🗞️All-night speech on the Senate floor

...plus DOJ seeks death penalty and Hooters declares bankruptcy

April 01, 2025

April 1st, 2025

What happened today 🇺🇸,

What to Know About Cory Booker Marathon Anti-Trump Speech

First off, it's not a filibuster. But Booker speech has lasted over 20 hours, and is the most dramatic challenge to Trump’s agenda in months

time.com/7273417/cory-booker-filibuster-speech-senate

  • Democratic Senator from NJ, Cory Booker, is delivering a marathon speech on the Senate floor that is still ongoing at the time of writing this in protest of the Trump Administration’s actions…the speech began at 7pm EST on Monday and is still continuing

  • SpaceX launches its first crewed mission over the North and South Poles…the crew is made up of four private astronauts, the mission will span 3-5 days, and the goal is to study the effects of space travel on human health

  • Today is the Wisconsin Supreme Court Election, it is Conservative Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel against liberal Dane County Judge Susan Crawford…if you are from Wisconsin get out and vote! Polls close at 8pm CT

  • The Department of Justice is seeking the death penalty for Luigi Mangione in the UnitedHealthcare CEO murder case

  • A federal judge ruled that the state of Alabama cannot prosecute doctors or other health organizations who assist people in obtaining out-of-state abortions

  • Princeton University’s President announced that the Federal government has suspended several research grants to the University and that the reason behind the decision to do so has not been revealed to him yet

  • The restaurant chain, Hooters, has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in Texas, however the company is not closing down and will continue to operate as they are seeking to restructure their debt

  • Tinder has introduced an in-app game that allows users to flirt with AI chatbots, aiming to boost user engagement

  • DOW down .03%/ S&P up .38%

  • The Chinese military launched large-scale drills in the waters and airspace around Taiwan

  • Israel has removed all tariffs on American imported products, this comes on the eve of the implementation of Trump’s reciprocal tariffs on trading partners

Bonus: A look at the top 5 states people moved away from

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