Friday, May 2nd, 2025 - Waltz heads to UN; Judge blocks deportations; FL immigration raid; RFK’s vax rules; Trade war updates

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🗓️ 2 May 2025

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Today’s Headlines: Trump just made his first big personnel move of term two—National Security Adviser Michael Waltz is headed to the UN, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio is now juggling three top jobs, including acting national security adviser. On immigration, a Trump-appointed judge just blocked mass deportations of Venezuelan migrants, saying the president can’t claim an “invasion” without evidence. The White House disagrees and is pushing the Supreme Court to strip protections from 350,000 Venezuelans. Meanwhile, Florida carried out its largest immigration raid ever—over 1,100 people arrested in a joint state-federal operation. Elsewhere in the federal government: the Education Department has canceled over $1 billion in school mental health grants, citing a civil rights technicality; RFK Jr.’s health department wants new placebo testing rules for all future vaccines; and Trump’s latest trade war salvo threatens sanctions on buyers of Iranian oil—a not-so-subtle warning to China. Also: General Motors expects tariffs to wipe out a third of its profits this year, while Apple says it’s shifting production to India and Vietnam to avoid a projected $900 billion tariff bill. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: NY Times: Trump Moves Michael Waltz to U.N. and the Latest Immigration News: Live Updates WA Post: Judge rules Trump’s use of wartime act for deportations is illegal WA Post: Live updates: Trump gives commencement address at University of Alabama AP News: Trump administration asks Supreme Court to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelan migrants WA Post: More than 1,100 arrested in 6-day Florida immigration sweep, officials say NPR: Education Department stops $1 billion in funding for school mental health NPR: RFK Jr. to require placebo-controlled studies for new vaccines : Shots - Health News Axios: Trump threatens massive new China sanctions over Iranian oil Axios: GM expects up to $5B tariff hit, even after recent relief Bloomberg: Apple Says Tariffs Will Add $900 Million in Costs This Quarter Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage and edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Amazon offers term time working to their employees, like Anton,
0:05.0	who's home to look after his daughters during their holidays.
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0:13.0	Daddy!
0:14.0	Actually, maybe that's the best sound of all.
0:23.2	Now that's term time working.
0:24.6	Offered at Amazon.
0:26.9	Ten weeks off guaranteed per year.
0:29.1	Mix of paid holiday and unpaid time off.
0:29.9	Conditions apply.
0:36.1	Today is Friday, May 2nd, and you're listening to the morning announcements presented by Betches Media.
0:37.5	I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the morning announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown
0:41.3	of the headlines that isn't a megaphone for the loudest voices, but a magnifying glass
0:45.9	for the most important news.
0:50.4	The first big personnel switch of the second Trump era is upon us.
0:54.4	National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, of starting the Houthi PC Small Group fame,
0:59.8	is out of that role because President Donald Trump is appointing him to be ambassador to the United Nations,
1:05.0	since Elise Stefaniq has had to go back to Congress to preserve the very slim Republican majority in the House.
1:15.2	Secretary of State Marco Rubio will act as interim national security advisor,
1:20.9	adding to his long list of roles, which also includes being the acting administrator of USAID and the acting archivist of the National Archives. He's got more hats than Elon Musk.
1:35.2	We have quite a few immigration-related headlines today, starting with a ruling from a federal judge in Texas, who had been appointed by none other than Donald Trump, that he does not have
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