Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025 - Where’s Trump?; Tariffs illegal; Giuliani’s crash; Harris’ security yanked; Dep’t of War; Xi’s world order pitch & more

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🗓️ 2 September 2025

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Today’s Headlines: President Trump hasn’t been seen in public in days, fueling health rumors the White House won’t confirm or deny—though his team has been posting old photos and oddly ghostwritten Truth Social rants to keep up appearances. Meanwhile, a U.S. appeals court ruled most of Trump’s tariffs illegal but left them in place until mid-October, setting up a likely Supreme Court fight. Trump also yanked Kamala Harris’s Secret Service protection right before her book tour, while Marco Rubio revoked Mahmoud Abbas’s U.S. visa ahead of the UN General Assembly. On the rebrand beat, the administration is drafting plans to rename the Department of Defense the “Department of War” (which was last used in 1947). Elsewhere, Rudy Giuliani says he fractured his spine in a car crash after helping a domestic violence victim—though Trump quickly promised him a Medal of Freedom, raising more questions than answers. Missouri’s GOP governor is fast-tracking redistricting to lock in more Republican seats before 2026. Abroad, Xi Jinping hosted Putin and Modi at the Shanghai Cooperation summit to pitch a “Global South” order, Yemen mourned slain Houthi leaders after an Israeli strike, and Israel says it also killed Hamas’s spokesman as it eyes another Gaza offensive. And back home, Congress returns with the Epstein files looming—lawmakers Massie and Khanna are set to appear with new victims demanding the DOJ release everything. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: Newsweek: Donald Trump Posting Week-Old Photo Raises Eyebrows Amid Health Speculation CNBC: Bessent expects Supreme Court to uphold legality of Trump’s tariffs but eyes Plan B NBC News: Trump revokes Secret Service protection for former Vice President Kamala Harris AP News: US revokes visas of Palestinian president and other officials ahead of UN General Assembly WSJ: White House Moves Forward on Plans for a Department of War NBC News: Trump says he will award Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom NBC News: Missouri governor calls special session to redraw congressional maps in push to boost GOP seats Reuters: SCO summit 2025 as it happened: China's Xi met Putin and Modi, as Trump's shadow loomed Reuters: Thousands attend funeral of Houthi leaders killed by Israeli strike, vow revenge WSJ: Israel Says It Has Killed Hamas Spokesman in Gaza City Strike Ahead of Planned Invasion Politico: Khanna and Massie to hold press conference with Epstein victims 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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0:16.4	Today is Tuesday, September 2nd, and you're listening to the morning announcements presented by Betches Media.
0:22.4	I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the morning announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown of the headlines
0:27.0	that isn't a megaphone for the loudest voices, but a magnifying glass for the most important news.
0:35.5	Oh my gosh, where to begin this fine September morning?
0:39.3	Well, the president has gone a record number of days since he last addressed the press,
0:43.9	leading to a three-day weekend of speculation that he had suffered some sort of incapacitating health event.
0:49.4	As of this recording on Monday evening, the White House has neither confirmed nor denied that,
0:54.0	but the president's
0:54.7	social media accounts have posted a number of old photos that they pretended were new photos,
0:59.5	as well as a bunch of rants on truth social that probably would have sounded more like Trump
1:03.4	if they had been written by Gavin Newsom's team. But back to Friday for a moment, a U.S.
1:08.2	Appeals Court ruled that most of Donald Trump's tariffs are illegal,
1:11.4	but will allow them to remain in place through October 14th to give the administration a chance
1:15.7	to file an appeal with the Supreme Court. Of course, Trump's Treasury Secretary Scott Besson
1:20.5	said yesterday that he expects the Supreme Court to uphold the constitutionality of Trump's tariffs
1:25.1	under his use of a law from 1977 that, frankly,
1:28.7	makes no sense in this context to any reasonable person.
1:32.2	Moving on, a senior advisor to former Vice President Kamala Harris told reporters on Friday
1:37.0	that Trump had revoked Harris's Secret Service protection, just as she's about to embark
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