Thursday, January 15th, 2026 - Iran on edge; Greenland armed; ICE claims immunity; FBI searches reporter’s home; Visa freeze; Science FTW & more
Morning Announcements
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🗓️ 15 January 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Thursday, January 15th, and you're listening to The Morning Announcements presented |
| 0:06.1 | by Vetch's Media. I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the morning announcements is your daily |
| 0:10.4 | five-minute breakdown of the headlines that isn't a megaphone for the loudest voices, but a magnifying |
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| 0:54.8 | We are starting today with an update from Iran, where airspace has been closed ahead of a potential strike by the United States. |
| 1:01.3 | As President Donald Trump appears unsure which way he'll fall on that, at least as of this recording, |
| 1:06.5 | he made a vague statement yesterday afternoon that he had been told on, quote, good authority, |
| 1:11.6 | that the Islamic regime has stopped killing protesters. |
| 1:15.1 | It's hard to verify that because internet has been mostly out in Iran, but I don't know. |
| 1:20.3 | Doesn't sound like the regime I know. |
| 1:22.9 | Either way, preparations for something appear to be underway, as the U.S. military started evacuating |
| 1:28.2 | some troops from several airbases in the Middle East. Because if Trump authorizes a strike, |
| 1:33.2 | Iran is threatening to retaliate on U.S. forces in the region. |
| 1:39.2 | Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosted a meeting with the |
| 1:43.8 | foreign ministers of Greenland and Denmark yesterday to discuss their boss's hostile takeover attempt |
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