Morning Announcements

Thursday, March 27th, 2025 - War group chat saga continues; SCOTUS on ghost guns; Trump’s crypto play; Napster’s comeback


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Today’s Headlines: "Group Chatgate" just got even messier—The Atlantic dropped more screenshots proving top U.S. officials were sharing classified military plans in a massive Signal chat, despite their sworn Senate testimony denying it. Now, a top GOP senator is demanding an urgent investigation. Meanwhile, a German news outlet revealed that Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Hegseth, and Mike Waltz’s personal emails, phone numbers, and even passwords were easily found online—linked to everything from LinkedIn to their workout apps. Over at the Supreme Court, justices voted 7-2 to uphold Biden-era ghost gun regulations, a major win for law enforcement as crime scenes flooded with untraceable firearms in recent years. In the finance world, Trump’s family-backed World Liberty Financial just launched its own stablecoin, USD1, pegged to the U.S. dollar. Fidelity is also jumping into the stablecoin game, currently testing its own version to act as cash in crypto markets. And finally, here’s a headline nobody expected. Napster, the once-infamous music piracy platform just sold for $207 million and is being transformed into a streaming and social music platform. 


Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode:

  • The Atlantic: Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal 
  • CBS News: GOP Sen. Roger Wicker wants expedited watchdog investigation into Signal chat leak 
  • Medite: REPORT: Passwords of Top U.S. Security Officials Found Online – Hegseth, Gabbard, Waltz Among Those Affected 
  • AP News: Supreme Court upholds Biden rule requiring serial numbers and background checks for ghost guns 
  • CNBC: Trump-backed crypto bank joins stablecoin wars with new dollar-pegged token 
  • FT: Fidelity plans to launch stablecoin in digital assets push 
  • AP News: Napster sold to tech commerce company for $207 million


  • Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Bridget Schwartz and edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson


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