Wednesday, February 1st, 2022

Today's headlines: Yesterday, Santos announced that he submitted a request to House Speaker McCarthy to temporarily recuse himself from his assignments on the Small Business and Science committees. New reporting from The Washington Post investigated the real-life impact in Florida schools of a law that took effect last July, which can cause teachers to spend five years in prison and pay a $5,000 dollar fine, as well as potentially lose their teaching license. The Manhattan district attorney impaneled a new grand jury to present evidence regarding Donald Trump’s role in paying hush money to Stormy Daniels during his first campaign. Finally for today, President Biden and Speaker McCarthy will be meeting today to talk about the debt limit and budget priorities. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: NBC: Rep. George Santos says he will recuse himself from committee assignments amid investigations Washington Post: Hide your books to avoid felony charges, Fla. schools tell teachers Pen America: THESE 176 BOOKS WERE BANNED IN DUVAL COUNTY, FLORIDA 10 Tampa Bay: FHSAA to reconsider mandatory period questions on student-athlete health forms NY Times: Manhattan Prosecutors Begin Presenting Trump Case to Grand Jury NY Times: In Debt Limit Fight, Republicans Won’t Say What Spending Cuts They Want Host: Sami Sage Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices