Episode Details

Today's headlines: An expose by the New York Times is spotlighting underage migrant children as they’re illegally employed to make products for well known brands in dangerous and underpaid jobs. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has unilaterally decided to provide Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson with exclusive access to 42-thousand hours of footage from the capitol on January 6th. President Biden announced yesterday that he plans to nominate Julie Su as the new Secretary of Labor. The Department of Energy briefed lawmakers on a classified intelligence report that the covid pandemic likely arose from an accidental leak at a laboratory in Wuhan. Finally for today, Canada has joined the US and EU in banning the app on government-issued phones due to data security and privacy concerns. 

Resources/Articles mentioned this episode:

• NY Times: Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S.
• AP News: McCarthy defends giving Tucker Carlson Jan. 6 trove access
• Axios: Biden to nominate Julie Su to head Labor Department
• WSJ: Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, Energy Department Now Says
• Bloomberg: Canada Joins US and EU in Banning TikTok From Government Phones

Host: Sami Sage

Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz

Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson

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