Monday, June 8th, 2026 - Trump Walks Out, Iran Fires on Israel, DOGE's Death List, Trump's UFC White House Lawsuit

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🗓️ 8 June 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Today's Headlines: Trump's Meet the Press interview derailed when Kristen Welker told him to his face that he lost in 2020, but not before he confirmed on the record that he wants January 6th defendants who assaulted police officers compensated, called them victims of "dirty cops," denied ever promising no new wars, and compared Iran favorably to Vietnam. Coincidentally, a Vietnam veteran filed a lawsuit over the UFC fight night at the White House, arguing it wasn't authorized by Congress and benefits Trump directly since he bought UFC parent company stock while promoting the event, with the Lincoln Memorial scheduled to host fighter weigh-ins, which is a sentence that exists. Trump will also be at the Knicks game inconveniencing everyone with TSA screening and canceled watch parties. On the war beat, Iran fired missiles at Israel for the first time since the April ceasefire, Israel bombed Beirut, oil spiked 3.6%, and Trump responded by calling Fox News to criticize Israel and telling Axios he was phoning Netanyahu because "each of them had their fun" — not the standard framework for analyzing a missile exchange. The May jobs report came in better than expected with 172,000 payrolls added, but markets dipped anyway, prompting Trump to post that "stocks should go up not down, that's the way it was for 200 years," which is not how markets work. And finally, a former Social Security Administration executive blew the whistle on a DOGE-backed plan to mark 2.7 million living people — citizens, permanent residents, teenagers, senior citizens — as dead in federal databases to make life impossible for immigrants and funnel them into Social Security offices where they could be arrested, which didn't go through, though last year officials did successfully file 6,000 people into the Death Master File, some of whom had to physically show up to prove they were alive. Resources/Articles mentioned: NBC News: Read the transcript: President Donald Trump interviewed by NBC News’ ‘Meet the Press’ moderator Kristen Welker NYT: Trump Defends Compensation Fund and Iran War in ‘Meet the Press’ Interview NYT: Lawsuit Aims to Stop U.F.C. Fights at White House on Trump’s Birthday AP News: No bags, no watch parties at Madison Square Garden with Trump attending Game 3 of the NBA Finals NYT: Live Updates: Iran Fires Missiles at Israel for First Time Since April Cease-Fire NYT: Israel Bombs Beirut Outskirts as Fighting With Hezbollah Escalates Axios: Trump tells Axios he will ask Netanyahu not to strike back at Iran Bloomberg: Oil Jumps As Israel retaliates Against Iran After Missile Attacks CNBC: Jobs report May 2026 Fortune: Trump stunned as stocks fall on great jobs report. Barclays explains why ‘we are entering the warning zone' WaPo: Whistleblower claims DOGE planned to mark 2.7 million people dead Subscribe to the Betches News Room and join the Morning Announcements group chat. Go to: betchesnews.substack.com 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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0:23.1	You may have seen the headline that Donald Trump stormed out of his meet the press interview
0:27.0	this weekend, but this is simply not true.
0:29.5	If he stormed out, I am running a marathon right now.
0:32.4	Maybe you could say he ambled out, but either way, that interview, pre-ambling out,
0:37.3	was full of alternative facts,
0:39.2	one might say. More on that in a minute. Also, Donald will be at the Knicks game tonight,
0:44.0	and it could turn out to be a big sports week for the president as his big birthday UFC fight on
0:48.9	the White House lawn is scheduled for this upcoming Saturday the 14th. However, there's been a lawsuit
0:53.9	file to stop that UFC fight, so I guess we'll see where thatth. However, there's been a lawsuit file to stop that
0:54.9	UFC fight, so I guess we'll see where that goes. We also have a report that Doge plan to classify
1:00.2	2.7 million Americans as dead in an effort to deport them, as well as Iran firing missiles at
1:06.3	Israel for the first time since the concept of a ceasefire has been in place. Let's get into it.
1:12.6	Today is Monday, June 8th, and you're listening to Morning Announcements presented by
1:17.0	Betches Media.
1:18.0	I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and Morning Announcements is your fully sourced daily
1:21.7	10-minute breakdown of the headlines that isn't a megaphone for the loudest voices,
1:25.9	but a magnifying glass for the most important
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