Thursday, March 6th, 2025 - Ukraine intel paused; Secret Hamas talks; Trump admin plans 70k VA jobs cut & reopening TX migrant detention center & more

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🗓️ 6 March 2025

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Today’s Headlines: The Trump administration has paused intelligence sharing with Ukraine but may resume if Trump is satisfied with Ukraine’s diplomatic efforts. Meanwhile, the U.S. has been secretly negotiating with Hamas for the release of American hostages in Gaza, excluding Israel from the talks. The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Trump administration must pay nearly $2 billion in foreign aid for completed work. Trump also temporarily paused new auto tariffs on Canada and Mexico for a month, following pressure from major U.S. automakers. The administration plans to cut over 70,000 VA jobs, rolling back staffing expansions for veteran healthcare. At the same time, it is reopening a massive detention center in Texas to hold migrant families, including children. Finally, the DOJ moved to dismiss a Biden-era lawsuit against Idaho’s abortion ban, which challenged its compliance with federal emergency care laws. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: CNN: Trump officials say US paused intelligence sharing with Ukraine but signal it may not last long after fiery meeting Axios: U.S. holding secret talks with Hamas on Gaza hostages, ceasefire ABC News: Supreme Court rules Trump administration must unfreeze foreign aid payments Axios: Tariff rollercoaster: Trump temporarily pauses Canada, Mexico levies for autos CNN: Trump admin plans to cut more than 70,000 jobs at Department of Veterans Affairs, memo says WA Post: Trump officials to reopen Texas detention center for migrant families WA Post: Trump administration moves to let Idaho enforce strict abortion ban Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Bridget Schwartz and edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Thursday, March 6th, and you're listening to The Morning Announcements presented by
0:06.3	Betches Media. I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the morning announcements is your daily five-minute
0:11.2	breakdown of the headlines that isn't a megaphone for the loudest voices, but a magnifying
0:15.7	glass for the most important news. The Trump administration has ordered at least a partial halt on crucial intelligence sharing
0:25.4	between the United States and Ukraine to aid in their defense against Russia's invasion.
0:30.3	However, National Security Advisor Mike Walz and CIA director John Ratcliffe seemed to indicate
0:36.0	yesterday morning that the pause could be lifted
0:38.5	if Trump is satisfied by Ukraine's steps towards negotiating an end to the war, a condition I'm
0:43.9	sure Zelensky will never be able to satisfy. The latest on that question, President Zelensky's
0:49.7	top aide, Andre Yermak, said that Ukrainian and U.S. officials have agreed to meet, quote, in the near
0:55.0	future. Axio reported yesterday that the Trump administration has been holding direct
1:02.7	secret talks with Hamas, or I should say formerly secret talks, over the release of U.S.
1:08.1	hostages in Gaza, as well as a potential broader deal to end the war.
1:12.6	These talks are unprecedented because Hamas has been designated a terrorist organization since 1997.
1:18.6	The talks have been conducted by U.S. presidential envoy for hostage affairs Adam Bowler in Doha in recent weeks,
1:24.6	without Israel present or seemingly fully aware of the substance of the negotiations,
1:29.6	or that they were definitively happening. There are still five American hostages, one of whom is
1:35.1	21-year-old Eidan Alexander, who is believed to be alive, out of the 59 still being held,
1:41.2	35 of whom are confirmed dead.
1:51.6	The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 yesterday that the Trump administration must comply with a lower court order to pay out almost $2 billion in foreign aid funds for work that was already
1:56.4	completed on behalf of the U.S. government. Yes, they ruled that the U.S. has to pay its bills for services rendered, and four Supreme
2:04.2	Court justices still disagreed with that.
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