Wednesday, January 31st, 2024

Morning Announcements

Betches

News, News Commentary, Daily News, Politics

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🗓️ 31 January 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Today’s Headlines: President Biden has announced the United States' response to the drone strike in Jordan, which killed three US soldiers, attributing the attack to Iran. The President outlined a tiered approach for a military response, emphasizing a staged and time-sensitive strategy, while emphasizing the avoidance of wider conflict in the Middle East. In another development, Missouri congresswoman Cori Bush is under investigation by the Department of Justice, Federal Election Commission, and the House Ethics Committee for alleged misuse of federal security funds by hiring personal private security. Bush argues that the expenditures were justified due to threats to her safety, and she used campaign funds appropriately. Fulton County in Georgia experienced a cybersecurity incident affecting various systems, though the case against Donald Trump remained unaffected. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced a ban on disposable vapes and restrictions on candy-flavored e-cigarettes to curb nicotine addiction among minors. In a significant legal decision, a Delaware judge ruled that Elon Musk must relinquish a compensation package worth over $55 billion awarded by Tesla's board of directors. The Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments on March 26th regarding the potential ban on the abortion medication mifepristone, a case with broader implications for the FDA's authority to regulate drugs. Elon Musk also announced that his brain startup, Neuralink, implanted a device in its first live human subject. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: The Guardian: Biden says he has decided how US will respond to Jordan drone attack NBC NEws: Justice Department investigating Rep. Cori Bush campaign's use of security funds AP News: Georgia's Fulton County is hacked, but prosecutor's office says Trump election case is unaffected AP News: The UK will ban disposable vapes and curb candy-flavored e-cigarettes that attract children under 18 Wall Street Journal: Elon Musk’s $55.8 Billion Tesla Pay Package Struck Down by Judge Axios: How Elon Musk's Neuralink brain chip got approval for a human trial Axios: Supreme Court sets March 26 for abortion pill case 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 Wednesday, January 31st and you're listening to the morning announcements presented
0:06.7	by Betches Media.
0:08.0	I'm your host Sammy Sage and the morning announcements is your daily five minute breakdown
0:12.1	of the headlines that isn't afraid to take aside and is your is brought to you by our partner Quince. Who doesn't love the good things in life?
0:24.0	I certainly do, and the amazing thing is that it doesn't have to mean
0:27.5	emptying your bank account.
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0:35.6	accessories, jewelry, or home goods.
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0:43.8	That's like a really long time.
0:45.6	President Biden said yesterday
0:50.1	that he has decided how to respond
0:51.8	to the drone strike in Jordan that killed three US
0:54.4	soldiers and wounded over 40 more, starting with officially holding Iran responsible for the
0:59.6	attack. As for the military response, he said that it will be a tiered approach with multiple
1:05.0	actions in stages and over time, and that America is not looking for a wider war in the Middle
1:10.4	East.
1:11.4	Restraint, don't we love it?
1:16.6	Missouri Congresswoman Corey Bush is facing investigations by the Department of Justice, the Federal Election
1:22.0	Commission, and the House Ethics Committee,
1:24.3	for allegedly misusing federal funds by hiring personal private security for herself.
1:29.8	For context, this issue came under scrutiny when she married her security guard, who had been on her campaign payroll a year prior, including the year prior to her wedding, which I'll note is not necessarily illegal, depending on the circumstances circumstances and in this case Bush said
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