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Thursday, June 4th, 2026 - Primaries Update, House Passes Iran War Powers Resolution, Kushner Albania Corruption, Santos Is In Trouble Again

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🗓️ 4 June 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Today's Headlines: California and Iowa held their primaries Tuesday — Becerra and Hilton are leading California's governor's race with Steyer's money in a distant third, Karen Bass is holding first in LA's mayoral race with Spencer Pratt in second, and several Beverly Hills residents showed up to vote for Pratt only to discover they don't live in Los Angeles, perfect. Missing New Jersey congressman Tom Kean Jr. — absent for three months — won his uncontested primary anyway, with Trump endorsing him and calling him "tireless," while Kean remains well enough to execute stock trades but not apparently to show up to work. The House passed a War Powers Resolution requiring Trump to withdraw from Iran unless Congress authorizes the war — four Republicans defecting. Iranian drones struck Kuwait's main airport yesterday killing at least one person, and Trump defined the current ceasefire as "when you're shooting in a more moderate manner." The Kushner Albania situation escalated to over 100,000 protesters, a government corruption investigation, and frozen bank accounts tied to the land company behind their resort, over how ecologically protected land was quietly reclassified to clear the way for their development. George Santos is under investigation by the DOJ and CFTC for betting against his own State of the Union attendance on Kalshi after publicly tweeting he'd be there to inflate the odds — which is the most on-brand insider trading imaginable. And finally, DOGE whistleblower Daniel Berulis filed a defamation lawsuit against Elon Musk, revealing that less than a week after his whistleblower report was published, someone cut the brakes on his car, removed the airbag sensor, and left fingerprints inside — with the only entities that had his address on record being his utilities and the Office of Personnel Management, which DOGE had already taken over. Resources/Articles mentioned: The Guardian: Trump-backed candidate loses in Iowa governor’s race as Democrats look to flip Senate seat NYT: Election Live Updates: Races Are Close in California With Many Votes Still to Count NYT: A Congressman Was Suddenly Absent. So We Looked. And Looked Politico: New Jersey Rep. Tom Kean Jr. says he's 'energized' but appears to push back timeline for return The Independent: Where’s Trump? President resurfaces after a week with no public events amid health questions and tumbling polls NYT: House Passes Iran War Powers Resolution AP News: Kuwait says Iranian drones hit airport and killed 1 as ceasefire is tested again WSJ: Trump Tells Aides He Won’t Resume All-Out War With Iran Unless U.S. Troops Are Killed MSN: Albania freezes assets in Kushner resort corruption probe Wired: He Blew the Whistle on DOGE. Then His Brakes Were Cut 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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0:00.0

Attention all passengers.

0:04.1

The Uber ride for Jeff's rugby team will depart in five minutes from Platform 15.

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Your ride comes with six toilets and a refreshment's carriage that you'll empty within five minutes.

0:16.5

Thank you for booking your tickets on Uber.

0:20.3

Trains on Uber.

0:22.0

Spencer Pratt is still a contender for mayor of Los Angeles.

0:25.3

Tom Steyer incinerated almost $200 billion and his good name to lose the California

0:30.0

governorship.

0:31.1

Democrats are strangely optimistic about winning some seats in Iowa, of all places.

0:35.2

It appears that Republicans in Congress may have grown a vertebrae

0:38.3

and actually voted against Trump continuing the Iran war. We also have an update on Jared and Ivanka's

0:43.5

luxury plans for Albania, a frightening story about a federal employee who whistleblue on Doge,

0:48.9

and George Santos has actually managed to top himself. Let's get into it. Today is Thursday, June 4th, and you're

0:56.5

listening to Morning Announcements presented by Betches Media. I'm your host, Sammy Sage,

1:01.1

and Morning Announcements is your fully sourced daily 10-minute breakdown of the headlines

1:04.9

that isn't a megaphone for the loudest voices, but a magnifying glass for the most important news.

1:12.9

If you perhaps saw people talking about Blyowa, this is why.

1:17.5

Senator Joni Ernst's Senate seat is up for grabs in Iowa, and in Tuesday's primary, a man

1:22.4

named Josh Turrick, who the online discourse would categorize as an establishment Democrat,

1:27.7

defeated the quote-unquote outsider candidate, Zach Walls.

1:31.6

Turik will run against Republican Ashley Hinson in November, who has Donald Trump's endorsement.

1:36.9

The Democrats also believe that they're competitive in the Iowa governor's race,

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