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Morning Announcements is your daily news rundown from Betches News--because the world’s a mess, and someone’s gotta explain it. Every morning, Betches co-founder and host Sami Sage cuts through the chaos to break down what actually matters, one unhinged headline at a time. All in under 10 minutes, so you can stay informed without spiraling.

  1. 15h ago

    Thursday, October 29th, 2026 - Brazil Probes JD Vance’s, Iran War Cost $47B, Labor Icon Huerta Dies at 96

    Today's Headlines: Flavio Bolsonaro arrived in Miami under the protection of our own president after missing Brazil’s Supreme Court deadline to surrender his passport, and the Trump administration, voted in to be tough on immigrants and crime, has given this criminal immigrant and his family visas, though Brazil’s Supreme Court isn’t backing down, with a justice ordering a police investigation into a donor network co-founded by JD Vance and its ties to Flavio’s campaign, which is a crime in Brazil if the money is foreign and should make things awkward with Lula. Speaking of Vance, he reportedly reached out to a powerful Iranian hardliner at Trump’s direction to revive peace talks, a classic good cop/bad cop while Trump threatens to restart the war after next week’s midterms, and the Pentagon told Congress the war has cost more than $47 billion so far. Meanwhile, Israel is still pending, since we technically know the results but not whether Gadi Eisenkot can form a coalition. Back home, Trump posted that the Alaska Senate election should be canceled and Sen. Dan Sullivan handed another term automatically, and he also called for Democrat Mary Peltola to be prosecuted after the NYT reported her campaign staffers helped recruit the other Dan Sullivan onto the ballot to siphon votes. On the health front, RFK Jr. announced he’ll use “enforcement discretion” to let companies sell unapproved peptide injections without FDA review, even though reporting says FDA scientists advised against widespread use and weren’t included in the decision. In economic news, the Fed held rates at 3.75 to 4% despite persistent inflation, with Lisa Cook and Beth Hammack dissenting in favor of a quarter-point hike. Finally, labor icon and United Farm Workers founder Dolores Huerta died at 96, leaving a legacy of fighting for immigrant, labor, and women’s rights, and 14 children. Resources/Articles mentioned: WaPo: Flávio Bolsonaro lands in Miami, declares himself Brazil’s true ‘leader’ WaPo: Brazilian judge orders investigation into JD Vance donor network WSJ: Vance Reaches Out to Iranian Hard-Liner in Bid to Restart Peace Talks AP News: Iran war's cost to American taxpayers grows to an estimated $47.1 billion AP News: Takeaways from Israel's inconclusive election WSJ: Trump Calls for Alaska Democratic Senate Candidate to Be Prosecuted NYT: RFK Jr. to Allow Broad Use of Unapproved Peptide Injections WSJ: Fed Holds Rates Steady but Two Officials Sought Another Increase NYT: Dolores Huerta, Who Founded United Farm Workers With Cesar Chavez, Dies 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

  2. 1d ago

    Wednesday, October 28th, 2026 - Netanyahu Loses 14 Seats, Flavio Bolsonaro Flees to the US, Hackers Hit the FEC

    Today's Headlines: Netanyahu’s party failed to win a majority in Israel’s election and, per exit polls, came in second behind opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot, with Netanyahu’s coalition losing 14 seats from its 64 in 2022 to land around 50, while Eisenkot’s bloc has 52 or 53 and the two Arab parties hit record representation with 17 or 18 seats, which means Eisenkot would need them to form a government, and while final results are due in two days, a coalition could take weeks, and if no one reaches 61 seats, there’s another election. Over in Brazil, the just-defeated Flavio Bolsonaro fled to the US, fearing arrest after police asked for his passport in a billion-dollar money laundering probe, and the State Department says it plans to issue visas to him and his family, so happy to help, apparently. Back home, hackers targeted the FEC’s website a week before the midterms, knocking its campaign finance filing system offline during the most expensive election in history, with the FEC saying “we have a bad actor attempting to breach FEC systems,” which doesn’t exactly narrow it down, and meanwhile Trump posted a $1 million reward for tips on voter fraud, past or future, that lead to convictions, without saying where the money comes from. At the Pentagon, Hegseth ordered a one-day “stand down” so troops can vote, so here’s hoping they vote based on their experience with this war, and he’s also pressing Congress to formally authorize renaming the Defense Department the Department of War, which has so far only been done by executive order, at up to $125 million for new signs, websites, and uniforms. In Texas, a judge ruled that Gov. Greg Abbott must let his opponent, Democrat Gina Hinojosa, review over a thousand pages of unredacted communications with Elon Musk, a major Abbott donor, though Abbott is appealing. Finally, the FT reports that Don Jr. went on a two-day hunting trip in remote Mongolia with the Russian oligarch who paid for one of his Bahamas wedding parties, where he killed an endangered sheep with valuable horns, and afterward he had dinner with Mongolia’s president to discuss US-Mongolia relations and business opportunities. Resources/Articles mentioned: CNN: Netanyahu suffers rebuke in Israeli elections, exit polls indicate NYT: Flávio Bolsonaro Leaves Brazil for the U.S. After Election Defeat Axios: U.S. granting visas to Flávio Bolsonaro and family Reuters: Hackers target US FEC system, disrupting campaign finance disclosures days before midterms NBC News: Trump offers $1 million reward for voter fraud tips that lead to convictions MS Now: Hegseth gave troops a day off to vote, but those votes may not break the way he hopes The Hill: Pentagon presses Congress to keep measure changing name to ‘Department of War’ Bloomberg Law: Abbott’s Elon Musk Records Can Be Seen by Election Opponent (2) The New Republic: Don Jr.’s Hunting Trip Reveals He’s Closer to Putin Ally Than We Knew 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

  3. 2d ago

    Tuesday, October 27th, 2026 - Flavio Bolsonaro Concedes, Comey Indicted Again, Anthropic Goes Public

    Today's Headlines: Flavio Bolsonaro refused to concede to Lula and said he’d seek an annulment, and after Trump called the result “another rigged election,” Flavio conceded minutes later, though he still plans to sue over Lula’s “abuse of incumbency” (he’s also under investigation for corruption and money laundering, police ordered him to surrender his passport, and a source told the Washington Post he’s terrified his father will die in jail and that he’ll be jailed this week, so like father, like son). On the strongman beat, the WSJ reports the Trump administration is pushing Hungary’s ousted Viktor Orban for UN Secretary-General and trying to get Russia and China to “joint nominate” him, which would make it very likely. Meanwhile, Trump’s DOJ charged James Comey a third time, with two counts of leaking sensitive info to a New York Times reporter in 2016, which we only know because Comey asked a judge to unseal the indictment, and it was signed by specially appointed deputies of Todd Blanche rather than career prosecutors (the seashells case is delayed until 2027 while a judge weighs dismissal), and in what looks like a bizarre coincidence, just hours earlier a different judge ruled the DOJ wrongly fired Maurene Comey, the Epstein prosecutor and Comey’s daughter, and ordered her reinstated with backpay, which matters for the other prosecutors fired the same way. On the Epstein front, House Judiciary Democrats released a 50-plus page report on Trump’s documented ties to Epstein and are calling for an independent special counsel, also to look at Blanche’s conflicts and why the DOJ won’t release all the files. In tech news, Anthropic filed IPO paperwork, with a listing possible as soon as the week before Thanksgiving, and its 400-page filing shows it isn’t really profitable in the technical sense, though it earned over a billion dollars in interest on its cash and forecasts outcomes ranging from curing cancer to humans losing control of AI, while the FTC also demanded Anthropic executives testify in a consumer harm probe similar to its OpenAI investigation, with more subpoenas coming. Speaking of AI’s costs, Microsoft offered voluntary buyouts to 60,000 employees, 27% of its workforce, as part of an “AI efficiency push.” Finally, Halloween candy prices are up 7.7% over the past year, more than twice overall inflation, and while the National Retail Federation forecasts record spending of $13.5 billion, NielsenIQ says candy sales are down almost 7%, and today is also Israel’s election day, so stay tuned. Resources/Articles mentioned: Reuters: Trump says Brazil election looked 'rigged' as Bolsonaro refuses to recognize Lula win WSJ: Viktor Orbán, U.N. Secretary-General? WaPo: Justice Dept. charges James Comey, ex-FBI director, for a third time NBC News: Judge orders DOJ to reinstate former federal prosecutor Maurene Comey, daughter of ex-FBI director MS Now: House Judiciary Democrats release 50-page report on Trump’s alleged involvement in Epstein files WSJ: The Biggest Takeaways From Anthropic’s IPO Prospectus Axios: FTC demands Anthropic execs testify in expanding AI safety probe CNBC: Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts as AI leads to efficiency push WaPo: Halloween candy is more expensive than ever 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

  4. 3d ago

    Monday, October 26th, 2026 - Kushner’s Slush Fund, Trump’s Deposition, Preemptive Alaska Lawsuit

    Today's Headlines: Vanity Fair excerpted a bombshell book alleging that in 2017, MBS and MBZ gave Jared Kushner a $750 million slush fund (reportedly stolen from a charity) to influence his father-in-law, with the Russians and the Dutch allegedly knowing for years after the Dutch flipped a dark web hacker working for Russia who handed over screenshots from a live feed of Kushner’s phone showing the fund and an Israeli account holding a billion dollars, and while the UAE allegedly funded it on the condition that Jared push Trump to kill the Iran deal (which happened a month later) and the money reportedly went to mercenary groups, a warlord, and a hitman, Kushner and his lawyers dispute all of it and are threatening to sue, which backfired when Simon & Schuster released the book two days early. Speaking of awkward legal positions, a federal judge ordered Trump to sit for a deposition in his defamation suit against the BBC over how it edited his January 6th speech in a 2024 documentary that never aired in the US, the first time one of his media lawsuits has forced him into discovery, and he’s trying to wriggle out of it. Meanwhile, Musk admitted on HIS little social media app that he cut off Starlink in Ukraine, blaming a loophole he says was Ukraine’s fault (they dispute that), and Reuters reports that both the Biden and Trump administrations have previously haggled with him over turning Starlink on or off. Over in Europe, more than 400,000 people protested in France for a second weekend, starting peacefully and getting less so, with demonstrations also in Madrid, Lisbon, Rome, Turin, and Milan, and in Albania government buildings were set on fire with 2,500 police deployed, and while it’s unrelated, fire also nearly destroyed Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest in the Bavarian Alps in an arson attack, with a 33-year-old arrested who showed signs of mental illness, though prosecutors are checking for a political motive. Back home, midterm ad spending has passed $10 billion and is projected to hit a record $11.5 billion, with the Texas Senate race alone topping $500 million (much of it Elon’s), followed by Ohio at $450 million and Maine at $200 million, and Obama campaigned in Cleveland with Sherrod Brown and Amy Acton, while on the other side, the Trump DOJ sued Alaska to preemptively delay certifying results if Sen. Dan Sullivan loses, citing the two Dan Sullivans on the ballot even though Alaska’s Supreme Court already let the second one stay, with Trump saying “I’m the one that said do it” and AG Todd Blanche defending it by saying “there could be a crime.” Elsewhere, strongmen are having a rough time, as Serbia’s Vucic conceded to the Students’ List after 14 years, Lula beat Bolsonaro’s son in Brazil’s runoff, and Israel votes tomorrow with Netanyahu reportedly begging Trump for more vocal support. Finally, Apollo’s chief economist found “zero payoff” from AI in productivity outside the Mag 7, and even there it’s mostly those companies paying each other, while the rest of corporate America is pulling back and treating token spending as a cost center. Resources/Articles mentioned: Vanity Fair: The Art of the Deal: Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed His Secret Negotiations—Including More Than $700 Million in Transfers | Vanity Fair WSJ: Trump Must Sit for Deposition in BBC Lawsuit, Judge Orders NBC News: Elon Musk says SpaceX closed Ukraine Starlink ‘loophole,’ while Kyiv denies breaching terms Reuters: US has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine, Middle East, sources say NPR: Soldiers guard center of Milan as thousands of protesters march in cities across Europe AP News: A fire devastates the Eagle's Nest retreat built for Hitler in Germany. A suspect is detained Time: Midterm Ad Spending Has Surpassed $10B. Where Is the Money Coming From? C-Span: Fmr. President Obama Campaigns with Ohio Democratic Candidates in Cleveland | Video PBS: Trump says he ordered suit to block Alaska Senate results if GOP loses WaPo: Todd Blanche defends DOJ lawsuit over Senate election in Alaska AP News: Serbia’s strongman leader Vucic concedes defeat to student-led movement in seismic political shift AP News: Brazil votes in a tense Lula vs Bolsonaro runoff with US influence over Latin America at stake Axios: Scoop: Netanyahu presses Trump for more support ahead of tight Tuesday election Bloomberg: AI Provides ‘Zero Payoff’ to S&P 493 Outside Tech, Apollo Economist Says 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

  5. 6d ago

    Friday, October 23rd, 2026 - AI Finds a Bug Putting 70% of Websites at Risk, Stocks Tank, and Trump Plans New Iran Strikes

    Today's Headlines: AI reportedly found a bug in PHP, which runs up to 70% of the world’s websites, that could let hackers steal data or attack visitors, and while governments and businesses have been scrambling since Wednesday (some even taking sites offline preemptively), attempted attacks have ramped up since the public disclosure. Unsurprisingly, markets panicked, with the Nasdaq falling 2.5% and the S&P 500 falling 1.4% in the worst day in months, while SpaceX dropped 9% and Meta fell 7% after reporting it’s low on cash and creating a new stock class in case Zuckerberg owes a billionaire tax. Meanwhile, the DOJ charged Virginia state Sen. Louise Lucas, 82, a powerful Democrat and Trump critic, and six others with racketeering and money laundering conspiracy tied to a cannabis business she co-owns, and it also opened a criminal probe into Corey Lewandowski over allegedly profiting as a DHS adviser while his girlfriend Kristi Noem ran the department, with Trump saying “if people are not honest, they’re stealing from me” and that it’s “my DOJ” handling it. On the Israel front, AIPAC announced it will stop endorsing candidates and making direct PAC contributions after the midterms, though its super PAC, which has spent $80 million this cycle, is unaffected, and separately, Israeli forces detained dozens of volunteer monitors in the West Bank, including NYC congressional candidate Brad Lander, who were protecting Palestinian olive harvesters from settler attacks. Speaking of the region, Netanyahu has reportedly nudged Trump into planning new strikes on Iran after the midterms, with specific plans for a short, intense operation, while Iran is threatening to hit American bases and warships plus Gulf airports, pipelines, and civilian targets, and Peter Thiel was caught on tape at an October 12th Nashville lecture saying the US shouldn’t have gotten into the Iran war. On the Ukraine front, Trump reportedly called Musk and asked him to restore Starlink there, and it’s working better now, while Elon spent another $76 million on Republicans in the first two weeks of October, bringing his total to nearly $400 million. Finally, WaPo reports that Pete Hegseth wanted Eisenhower’s WWII floor globe for his office, and his staff skipped the trained curators, fetched it themselves, and dropped it, impaling it on its own display axis. Resources/Articles mentioned: WSJ: AI Just Found a Bug That Puts up to 70% of the World’s Websites at Risk NYT: PHP Security Flaw Sets Off Global Rush to Patch, Leaving Websites Offline NYT: Stocks See Steepest Decline in Months Amid A.I. Worries NBC News: High-ranking Virginia Democrat charged in public corruption case NYT: Justice Dept. Opens Inquiry Into Corey Lewandowski WSJ: Aipac Says It Is Ending Candidate Endorsements, PAC Contributions WaPo: Israel detains Brad Lander, activists amid West Bank olive harvest NYT: U.S. and Israel Draw Up Plans for Renewed Strikes on Iran After Midterm Elections WSJ: Iran Threatens Wider Strikes on Economic and Civilian Targets if U.S. Attacks The Daily Beast: MAGA Billionaire Peter Thiel Caught Turning on Trump in Leaked Audio WSJ: Trump Called Musk and Asked Him to Lift Ukraine Starlink Restrictions Politico: Elon Musk pours another $76 million into boosting Republicans - Live Updates WaPo: Hegseth wanted Eisenhower’s globe for his office. His staff broke it. 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

  6. Oct 22

    Thursday, October 22nd, 2026 - Meta Owes New Mexico $25 Billion, Witkoff Calls Putin a “Humanitarian,” Musk Floats “Elon Inc.”

    Today's Headlines: The EU says it’s investigating whether Russian, Iranian, and Algerian actors helped fuel the riots in France and elsewhere, with pro-Kremlin and far-right accounts reportedly caught spreading violent videos (though officials stress they didn’t start the protests) and regulators asking Amazon and Vinted to pull listings for apparently looted goods, while the EU and Canada are also trying to cut their Starlink dependence, with Canada’s Telesat promising a rival network by 2028 that will be open to allies, which means defending against Russia and, apparently, us. Speaking of Russia, Trump envoy Steve Witkoff called Putin a “humanitarian” and saluted him after Russia released American Stephen Hubbard, who was captured in Ukraine in 2022 and accused of being a mercenary. Back home, polls keep moving toward Democrats, but votes alone may not be enough this year, and as proof, members of the Bush family, including Neil Bush, are backing Democrat James Talarico over Ken Paxton in Texas, while Stella Parton (Dolly’s sister) warned voters to double-check their ballots after hers kept flipping to the wrong candidate in Tennessee. Meanwhile, New Mexico had a big day, suing Epstein’s longtime lawyer and accountant Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn for allegedly helping finance and conceal his trafficking at Zorro Ranch, which could cost them their estate proceeds and push assets toward victims, and on top of that, a court ordered Meta to pay the state $25 billion over the Cambridge Analytica case after a jury found more than 43 million violations of its unfair practices act (down from nearly $220 billion, with 15% annual interest, and Meta is appealing). Speaking of Meta, it also warned California that Zuckerberg might leave the state over a billionaire tax and is creating a new stock class that lets him sell up to half his stake without losing voting control, and in more billionaire news, Elon floated merging SpaceX and Tesla by the end of 2027, which conveniently helps him chase that trillion-dollar earnout, while also promising Tesla will sell humanoid robots next year. Finally, Mayor Mamdani’s administration proposed the nation’s first rule on AI customer service chatbots, requiring companies doing business in NYC to disclose AI use, provide timely help instead of looping you through menus, and offer a human option, with fines of $525, $1,050, then $3,500 for repeat violations. Resources/Articles mentioned: Financial Times: EU probes pro-Kremlin disinformation around French riots Cybernews: Telesat Lightspeed: Canada’s Starlink rival could aid Ukraine WaPo: Trump’s special envoy calls Vladimir Putin a ‘humanitarian’ The Guardian: Bush’s brother crosses party lines to vote for James Talarico for Senate | Texas The Tennessean: Dolly Parton’s sister, Stella, reminds voters to double check their ballots after early voting in TN. How to verify WSJ: New Mexico Sues Jeffrey Epstein’s Lawyer and Accountant CNBC: Meta ordered to pay $25 billion penalty in New Mexico Cambridge Analytica case Politico: Zuckerberg considered leaving CA over wealth tax, Meta says WSJ: What to Know About the SpaceX-Tesla Merger Talks WSJ: Musk Says Tesla Aims to Begin Humanoid Robot Sales Next Year Gothamist: NYC proposes crackdown down on AI customer service chatbots 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

  7. Oct 21

    Wednesday, October 21st, 2026 - Elon Throttled Starlink, TX Gerrymandering Is Backfiring, Hacked Voting Machines

    Today's Headlines: The WSJ reports that Elon Musk ordered the Starlink slowdown that blindsided Ukraine on the battlefield, and while the Trump administration was reportedly surprised, Trump himself wasn’t, since sources say he and Elon discussed it beforehand. Elon is also spending $300 million to elect Republicans, though they’re polling so badly that Democrats are now advertising in Mississippi to help Scott Colom unseat Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, and on top of that, Trump’s mid-cycle Texas redistricting, meant to net five extra House seats, is backfiring in the south Texas districts that depended on Latino support. Even with Republicans in close races distancing themselves from him, Trump plans to spend $400 million-plus from his super PAC, while Bloomberg is giving Democrats $80 million. Of course, there’s always a Plan B, because ProPublica reports that Trump’s DHS appointees asked the federal election-security cyber agency to secretly acquire a voting machine, hack it, and report back to the White House without telling the manufacturer about any flaws, with one employee worried the administration could “keep it in their back pocket” to invalidate results it doesn’t like. Luckily, WaPo reports that about 10 current and former national security officials are quietly advising states and members of Congress on how to prepare for federal election meddling. Meanwhile, Trump and Vance announced a $25 million Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program run by DOJ that pays tipsters up to $30,000, with Trump declaring he’ll be the arbiter of all decisions, and speaking of questionable dealings, Kennedy Center chief Ric Grenell allegedly misappropriated a big donation from a Turkish businessman married to Alina Habba, who took a year to realize the money never reached the Kennedy Center, after Grenell reportedly promised VIP access and proximity to the president in a text. Finally, the DOJ is investigating whether conditions at a DC jail are so bad they violate the Constitution, following inmate lawsuits over mold, bad plumbing, and mice and insects in the food.  Resources/Articles mentioned: WSJ: Musk Ordered Starlink Slowdown That Blindsided Ukraine Politico: Senate Democrats start spending in Mississippi - Live Updates WaPo: Texas redistricting may backfire — and take out some rising Latino GOP stars NYT: Election Dispatches:: Vast Sums Flood Races as Republicans Try Fending Off Democratic Charge ProPublica: Trump Appointees Asked a Federal Cybersecurity Agency to Secretly Acquire a Voting Machine — and Hack It WaPo: U.S. officials privately advise states fearing Trump election meddling AP News: Trump and Vance announce $25M whistleblower program to encourage public to report alleged fraud The Independent: ‘Pay-for-influence’ scandal involving Trump allies hits White House: report WaPo: DOJ announces investigation into whether D.C. jail conditions violate Constitution 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

  8. Oct 20

    Tuesday, October 20th, 2026 - New America, Election Offices Get Powder Letters, Paris Riots

    Today's Headlines: Trump posted that New Mexico should immediately rename itself “New America,” claiming it would raise home values and incomes and maybe even make its elections honest again. Speaking of elections, over 10 million Americans have already voted early in the midterms, with Texas early voting kicking off in the Talarico-Paxton race, where Paxton is reportedly losing suburban women even with Elon’s hundreds of millions behind him. Less fun: Wired reports election offices in at least 32 states have received suspicious white powder letters, some intercepted but others not, with at least four states evacuating offices and similar letters hitting congressional offices in both parties, including one to Rep. Hillary Scholten warning of an “impending civil war.” On top of that, Iran is reportedly obsessed with using oil prices in the final two weeks to punish Trump at the polls, Carter-1980 style, and those energy prices are also tied to the war in Ukraine, where Trump says he’s open to Putin’s Beijing summit but wants to talk “denuclearization” rather than Ukraine since Russia has been “fine” there. Fine?! Meanwhile, Zelensky told Bloomberg he believes steps have been taken to push Ukraine to capitulate, and Trump responded by posting that Zelensky probably never wanted peace. Over in France, the weekend’s riots led to curfews in Paris, Nice, and Lille, including an 11pm to 6am curfew in two looted areas of Paris, while the interior minister offered to resign (Macron declined), the justice minister admitted the government failed to contain the violence, the damage count doubled to at least 3,000 pillaged businesses, and another mass protest is being called for next weekend. In performative generosity news, Elon responded to Anthropic putting 5% of its shares into a public benefit fund by promising one SpaceX share to every kid in America next year, roughly $10.66 billion at $146 a share, with no details on how it would work, so let’s believe it when we see it. Finally, it was a big day at the Supreme Court, which refused to revive plea deals that would have spared 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad the death penalty, keeping it on the table for his June 2028 trial, and then agreed to hear a case on whether Congress could constitutionally ban home distilling in 1868, which will decide whether your bathtub gin habit is a federal crime. Resources/Articles mentioned: WaPo: Trump says New Mexico should ‘immediately’ change name to New America NBC News: Tracking the 2026 Early Vote: Midterm Elections Wired: Election Offices in at Least 32 States Have Received Suspicious Letters WaPo: Tehran seeks to punish Trump in midterms with oil price pain, Iranian officials say WSJ: Trump Says He Would Be Open to Meeting With Putin and Xi NYT: Trump Is Pushing Ukraine to Surrender to Russia, Zelensky Says NYT: France Imposes Curfews in Parts of Paris and Other Cities After Nationwide Rioting AP News: Musk pledges to give a share of his SpaceX company to 'every kid in America' Axios: Accused 9/11 mastermind loses Supreme Court plea deal bid AP News: Supreme Court agrees to review a Reconstruction-era ban on distilling spirits in private homes 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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