Tuesday, May 12th, 2026 - Iran Ceasefire Dead, Reflecting Pool Paint Job Cost $13M, TX Sues Netflix

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🗓️ 12 May 2026

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Today's Headlines: The Iran ceasefire is on "massive life support" per Trump, while Iran's foreign minister insists their latest proposal was reasonable — and the administration responded by sanctioning 12 companies helping ship Iranian oil to China, days before Trump flies to Beijing to meet Xi Jinping, where that will definitely not be awkward. This is further complicated by reports that China was preparing to deliver new air defense systems to Iran last month, meaning both China and Russia are now actively supporting Iran, great. On the Hantavirus front, 18 Americans from the cruise are back in the US, at least 2 appear infected, and the other 16 are being monitored at a federally funded biocontainment facility in Nebraska — the WHO still says global risk is low and this is not another COVID. In other news, Trump's plan to paint the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool "American flag blue" was quoted at $1.8 million — it's actually $13.1 million, no other contractors were allowed to bid, and the justification was that delays would cause "serious injury to the government." Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy filmed a road trip reality show visiting historic landmarks, which a watchdog group alleges was sponsored by Toyota, Boeing, and United Airlines — companies he's supposed to regulate — through a conveniently named nonprofit funded by auto companies. Meanwhile, Republican Rep. Max Miller was accused in court filings of throwing boiling water on his ex-wife while their 2-year-old was present — also not his first abuse accusation, having previously been accused of assault by then-White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham in 2020. Texas sued Netflix for spying on children, collecting user data without consent, selling viewing habits to data brokers, and designing the platform to be addictive — Netflix says the lawsuit lacks merit. The guy who stormed the White House Correspondents Dinner pleaded not guilty, with his attorneys arguing that both acting AG Todd Blanche and Jeanine Pirro should recuse themselves since they were both at the dinner. And finally, NBC is launching a Wordle game show hosted by Savannah Guthrie and Jimmy Fallon. Resources/Articles mentioned: AP News: Passengers from virus-stricken cruise ship fly to home countries for monitoring CNN: Live updates: Trump says ceasefire with Iran on ‘massive life support’ after he rejects Tehran’s proposal NYT: Reflecting Pool Repairs to Cost $13.1 Million. Trump Had Promised $1.8 Million Reuters: Netflix sued by Texas for allegedly spying on children, addicting users The Hill: Watchdog group asks Transportation IG to probe Duffy’s ‘road trip’ with family Yahoo: MAGA Congressman Accused of Beating and Burning His Ex-Wife AP News: Man charged in White House correspondents' dinner attack pleads not guilty NYT: Wordle to Become Prime-Time TV Show, With Savannah Guthrie as Host 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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0:18.2	18 Americans from the haunt of virus crews are back in the United States.
0:22.4	Donald Trump says the ceasefire with Iran is on life support. Too bad somebody else isn't.
0:27.4	A congressman has been accused of beating and burning his wife. Texas is suing Netflix.
0:32.6	Our road rules transportation secretary is on a road trip plus more on serious headlines.
0:38.7	Let's get into it.
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0:49.3	I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and Morning Announcements is your fully sourced daily 10-minute breakdown of the headlines that isn't a megaphone for the loudest voices, but a magnifying
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