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Morning Announcements

Thursday, May 9th, 2024

Morning Announcements

Betches

News, Daily News, Politics, News Commentary

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Today’s Headlines: The Biden administration halted an arms shipment to Israel amid worries about civilian casualties. The shipment contained large bombs that could cause collateral damage in densely populated areas. In the Indiana primaries, Nikki Haley, despite withdrawing from the race, managed to secure over 21% of the Republican vote, revealing a significant base of support within the party. This contrasts with Donald Trump's dominance in the state, winning 78% of the vote and all 58 delegates. Meanwhile, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 's aide, Zach Henry, was discovered to have been present at the Capitol insurrection on January 6th, raising questions about the campaign's affiliations. Furthermore, recent revelations about RFK Jr.'s health issues, including a dead worm in his brain and mercury poisoning, have drawn attention to his fitness for office. The attorneys general of six Republican-led states filed a lawsuit against Title 9 expansions, while a Catholic high school was granted the right to fire a teacher for marrying a man. Finally, record-high sea temperatures and severe storms have caused devastation in the Midwest. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: AP News: Biden says US won't supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah  Politico: Unexpected warning signs for Trump in busy Indiana primary NBC News: RFK Jr.'s new hire who downplayed Jan. 6 appears to have been at the Capitol during the attack  NY Times: RFK Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain Axios: Six GOP states sue over Biden administration's Title IX rule change WA Post: Catholic school can fire gay drama teacher for marrying, court rules  Axios: Oceans' record heat streak reaches 13 months AP News: Midwest storms: 3 tornadoes confirmed in Michigan, 1 man killed in Tennessee  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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Today is Thursday, May 9th, and you're listening to the morning announcements presented by

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Betches Media. I'm your host Sammy Sage and the morning announcements is your daily five minute

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed yesterday

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that the Biden administration has

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paused an arm shipment to Israel out of concerns for its military campaign in Raffa.

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The one shipment that was held consists of thousands of large bombs, which the US was reportedly

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concerned would be used in the dense urban setting where over a million Gazans

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are sheltering. Secretary Austin told lawmakers that they chose to hold these

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munitions specifically because a 2,000-pound bomb can create more collateral damage than a precision weapon,

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and the US wants to see Israel execute more precise operations as they target Hamas battalions.

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There's a lot going on at the moment so some of us may have forgotten that it's technically

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still primary season. Indiana held its primaries on Tuesday, and despite having dropped out of the race in March,

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