in Texas have been sued for wrongful death by a man who says they helped his ex-wife obtain medication for an abortion. Former vice president Mike Pence has made his first semi-public criticism of Donald Trump. Residents across Florida’s southwest coast are facing a flare-up of toxic red tide algae on their shores this past week. Finally for today, California is facing yet another atmospheric river event through tomorrow. Resources/Articles mentioned this

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8:28

Monday, March 13th, 2023

Morning Announcements ·

2023/03/13

Today's headlines: The FDIC abruptly overtook Silicon Valley Bank this weekend due to poor risk management, which was exacerbated by the fact that the company had no chief risk officer from April 2022 through this January. New reporting reveals that George Santos orchestrated a credit card skimming ring in Seattle in 2017. Finally for today, Chinese president Xi Jinping has been elected to an unprecedented third 5-year term. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: Bloomberg: US Backstops Bank

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8:17

Friday, March 10th, 2023

Morning Announcements ·

2023/03/10

Today's headlines: New reporting from the New York Times states that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is likely to indict Donald Trump on criminal charges. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is currently in the hospital after falling on Wednesday night and suffering a concussion. Yesterday President Biden unveiled his proposal for the 2024 government budget with a price of $6.9 trillion. The FDA announced updates to their standards for mammograms and breast cancer screenings yesterday

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6:40

Thursday, March 9th, 2023

Morning Announcements ·

2023/03/09

Today's headlines: Five women and two doctors are suing the state of Texas after the women were denied abortions despite the fact that their pregnancies endangered their lives. Florida proposed its own 6 week abortion ban in the state Senate on Tuesday. An investigation into Louisville Kentucky law enforcement found that they engaged in a pattern or practice of conduct that violates both the constitution and federal law. Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, signed legislation into law this

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7:24

Wednesday, March 8th, 2023

Morning Announcements ·

2023/03/08

Today's headlines: Another legal filing dropped in the Fox News defamation lawsuit, including new excerpts from Rupert Murdoch's latest testimony. Walgreens announced that they're pulling the abortion pill out of the stores in GOP led states, leading governor Gavin Newsome to announce that the California will no longer be doing business with the drugstore chain. Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has agreed to testify before the Senate about his public anti-union statements. Finally, the Missouri State

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