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Trump Executive Order Blocked & DeepSeek’s Back Door | Afternoon Update | 2.5.25
Malay cited profound differences with the UN agency, particularly over its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. A spokesman for Malay said the WHO guidelines led to the largest shutdown in history and accused the organization of lacking independence due to political influence. Malay's move mirrors that of President Trump, who began withdrawing the United States from the WHO last month.
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Trump Executive Order Blocked & DeepSeek’s Back Door | Afternoon Update | 2.5.25
The organization has not yet responded.
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Trade War Detente & USAID Closes Up Shop | 2.4.25
In a stunning move, Donald Trump has agreed to pause looming tariffs on Mexico and Canada following a series of concessions from the leaders of both countries.
Morning Wire
Trade War Detente & USAID Closes Up Shop | 2.4.25
Here to explain the new agreement between Border Patrol and Texas and give us the latest on a rash of protests is Daily Wire investigative reporter Spencer Lindquist. Hey, Spencer. So first, tell us about this new National Guard memo.
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Trade War Detente & USAID Closes Up Shop | 2.4.25
— And a controversial international agency is effectively shut down after claims of fraud and insubordination.
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Trade War Detente & USAID Closes Up Shop | 2.4.25
And what about other law enforcement officers? Police along the border have expressed frustration for some time now with their inability to enforce the law. Can they also be deputized in the same way?
Morning Wire
Trade War Detente & USAID Closes Up Shop | 2.4.25
Now, as we noted at the top, all of these immigration actions have sparked some pretty major protests in big cities. What's going on in L.A. and Atlanta?
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Trade War Detente & USAID Closes Up Shop | 2.4.25
And we'll certainly be tracking that and those deportation operations as well. Spencer, thanks so much for reporting. Thank you for having me. The U.S. Agency for International Development was closed on Monday as Elon Musk and his Doge agents audit the bureau. The interruptions at USAID have drawn outcry from Democrats who say the agency is under illegal attacks from the Trump team.
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Trade War Detente & USAID Closes Up Shop | 2.4.25
Thanks for having me on. Thanks for waking up with us. We'll be back this afternoon with more news you need to know
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Trump’s ‘Golden Age of America’ Begins | 1.21.25
This is a major step in his effort to secure the border. The declaration allows the executive branch to take some immediate action by enabling Trump to use the military, including both the armed forces and the National Guard, and they'll be able to construct physical barriers and repel migrant invasions. Trump previewed some of his immigration actions in his inaugural address yesterday.
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Trump’s ‘Golden Age of America’ Begins | 1.21.25
Right. Some of these actions reinstate policies that Trump rolled out during his first administration, but others are completely new. Just like you heard there in his inaugural address, he will reinstate the Remain in Mexico policy from his first term. He'll also resume the construction of the border wall. In another big move, Trump brought an end to the CBP One app.
Morning Wire
Trump’s ‘Golden Age of America’ Begins | 1.21.25
That's the controversial app that allowed migrants to remotely schedule their asylum applications and then easily enter the United States. In total, about one million migrants were allowed into the country under Biden through this program. And more than a quarter million of those are believed to have been inadmissible migrants that should have never been allowed in.
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Trump’s ‘Golden Age of America’ Begins | 1.21.25
So that program is now already gone under Trump.
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Trump’s ‘Golden Age of America’ Begins | 1.21.25
Right. Some of these executive orders are much more wide-reaching and have the potential to totally transform the state of play on this issue. The new White House will attempt to end birthright citizenship for illegal aliens, and that's an effort that's likely to be challenged in court. If it's successful, it alters the incentive structure behind illegal immigration.
Morning Wire
Trump’s ‘Golden Age of America’ Begins | 1.21.25
When I was on the border, ranchers and law enforcement told me stories of pregnant women who illegally entered the country and gave birth less than a mile into the United States, just so that their children would become American citizens. Trump is also designating cartels as terrorist organizations.
Morning Wire
Trump’s ‘Golden Age of America’ Begins | 1.21.25
The White House officials say that much of the folks will be on Trendy Aragua, the violent Venezuelan gang that infamously took over apartment buildings in Colorado under the Biden administration.
Morning Wire
Trump’s ‘Golden Age of America’ Begins | 1.21.25
That's right. Homan talked to Daily Wire's new White House correspondent, Mary Margaret Olihan. Here's what he had to say.
Morning Wire
Trump’s ‘Golden Age of America’ Begins | 1.21.25
It isn't just Trump who will be focusing on immigration, however. We exclusively reported last week that the Judiciary Committee's first hearing of the year will take place on January 22nd, and it'll be titled Restoring Immigration Enforcement in America.
Morning Wire
Trump’s ‘Golden Age of America’ Begins | 1.21.25
It'll focus on the Biden administration's failures on the border and the steps the Trump administration and the legislature can take to secure it.
Morning Wire
Putin's Partial Ceasefire & Stranded Astronauts Head Home | Afternoon Update | 3.18.25
FBI Director Kash Patel announced today that they have extradited Francisco Javier Roman Bardalas, who they believe to be a key leader of MS-13, from Mexico.
Morning Wire
Putin's Partial Ceasefire & Stranded Astronauts Head Home | Afternoon Update | 3.18.25
Roman Bardalas was previously placed on the FBI's top 10 most wanted list, and he stands accused of conspiracy to provide and conceal material support and resources to terrorists, of a narco-terrorism conspiracy, racketeering conspiracy, and alien smuggling conspiracy. The announcement comes about a month after the Trump administration named MS-13 a foreign terror organization.
Morning Wire
Putin's Partial Ceasefire & Stranded Astronauts Head Home | Afternoon Update | 3.18.25
Patel touted his extradition as a major victory for the country's top law enforcement agency and said that Roman Bardalas will now face American justice.
Morning Wire
Taliban Frees George Glezmann & Trump Gives Maine Deadline | Afternoon Update | 3.20.25
Catholic Migration Services was set to receive nearly $300,000 from the Department of Homeland Security to provide naturalization services for migrants. The grant, which was approved by the Biden administration shortly after the 2024 election, has now been frozen by the Trump administration.
Morning Wire
Taliban Frees George Glezmann & Trump Gives Maine Deadline | Afternoon Update | 3.20.25
The nonprofit organization provides a range of services beyond naturalization assistance and even provides legal aid to illegal aliens who have been given orders of removal from the United States. Catholic Migration Services is one of the many religiously affiliated groups that has had its funding frozen by the administration over its role in facilitating mass migration.
Morning Wire
Kash Patel Confirmed & Vance Opens CPAC | Afternoon Update | 2.20.25
The president signed an order late Wednesday to ensure that, quote, taxpayer resources are used to protect the interests of American citizens, not illegal aliens. The order directs all federal departments and agencies to end any programs that provide any financial benefits to those illegally in the country.
Morning Wire
Kash Patel Confirmed & Vance Opens CPAC | Afternoon Update | 2.20.25
It also bars the use of any taxpayer money to support so-called sanctuary policies, and it designates criminal organizations such as MS-13 and Trendy Aragua as terrorist organizations.
Morning Wire
Suspected Killer’s Infamy & GEC’s Likely Demise | 12.12.24
So Chicago residents were clearly outraged at the mayor over both his handling of immigration, but also the city's consideration of that new property tax hike. The city of Chicago said that as of April of this year, it had accepted 39,000 migrants. And that figure meant that it had taken in more migrants than almost any other city in America, behind just New York and Denver.
Morning Wire
Suspected Killer’s Infamy & GEC’s Likely Demise | 12.12.24
And of course, that came with a very hefty price tag. So some of these residents were clearly upset with how Mayor Johnson has handled the influx. Here's what one Chicago resident had to say to the mayor at a recent city hall meeting.
Morning Wire
Suspected Killer’s Infamy & GEC’s Likely Demise | 12.12.24
Another Chicago resident, a woman who had immigrated to the United States, also criticized the mayor's handling of the migrant influx, saying, quote, These people came with a wide door open, and they feel entitled to many things that nobody has. There are U.S. citizens suffering from poverty. There are U.S. citizens on public aid.
Morning Wire
Suspected Killer’s Infamy & GEC’s Likely Demise | 12.12.24
And these people are here just enjoying the benefits, becoming delinquents, and they have no consequences.
Morning Wire
Suspected Killer’s Infamy & GEC’s Likely Demise | 12.12.24
Well, it's a lot. It comes with more than a half a billion dollar price tag, in fact. So in August of 2022, Chicago started a program called the New Arrivals Mission, and it provides shelter and services for migrants. Altogether, that program supplied food, temporary emergency shelter, urgent medical care, education, vaccines, and case management and resettlement support to those migrants.
Morning Wire
Suspected Killer’s Infamy & GEC’s Likely Demise | 12.12.24
That program has gone on to cost about $575 million since 2022. That system is now being phased out in part because of that strain that it's put on the city's budget. Johnson said in October that the move is, quote, in line with the sharp decline in migration to Chicago and our current budget realities.
Morning Wire
Suspected Killer’s Infamy & GEC’s Likely Demise | 12.12.24
But he also added that the city is, quote, shifting to a more cost-effective, equitable, and strategic approach that addresses homelessness for all who need support in the city of Chicago. So we'll have to see if those moves actually help the city's bottom line.
Morning Wire
Trump’s Budget Plan Passes & Hegseth Pens Panama Deal | Afternoon Update | 4.10.25
The Darien Gap in Panama has long been a big indicator of the flow of illegal aliens into the U.S. Before and after photos of parts of the region show areas once filled with tents and families now stand deserted. Images show that only a handful of migrants remain, and they're being watched closely by police.
Morning Wire
Trump’s Budget Plan Passes & Hegseth Pens Panama Deal | Afternoon Update | 4.10.25
The change follows the Trump administration's intensified crackdown on illegal immigration, paired with Panama's own tough stance under President Molino. The once treacherous passage is now, officials say, effectively shut down.
Morning Wire
Adam Carolla On Fires, Failures & Urgent Need for Change | 1.18.25
Yeah, and you said that your area didn't burn down.
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Adam Carolla On Fires, Failures & Urgent Need for Change | 1.18.25
Right after the fire broke out, there was all this coverage of the past comments from the current fire department chief about equity, about the gender balance of the fire department. I'm sure that's what was on your mind when you were thinking about the condo. What is the sex of the firefighter in that area?
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Adam Carolla On Fires, Failures & Urgent Need for Change | 1.18.25
Could you speak a little bit about those concerns, those equity concerns, the prevalence that they have in the fire department and the public response, the backlash to those comments?
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Adam Carolla On Fires, Failures & Urgent Need for Change | 1.18.25
Adam, so thanks for sitting down with us to talk about these fires. You know, there's a wide range of different topics on the policy level that we definitely like to discuss. But I think first off, I just wanted to hear a bit about your experience with the fires. I know that you evacuated and you've got a condo that you've been concerned about.
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Adam Carolla On Fires, Failures & Urgent Need for Change | 1.18.25
Yeah, and that constituency, I mean, especially post-2020, DEI woke, generally speaking, as a broad term. That was all the rage. There was an institutional takeover. It spanned government. It spanned media. It spanned corporate America. Do you think that that— group of people, the Palisades, Santa Monica, if we look at that almost as an interest group in and of itself, right?
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Adam Carolla On Fires, Failures & Urgent Need for Change | 1.18.25
Do you think that'll be powerful enough for government leaders to say, you know what, we're actually going to pull back on the red tape, we're going to pull back on the regulations, we're going to pull back on these overly burdensome permitting processes? Do you think that's going to be sufficient, or do you think they... are still going to have these policies that are going to push people out.
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Adam Carolla On Fires, Failures & Urgent Need for Change | 1.18.25
If you could just walk us through what it's been like personally so far.
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Adam Carolla On Fires, Failures & Urgent Need for Change | 1.18.25
didn't come from that world so they didn't really experience it but i think now they're getting a little bit of a front row seat to it and so i hope sort of globally it is impactful and then just last question in the couple minutes more that we have could you just tell us a story of you said your background is in construction you tried to have your background be in firefighting right you you tried to go into firefighting as a career could you tell us a story of your attempt to get into firefighting and and what exactly occurred there
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Adam Carolla On Fires, Failures & Urgent Need for Change | 1.18.25
Well, great. Thank you very much. Appreciate you taking the time and telling us your story and your thoughts.
Morning Wire
Colony Ridge Footage & German Crash Kills Two | Afternoon Update | 3.3.25
Vitold Surinsky, the president emeritus of the American Federation of Government Employees Social Security Council, received his salary under a policy called official time. That allows union officials to receive government salaries while working solely on union activities.
Morning Wire
Colony Ridge Footage & German Crash Kills Two | Afternoon Update | 3.3.25
In 2018, Sirinsky was actually banned from Social Security offices amidst allegations that he sent a sexually explicit photo to an agency employee. Despite retiring, he remains a powerful force in union leadership, strategizing against efforts to reform the federal workforce. The case has reignited calls to eliminate taxpayer-funded union time, with lawmakers arguing some misuse of public funds.
Morning Wire
Colony Ridge Footage & German Crash Kills Two | Afternoon Update | 3.3.25
Donald Trump's Office of Personnel Management is now demanding that agencies report how so-called official time is being used.
Morning Wire
Colony Ridge Footage & German Crash Kills Two | Afternoon Update | 3.3.25
The passport and maybe the... Like a Mexican passport and a Mexican driver's license.
Morning Wire
Colony Ridge Footage & German Crash Kills Two | Afternoon Update | 3.3.25
In the video, saleswoman Sandy Moreno goes on to say they also don't check whether potential buyers are in the country illegally.
Morning Wire
Colony Ridge Footage & German Crash Kills Two | Afternoon Update | 3.3.25
They need to live here?
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Colony Ridge Footage & German Crash Kills Two | Afternoon Update | 3.3.25
So if they're undocumented?
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Colony Ridge Footage & German Crash Kills Two | Afternoon Update | 3.3.25
You don't check that?
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Colony Ridge Footage & German Crash Kills Two | Afternoon Update | 3.3.25
This comes just one week after state and federal law enforcement raided the area, resulting in the arrests of 118 illegal aliens. Colony Ridge, which is estimated to currently house 75,000 to 100,000 people, is projected to grow to 250,000 people within a decade.
Morning Wire
Colony Ridge Footage & German Crash Kills Two | Afternoon Update | 3.3.25
The development also faces lawsuits from the Texas Attorney General and federal agencies over alleged predatory sales tactics targeting Hispanic buyers. Promotional materials and social media campaigns specifically encourage foreign buyers to, quote, "...own land in the United States."
Morning Wire
Trump Sworn In & Ramaswamy Leaves DOGE | Afternoon Update | 1.20.25
Nearly 9 in 10 Americans support deporting illegal aliens with criminal records, according to a recent poll, highlighting the strong backing for one of President Trump's key policies. Majorities also favored deporting recent illegal entrants and all illegal immigrants, reflecting widespread support for stricter immigration enforcement.
Morning Wire
Trump Sworn In & Ramaswamy Leaves DOGE | Afternoon Update | 1.20.25
Earlier polls show similar approval for tougher measures, like building the border wall and penalizing businesses that hire illegal workers. As Trump prepares to take office, immigration reform is set to dominate the House's agenda. We spoke to Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, just a day before the inauguration.
Morning Wire
Trump Sworn In & Ramaswamy Leaves DOGE | Afternoon Update | 1.20.25
The order requires federal agencies to reflect biological sex and bans gender marker changes on passports and IDs. It also directs agencies like the State Department and Homeland Security to use immutable sex designations and aims to block taxpayer-funded gender transition treatments for federal prisoners while increasing privacy protections in women's spaces like prisons and shelters.
Morning Wire
Trump Sworn In & Ramaswamy Leaves DOGE | Afternoon Update | 1.20.25
Finally, it ends the forced use of preferred pronouns, including in the workplace and schools. Alliance Defending Freedom President Kristen Wagner spoke to us about the orders.
Morning Wire
Trudeau Mulls Next Move & Wisconsin School Shooting | Afternoon Update | 12.16.24
I've decided to cancel my trip. The reelection bid for New York Mayor Eric Adams took a massive hit after being denied millions in public matching funds. The campaign finance board denied Adams over $4 million in matching funds. The board flagged irregularities in Adams' past and current campaigns, citing concerns over straw donations and questionable contributions.
Morning Wire
Trudeau Mulls Next Move & Wisconsin School Shooting | Afternoon Update | 12.16.24
This comes as the campaign has been under investigation for alleged corruption and collusion with foreign governments. Adams' campaign still has over $3 million on hand, but the loss of public funds adds pressure as challengers line up for the crowded Democratic primary. Trump referenced Adams today, suggesting he'd consider granting him a pardon.
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Trudeau Mulls Next Move & Wisconsin School Shooting | Afternoon Update | 12.16.24
CNN is facing massive backlash after allegedly helping to free a prisoner with a dark past during a segment. Daily Wire reporter Mairead Elordi has the details.
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Trudeau Mulls Next Move & Wisconsin School Shooting | Afternoon Update | 12.16.24
At least three people are dead and several others injured following a shooting at a Wisconsin Christian school. Daily Wire reporter Spencer Lindquist has more.
Morning Wire
Jack Smith Report Decision & Cartel Border Tunnels | Afternoon Update | 1.13.25
I've spent today driving through some of the areas affected by the Palisades fire, and it's difficult to put the destruction into words. I started in Santa Monica and took the Pacific Coast Highway headed north. And from there, we found some Malibu landmarks, a popular restaurant and a wine bar that had both been completely decimated by the fire.
Morning Wire
Jack Smith Report Decision & Cartel Border Tunnels | Afternoon Update | 1.13.25
And it's an area that you think would be safe from fires. You could throw a baseball and hit the Pacific. But even there, the destruction is beyond words. And then you go up into the hills overlooking the coast, and there's an entire neighborhood that's almost totally destroyed.
Morning Wire
Jack Smith Report Decision & Cartel Border Tunnels | Afternoon Update | 1.13.25
You've got the Santa Monica Mountains, which border Malibu, and now all this brush, all these root systems that were holding together these hills have been completely scorched off the face of those mountains. So it opens the area up to a risk of really major mudslides.
Morning Wire
Heathrow Fire & Nvidia Investment | Afternoon Update | 3.21.25
U.S. District Court Judge Theodore Chuang ruled that the Trump administration's shutdown of USAID is unconstitutional and issued a decision last month preventing Immigration and Customs Enforcement from arresting illegal aliens at certain places of worship.
Morning Wire
Heathrow Fire & Nvidia Investment | Afternoon Update | 3.21.25
Chuang, an Obama appointee, has a history of involvement in Democratic politics, donating nearly $5,000 to Democrats and previously serving as the vice president of one Maryland Democratic organization.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2145 - The NSA's Secret SEX CHATS?!
So Colony Ridge is a 60 square mile development that is set to reach a population of a quarter million people. That's larger than Scottsdale, Arizona, Knoxville, Tennessee, or Boise, Idaho. And the marketing and financial schemes at Colony Ridge are specifically designed to attract illegal aliens. We've seen illegal alien drug runners, suspected murderers, and cartel members.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2145 - The NSA's Secret SEX CHATS?!
Just last night, there were these raids at Colony Ridge. and it resulted in a manhunt for a confirmed MS-13 member who'd been deported from the United States on seven different occasions. He's connected to a fatal stabbing.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2145 - The NSA's Secret SEX CHATS?!
These are the types of criminal illegal aliens that this financial and marketing scheme from Colony Ridge has rolled out the red carpet for, and it's forced an American community to deal with the consequences of higher crime, a flood of drugs, and an unrecognizable community,
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2145 - The NSA's Secret SEX CHATS?!
Absolutely. There's a reason why so many of the illegal aliens caught at Colony Ridge have been previously deported. It's because they don't want to be deported again, and they've come under the understanding that Colony Ridge is a place where they can evade law enforcement. It's a place where illegal aliens have the red carpet rolled out for them again.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2145 - The NSA's Secret SEX CHATS?!
And what we've seen actually is that we had a recent Daily Wire investigation where a different Texas developer in a leaked email that we obtained defended Colony Ridge and said that these businesses, Colony Ridge and others like it, would go under, they'd go out of business if they were forced to examine the creditworthiness of buyers and if they had to check for social security numbers of these buyers.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2145 - The NSA's Secret SEX CHATS?!
So this is a business model that is built on selling out American land parcel by parcel, plat by plat, property by property to illegal aliens.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2145 - The NSA's Secret SEX CHATS?!
Absolutely not. You're right. We reported on this beginning in September of 2023. I was actually in a helicopter surveying this development and its rapid growth. And we've been reporting on it since. And a couple of things changed. First off, there has been completely, it's impossible to ignore the level of crime and the level of disorder in this area.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2145 - The NSA's Secret SEX CHATS?!
And the Daily Wire has continuously put a spotlight on it. There's also one very simple change. The Trump administration entered office and just seven days afterwards there were some deportation raids in Colony Ridge and then of course we've seen what we saw yesterday where these deportation raids have been ramped up to become significantly larger.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2145 - The NSA's Secret SEX CHATS?!
So there is finally some action taken on this but the reality is that for far too long there has been an unholy alliance between the corporate interests that profit off of mass immigration and politicians that when they don't have the spotlight on them have been willing to look the other way. That consensus is over.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2145 - The NSA's Secret SEX CHATS?!
We have brought a ton of light and transparency to this issue, and action is finally being taken.