Tuesday, September 26th, 2023

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 26 September 2023

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Today’s Headlines: Senator Bob Menendez and his wife Nadine have been indicted on federal corruption charges, including allegations of accepting cash, gold bars, and other favors in exchange for political influence. Menendez temporarily stepped down as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee but has denied the charges and refused to resign from the Senate, despite calls from colleagues and New Jersey's governor. President Biden announced the creation of an office for gun violence prevention led by Vice President Kamala Harris, aiming to coordinate gun policy and legislative efforts. The Republican-led House Oversight Committee scheduled the first hearing for President Biden's impeachment inquiry. In Nebraska, a woman who provided abortion pills for her 17-year-old daughter in violation of state law has been sentenced to two years in prison, and her daughter received 90 days in jail and two years of probation. Additionally, the Writers Guild and the AMPTP reached a tentative agreement to end a 146-day writers' strike, with details pending ratification by the WGA. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: Document Cloud: Menendez Indictment AP News: Democratic Sen. Menendez rejects calls to resign and says cash found in home was not bribe proceeds NY Times: Biden Creates Federal Office of Gun Violence Prevention CNN: House Oversight panel set to hold first Biden impeachment inquiry hearing September 28 NY Times: Mother Who Gave Abortion Pills to Teen Daughter Gets 2 Years in Prison Variety: Deal! WGA, AMPTP Reach Historic Contract Agreement to End 146-Day Writers Strike: ‘This Deal Is Exceptional’ Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Tuesday, September 26th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:06.8	by Betches Media.
0:08.4	I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the Morning Announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown
0:12.2	of the headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality
0:16.8	show there is, our government.
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0:51.1	Yesterday may have been the Jewish Day of Atonement, but there's nobody who could have used
0:55.4	such a day more than New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez, who was indicted on federal corruption
1:00.3	charges on Friday, as was his wife of three years Nadine Menendez, and three of his business
1:06.2	associates.
1:07.6	This story reads like it could be a sequel to The Sopranos, or possibly even Bob Menendez
1:12.8	in his own life, more on that later.
1:15.6	According to new charges brought by the Department of Justice following a year's long investigation
1:20.4	between 2018 and 2022, Menendez and his wife accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars worth
1:26.0	of bribes in exchange for using his power and influence as the chair of the Senate Foreign
1:31.3	Relations Committee to benefit Egypt's government and the three other individuals who were also
1:36.4	indicted.
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