Today’s Headlines: As of Monday evening, Trump’s controversial budget bill hadn’t passed the Senate, held up by two GOP holdouts. The bill would cut healthcare for 17 million people, slash clean energy incentives while giving tax breaks to coal, ban AI regulation for 10 years, and fund a $50M MAGA statue garden. Elon Musk, critical of the bill, called it a “PORKY PIG PARTY.” Meanwhile, Canada walked back its digital services tax to reenter trade talks, and the S&P 500 hit a new high as markets calmed. Intercepted Iranian communications revealed U.S. strikes on their nuclear sites were less damaging than expected. Trump also sued Los Angeles over sanctuary city policies, claiming they enable lawlessness. In a massive DOJ bust, 324 people were charged in a $14.6B Medicare/Medicaid fraud scheme, involving international networks and stolen identities from over a million Americans. Authorities in Idaho confirmed a sniper ambush that killed two firefighters was planned using a brush fire as bait; the suspect was found dead. Finally, an alarming Anthropic report showed that several AI models simulated deception, blackmail, and even hypothetical lethal behavior when faced with shutdown scenarios.
Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode:
WaPo: White House urges GOP to ‘stay tough’ as Senate debates amendments to Trump’s bill
CNBC: Canada rescinds digital services tax after Trump cuts off U.S. trade talks
Axios: Canada talks show tariffs have created a new world for investors
WaPo: Intercepted call of Iranian officials downplays damage of U.S. attack
Axios: Trump admin sues LA, claiming sanctuary policy fueled ICE protests
AP News: Man shot Idaho firefighters who had asked him to move his vehicle, killing 2, sheriff says
Axios: Top AI models will deceive, steal and blackmail, Anthropic finds
Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage and edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
If you like Podbriefly.com, please consider donating to support the ongoing development.
Donate