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SCOTUS Trump Wins & Stock Market Tariff Turbulence | 4.9.25
Well, both sides do have something to point to here as a win. So the Supreme Court ruled five to four that President Trump may use the 1789 Alien Enemies Act to deport gang members, the most important aspect of the ruling. But the court also said those deportees have a right to due process. The Trump administration has taken the decision as a major victory.
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SCOTUS Trump Wins & Stock Market Tariff Turbulence | 4.9.25
Here's Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Monday.
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SCOTUS Trump Wins & Stock Market Tariff Turbulence | 4.9.25
Of course, it also has something for the illegal aliens who brought the case. The justices unanimously agree that in each case, the alien has a right to have his deportation order reviewed by a judge. And what's the background of this case? Who brought this? The case was brought by a group of Venezuelan nationals. They filed suit in the D.C.
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SCOTUS Trump Wins & Stock Market Tariff Turbulence | 4.9.25
District Court, and the case fell to Judge James Boasberg. He may already be familiar to many of our listeners. Boasberg put a freeze on not only the deportations of the plaintiffs, but any other similarly impacted individuals as well. Another example of what Republicans have said is vast judicial overreach.
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SCOTUS Trump Wins & Stock Market Tariff Turbulence | 4.9.25
The Supreme Court took that case away from Boasberg because it said the lawsuit should have been filed in Texas, where the deportees were being held. Here's White House advisor Stephen Miller.
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SCOTUS Trump Wins & Stock Market Tariff Turbulence | 4.9.25
Now, the high court did not rule on a constitutionality of using the Alien Enemies Act here. And the justices said that the way the Trump administration had used the law was improper because aliens weren't given a chance to challenge their deportations. But regardless, the White House is still happy about the way the court decided.
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SCOTUS Trump Wins & Stock Market Tariff Turbulence | 4.9.25
Right. The immigration case related to a district court judge's deadline on the administration to return a misdeported Salvadoran national to the U.S., Kilmer Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported to El Salvador. He had previously said he would face violence if deported back to his home. A judge had given the Trump administration until midnight on Monday to get him back to the U.S.
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SCOTUS Trump Wins & Stock Market Tariff Turbulence | 4.9.25
The administration said that that timeline was impractical because of the jurisdictional issues now at play. And the Supreme Court decided with the administration. So it still remains to be seen how this case will work out, but the high court sided with the administration in this round. And then there's the downsizing the federal government case.
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SCOTUS Trump Wins & Stock Market Tariff Turbulence | 4.9.25
The Supreme Court knocked down a lower court order that blocked Trump from cutting 16,000 probationary workers from the federal government. That's a big legal win for Trump's push to reduce the size of the government.
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LA Fire Forecast & Israel Recovers Hostage Bodies | Afternoon Update | 1.8.25
Trump was convicted back in May on 34 felony counts related to so-called hush money payments to Stormy Daniels. He's asked the high court to halt the proceedings during his transition to the Oval Office. This comes after a New York appeals court yesterday rejected the president-elect's latest attempt to delay the sentencing.
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LA Fire Forecast & Israel Recovers Hostage Bodies | Afternoon Update | 1.8.25
Trump's lawyers argue that the Supreme Court's recent decision on presidential immunity should cover the current transition period and that the hush money case undermines the presidency. The Supreme Court filing comes alongside a similar request to New York's highest court, as Trump continues to challenge what he calls a politically motivated prosecution.
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LA Fire Forecast & Israel Recovers Hostage Bodies | Afternoon Update | 1.8.25
As things currently stand, sentencing is set for Friday at 9.30 a.m.
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LA Fire Forecast & Israel Recovers Hostage Bodies | Afternoon Update | 1.8.25
Defense Minister Israel Katz says the bodies were identified as Yosef al-Zaidani and his son Hamza. Both men were taken prisoner during Hamas's brutal October 7th attack that killed thousands. The return of the two bodies comes amid negotiations of a ceasefire deal that would free the remaining 100 or so hostages. However, Israel believes a third of those held captive in Gaza are dead.
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LA Fire Forecast & Israel Recovers Hostage Bodies | Afternoon Update | 1.8.25
During a lengthy press conference yesterday, President-elect Donald Trump addressed the hostage situation.
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Trump’s Auto Tariff Relief & ABC Braces for Layoffs | Afternoon Update | 3.5.25
Daily Wire deputy managing editor Tim Rice has the latest. Tensions between the United States and China are once again escalating as Beijing warns it is ready for any type of war. Trump increased tariffs on Chinese imports to 20%, citing efforts to stop fentanyl trafficking. In response, China imposed a 15% tariff on U.S. agricultural goods and accused Washington of bullying tactics.
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Trump’s Auto Tariff Relief & ABC Braces for Layoffs | Afternoon Update | 3.5.25
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that the United States is prepared for conflict, but aims to deter war by strengthening its military. Here's Hegseth on Fox this morning.
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Trump’s Auto Tariff Relief & ABC Braces for Layoffs | Afternoon Update | 3.5.25
Trump defended the tariffs, saying other nations have used them against the United States for years, while experts warned the move could drive up prices on food and automobiles, at least in the short term.
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RFK Jr & Gabbard Advance & Netanyahu Visit | 2.5.25
Yeah, good morning, John. Well, Trump and Netanyahu hit all the notes we expected them to. Unsurprisingly, they discussed the situation in Gaza, particularly the second stage of the ongoing ceasefire agreement. So far, 13 of the 33 hostages slated to be released under the first phase of the deal have been freed. There are 59 hostages still in Gaza, including seven Americans.
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RFK Jr & Gabbard Advance & Netanyahu Visit | 2.5.25
Trump had previously expressed some concern about the deal, saying he had no assurances that it'll hold. But yesterday, he took a more optimistic tone, praising Netanyahu and expressing confidence that the situation in Gaza will be resolved. But Trump's most talked about remarks will likely be his comments on resettling the Palestinians currently living in Gaza.
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RFK Jr & Gabbard Advance & Netanyahu Visit | 2.5.25
Trump went even further during the joint press conference the leaders held after their meeting, saying that he wanted to resettle all Gazans and have the United States take over the Gaza Strip.
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RFK Jr & Gabbard Advance & Netanyahu Visit | 2.5.25
Yeah, things were a little less warm outside the Oval Office where anti-Israel groups like Americans for Justice in Palestine and the Council on American Islamic Relations organized a protest ahead of the meeting. They claimed in a statement that Trump risks undermining prospects for peace by supporting Netanyahu's actions in Gaza. But National Security Advisor Mike Waltz pushed back on that idea.
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RFK Jr & Gabbard Advance & Netanyahu Visit | 2.5.25
Here he is outside the White House yesterday.
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RFK Jr & Gabbard Advance & Netanyahu Visit | 2.5.25
Well, it's not entirely clear yet, though we're hearing that he extended the visit simply to accommodate all the requests for meetings from Trump administration officials. It's very likely that he'll meet with Vice President J.D. Vance as early as today, and I wouldn't be surprised if he met with some of his allies in Congress.
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RFK Jr & Gabbard Advance & Netanyahu Visit | 2.5.25
Again, there's plenty for Netanyahu to talk about, from Hamas and Gaza to Syria and Iran and more.
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Federal Funding Freeze & ICE Raids Hit NYC | 1.29.25
Yeah, John, the Office of Management and Budget released a memo freezing all federal grants and loans, which shake out to around $3 trillion a year. The memo notes that government officials have a duty to, quote, align federal spending and action with the will of the American people as expressed through presidential priorities.
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Federal Funding Freeze & ICE Raids Hit NYC | 1.29.25
Agencies have until February 10th to submit a detailed breakdown of impacted programs to OMB, which will then determine whether or not there are good use of federal funds. The quick timeline for the review and the memo's somewhat cloudy language made it a bit more controversial than, say, the Department of Government Efficiency or the federal hiring freeze.
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Federal Funding Freeze & ICE Raids Hit NYC | 1.29.25
Democrats have tried to frame the freeze in the most dire possible terms. Chuck Schumer even said it will mean missed payrolls and rent payments and everything in between, chaos for everything from universities to nonprofit charities and more.
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Federal Funding Freeze & ICE Raids Hit NYC | 1.29.25
Well, the White House says no. They say that things won't be that bad and that the whole review process could take as little as a day if agencies determined their programs match the administration's priorities. And in her first briefing yesterday, White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt repeatedly made clear that direct federal assistance will not be cut off.
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Federal Funding Freeze & ICE Raids Hit NYC | 1.29.25
This follows pretty clearly from Trump's campaign promises and the policy changes he's enacted so far. And the president's talked about this before, as Russell Vogt, Trump's pick to lead OMB, noted during his confirmation hearing.
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Federal Funding Freeze & ICE Raids Hit NYC | 1.29.25
Well, a federal district judge blocked the freeze late Tuesday afternoon, but the order only applies to grants that are already open and doesn't say anything about the legality of the freeze. It just gives the court more time to consider it, which it's set to do in a Monday hearing.
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Federal Funding Freeze & ICE Raids Hit NYC | 1.29.25
Yeah, this was another significant move and on an issue that The Daily Wire has been very involved in investigating over the past few years. Trump's order aims to bar so-called gender transitions for minors, specifically for anyone under 19 years old. The order makes clear that the federal government is against these transition procedures and that it supports state laws barring them.
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Federal Funding Freeze & ICE Raids Hit NYC | 1.29.25
It reads, it is the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called transition of a child from one sex to another. It adds that it will rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures. So a major win for those who have been fighting to protect children from these often permanent procedures.
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Federal Funding Freeze & ICE Raids Hit NYC | 1.29.25
As we've documented on this show, the transgender medical industry has ballooned in recent years and become massively lucrative. This order is designed to support those states that are pushing back against that industry and cut funding to anything promoting it. Now, before you go, we have a big confirmation hearing today. Who's on deck? Right.
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Federal Funding Freeze & ICE Raids Hit NYC | 1.29.25
That'll be Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. This is the first of two days of hearings scheduled for RFK, and we're expecting some fireworks.
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Federal Funding Freeze & ICE Raids Hit NYC | 1.29.25
They busted illegal aliens with charges for murder, kidnapping, assault, and burglary. The secretary released images of the arrest herself. And then a few hours later, White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt highlighted some of the violent criminals that ICE deportation efforts have targeted so far.
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Federal Funding Freeze & ICE Raids Hit NYC | 1.29.25
So once again, the administration is hammering the public messaging around deportations. Right.
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Federal Funding Freeze & ICE Raids Hit NYC | 1.29.25
Things are definitely heating up. House Republicans on Monday actually called the mayors of several major cities to testify in Congress next month on anti-immigration enforcement policies. Letters were sent to Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, and New York City Mayor Eric Adams. But some of them don't appear to be backing down.
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Federal Funding Freeze & ICE Raids Hit NYC | 1.29.25
Here's Chicago's mayor comparing ICE operations to terrorism.
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Federal Funding Freeze & ICE Raids Hit NYC | 1.29.25
And here's Boston's mayor defending her sanctuary city policies.
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Federal Funding Freeze & ICE Raids Hit NYC | 1.29.25
In New York City, local law enforcement actually worked with ICE on the round of raids that Secretary Noem was a part of. Adams, of course, has gotten friendlier with Trump in recent months. And so though he's a Democrat, he may turn out to be closer to Republicans on this than some of his colleagues. Right.
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Federal Funding Freeze & ICE Raids Hit NYC | 1.29.25
Yeah, well, as we reported yesterday, there was a firefight on Monday between Border Patrol agents in Texas and suspected cartel members. We're learning now that incident may be a part of a trend of more violence along the border. The U.S. consulate in Mexico on Tuesday warned Americans against traveling to the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. That's across the border from McAllen, Texas.
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Federal Funding Freeze & ICE Raids Hit NYC | 1.29.25
The State Department put its highest travel warning, a level four, over the area. It warned of gun battles, kidnapping, and even IEDs present in a Mexican town just over the border. And this after a couple law enforcement officials told the Washington Examiner yesterday that Mexican drug cartels have been given a green light to fire a U.S. federal law enforcement.
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Federal Funding Freeze & ICE Raids Hit NYC | 1.29.25
Things appear to be escalating quickly along the southern border.
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NPR, PBS Heads Testify & Trump’s Voter ID EO | Afternoon Update | 3.26.25
President Trump is tightening federal voting rules, signing an executive order regarding who can vote. The order requires government-issued proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote and directs that all ballots be reviewed by Election Day. It also ties federal election funding to state compliance and aims to block counting of late-arriving mail ballots.
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NPR, PBS Heads Testify & Trump’s Voter ID EO | Afternoon Update | 3.26.25
Voting rights groups say the move could disenfranchise millions, but Trump says it's about protecting election integrity.
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NPR, PBS Heads Testify & Trump’s Voter ID EO | Afternoon Update | 3.26.25
The White House is pushing back against The Atlantic after the magazine published more signal messages regarding airstrikes in Yemen. Daily Wire deputy managing editor Tim Rice has the latest.
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NPR, PBS Heads Testify & Trump’s Voter ID EO | Afternoon Update | 3.26.25
And Texas Governor Greg Abbott is firing back after a Democratic congresswoman mocked his disability. Representative Jasmine Crockett called Abbott, quote, Abbott, who's used a wheelchair since a 1984 accident, tells Fox News the insult shows Democrats have nothing to sell but hate.
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NPR, PBS Heads Testify & Trump’s Voter ID EO | Afternoon Update | 3.26.25
Crockett later claimed her remarks were about Abbott's migrant policies, not his disability. A House resolution to censure her is now being introduced by a fellow Texas representative, Randy Weber.
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Signal Snafu & Soda Wars | 3.26.25
Here with a look at what they said and how President Trump has reacted is Daily Wire deputy managing editor Tim Rice. Hey, Tim. So we're now on day three of this Atlantic saga. What more have we learned now?
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Signal Snafu & Soda Wars | 3.26.25
Yeah, good morning, John. So just to refresh everyone's memory, around two weeks ago, a user named Michael Waltz added Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg to a Signal group chat where Trump national security officials discussed upcoming strikes on Houthi terrorists. Goldberg reported this on Monday, and there's obviously been a lot of fallout.
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Signal Snafu & Soda Wars | 3.26.25
On top of all that, a bunch of the people in the group chat were already scheduled to testify before Congress this week to report on the global threat assessment. Needless to say, yesterday's hearing quickly became all about the signal chat, with Democrats accusing Trump officials of exposing classified information and the officials defending their actions.
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Signal Snafu & Soda Wars | 3.26.25
This exchange between Georgia Senator John Ossoff and CIA Director John Ratcliffe is pretty emblematic of how the hearing went.
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Signal Snafu & Soda Wars | 3.26.25
I'm Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Wednesday, March 26th, and this is Morning Wire. Big food companies are fighting to keep soda and snacks on the menu.
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Signal Snafu & Soda Wars | 3.26.25
Ratcliffe insisted that there was nothing inherently wrong with national security officials discussing military plans on Signal and noted it was approved under the Biden administration.
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Signal Snafu & Soda Wars | 3.26.25
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, also a member of the chat, told Virginia Senator Mark Warner that, quote, there was no classified material that was shared in that Signal chat. This came after Warner unloaded on Gabbard and Ratcliffe and strongly implied that the members of the Signal chat should be fired.
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Signal Snafu & Soda Wars | 3.26.25
So a lot of fiery words, but also many strong denials that any classified information was actually discussed in this signal chat. What about the White House? How is the White House reacting to all of this?
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Signal Snafu & Soda Wars | 3.26.25
Yeah, yesterday morning, White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt wrote on X that Goldberg is well known for his sensationalist spin and denied that war plans or other classified material were discussed in the Signal thread. Her language there mirrors Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's comments to reporters on Monday, comments that Goldberg says were lies.
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Signal Snafu & Soda Wars | 3.26.25
National security officials are grilled on Capitol Hill amid dueling accusations of a military strike text chain.
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Signal Snafu & Soda Wars | 3.26.25
A final question. There was some speculation that Waltz may take the fall for this whole incident. Will he have to resign?
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Signal Snafu & Soda Wars | 3.26.25
Well, Trump hasn't said much about the saga yet, but so far it seems like he's standing by Waltz and the entire team. The president told NBC yesterday that Waltz has learned a lesson and is a good man. Trump added that he's not very concerned about the story, saying it is the only glitch in two months and it turned out not to be a serious one.
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Signal Snafu & Soda Wars | 3.26.25
I'm sure this is not the last we'll hear of all of this.
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Signal Snafu & Soda Wars | 3.26.25
Food lobbyists are fighting tooth and nail to stop the Trump administration from limiting taxpayer subsidies for junk food.
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Signal Snafu & Soda Wars | 3.26.25
Daily Wire reporter Tim Pearce is here to detail the environmental transformation taking place at the EPA. So, Zeldin has been one of the most active cabinet secretaries when it comes to government reform. What can you tell us about his policies so far? Sure. The Trump administration and Zeldin in particular are aggressively attacking democratic climate policies and green programs.
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Signal Snafu & Soda Wars | 3.26.25
It's all part of President Trump's stated goal of energy dominance. It's also a big step away from Democrats' Green New Deal. Here's Zeldin earlier this month declaring Democratic environmental priorities dead.
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Signal Snafu & Soda Wars | 3.26.25
Zeldin wants to reform and repeal dozens of the most burdensome climate rules. That includes, for example, Biden's electric vehicle mandate that aims to force a radical change to the automobile market, with half of new cars sold being all electric by 2032. Even bigger than that, Zeldin's EPA has also set its sights on Obama's 2009 endangerment finding.
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Signal Snafu & Soda Wars | 3.26.25
That rule essentially set the basis for the EPA to police greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. and spawned a massive amount of environmental regulation. So that's on the regulatory side of it, but Zeldin has also cut and reclaimed funds from climate programs as well. How much taxpayer money was that? Zeldin spoke about that during Monday's cabinet meeting. Here he is.
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Signal Snafu & Soda Wars | 3.26.25
Zeldin has been very aggressive in getting that money back. The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund was the largest single investment in green energy projects ever, and the largest pot of cash the EPA has ever been responsible for doling out. A lot of that money went to groups that had never before received grants so large. Remember, we're talking about billions of dollars in some cases. A lot of money.
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Signal Snafu & Soda Wars | 3.26.25
How are these changes affecting the energy sector? Yeah, we're currently seeing a big shift to redirect resources. Trump's energy secretary, Chris Wright, has worked alongside the EPA to greenlight a lot of oil and gas projects.
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Signal Snafu & Soda Wars | 3.26.25
And Wright has also been cutting regulations on energy producers, so much so that oil and gas executives are actually reneging on green investment pledges and pausing the transition to green energy that Democrats have wanted. There was also a major court case punishing Greenpeace USA for their extreme protest strategies.
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Signal Snafu & Soda Wars | 3.26.25
Last week, they were found liable in a nearly $700 million judgment for helping violent protesters destroy and vandalize property in their attempts to sabotage the Dakota Access Pipeline. The trial revealed that Greenpeace USA organizers had trained protesters and even purchased supplies the protesters used to commit illegal acts.
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Signal Snafu & Soda Wars | 3.26.25
So that will hopefully deter other activist groups from engaging in intentionally destructive protests. It's definitely a significant court precedent there. Tim, thanks so much for joining us. Thanks for having me.
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NSA Chat Crackdown & Bondi Warns Maine | Afternoon Update | 2.26.25
Gabbard called the behavior an egregious violation of trust and vowed further action as part of the Trump administration's push for accountability. Here she is on Fox News.
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NSA Chat Crackdown & Bondi Warns Maine | Afternoon Update | 2.26.25
Gabbard announced Tuesday that over 100 federal employees will be terminated and stripped of security clearances for participating in obscene chat rooms on the NSA's interlink system. The conversations, uncovered by the Manhattan Institute's Christopher Ruffo and Hannah Grossman, allegedly focused on personal sexual experiences under the guise of DEI initiatives.
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House Budget Bill Battle & NY’s Wildcat Strike | 2.26.25
Yeah. Hey, Georgia. So this is another rather shocking report about how government resources are being used or in this case abused. And as usual, Ruffo and Grossman have the receipts. So as you noted, this has to do with the NSA, the National Security Agency, which is supposed to be dedicating all of its time to the crucial job of, well, national security. Mm hmm.
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House Budget Bill Battle & NY’s Wildcat Strike | 2.26.25
But as Ruffo and Grossman found, the agency has been officially allowing and even endorsing extremely radical and politically biased groups, and that includes chat groups. Some whistleblowers with access to these chats, one current and one former NSA employee, provided Ruffo's team with evidence of their content. And frankly, some of it is too not safe for work to detail on this show.
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House Budget Bill Battle & NY’s Wildcat Strike | 2.26.25
But let's just say that it includes graphic discussions about gender transition surgeries, so-called bottom and top surgeries, specifically discussing them in terms of fetishes. And again, this is under officially endorsed chat rooms, and these conversations are taking place while the federal employees are supposedly working.
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House Budget Bill Battle & NY’s Wildcat Strike | 2.26.25
Yes, and Shapiro and Rufo underscore to that point.
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House Budget Bill Battle & NY’s Wildcat Strike | 2.26.25
Rufo also made clear that these federally funded groups engaged not only in not safe for work discussions with official approval, but also engaged in extremely partisan targeting of conservatives here in the United States, including Shapiro himself.
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House Budget Bill Battle & NY’s Wildcat Strike | 2.26.25
So again, clear evidence of political targeting. As we've documented on this show, the Trump administration is heavily focusing on weeding out just these kinds of DEI programs and activist groups. So they've been vowing to shut down exactly this kind of activity in federal agencies.
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House Budget Bill Battle & NY’s Wildcat Strike | 2.26.25
Has anyone been arrested and if not- The proceedings have started.
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Trump Announces Tariffs & South Sees Record Snowfall | Afternoon Update | 1.22.25
A student opened fire inside a Tennessee high school cafeteria today, killing a female classmate and injuring two others. The shooter then shot and killed himself. Police say all three are students at Antioch High School in Nashville. Here's public information officer Don Aaron.
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Trump Announces Tariffs & South Sees Record Snowfall | Afternoon Update | 1.22.25
Police say school resource officers were in the building but not near the cafeteria when the shooting occurred. Parents were directed to a nearby hospital for student reunification. Authorities continue their investigation with Nashville police leading the response.
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Trump Announces Tariffs & South Sees Record Snowfall | Afternoon Update | 1.22.25
India has agreed to work with the Trump administration to repatriate at least 18,000 of its citizens living in the U.S. illegally. The verification process is already underway. India hopes to maintain access to legal immigration programs like student and H-1B visas. The move follows Trump's warnings of tariffs against countries refusing to take back their nationals.
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Trump Announces Tariffs & South Sees Record Snowfall | Afternoon Update | 1.22.25
Officials say cooperation could benefit India's broader migration agreements amid rising job shortages.
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Trump Announces Tariffs & South Sees Record Snowfall | Afternoon Update | 1.22.25
President Trump is giving Russia an economic ultimatum. End the invasion of Ukraine or face massive tariffs. Daily Wire deputy managing editor Tim Rice has more.
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Trump Announces Tariffs & South Sees Record Snowfall | Afternoon Update | 1.22.25
My home state, Florida, saw one of its heaviest snowfalls since 1989. Up to a foot of snow was reported in parts of the Panhandle, leading to a 70-mile closure of Interstate 10 near Pensacola. Governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency, urging residents to stay off the roads. Schools and universities closed and flights canceled across the region.
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Trump Announces Tariffs & South Sees Record Snowfall | Afternoon Update | 1.22.25
Officials warned that hazardous conditions could persist for days.
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Trump Announces Tariffs & South Sees Record Snowfall | Afternoon Update | 1.22.25
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Trump’s Sweeping Pardons & ICE Teams Deployed | 1.22.25
In a few ways, both on the southern border and as regards aliens who are in the country illegally. Law enforcement in El Paso, one of the hotspots for immigration over the past four years, has blocked off entry to the United States. Migrants who arrived at entry points on Monday for appointments scheduled through the CBP One app were blocked and the app itself was shut down.
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Trump’s Sweeping Pardons & ICE Teams Deployed | 1.22.25
Meanwhile, according to Tom Homan, plans to deport illegal aliens from the U.S. are already being enacted. Here's Homan on Fox News.
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Trump’s Sweeping Pardons & ICE Teams Deployed | 1.22.25
There was some concern over plans regarding operations in Chicago being leaked, but as you heard in the clip, those concerns are being addressed and they didn't affect plans already in place elsewhere.
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Trump’s Sweeping Pardons & ICE Teams Deployed | 1.22.25
Well, he's already threatened to tariff Mexico and Canada if their borders aren't secured. And on Monday, he signed an executive order that designated Mexican drug cartels as threats to U.S. national security. And he said he would go further and label them terror groups as well. As for what that means practically, Trump hasn't ruled anything out.
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Trump’s Sweeping Pardons & ICE Teams Deployed | 1.22.25
Here he is answering a question from Fox News' Peter Doocy on Monday night.
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Trump’s Sweeping Pardons & ICE Teams Deployed | 1.22.25
Well, the legal challenges are already being filed. One of the most controversial of Trump's actions on immigration so far is an order ending what's known as birthright citizenship. That's a debated interpretation of the 14th Amendment, which was ratified in 1868 to deal with the question of citizenship for escaped and emancipated slaves.
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Trump’s Sweeping Pardons & ICE Teams Deployed | 1.22.25
On Tuesday, 22 state attorneys general sued the Trump administration to block the order. In general, Trump's approach to immigration has really struck a nerve on the left. At the National Prayer Service on Tuesday, the Episcopal Bishop of D.C., Reverend Mary Ann Edgar Budd, lectured Trump and Vice President Vance on having compassion for immigrants. Here's what that sounded like.
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Trump’s Sweeping Pardons & ICE Teams Deployed | 1.22.25
After the service, Trump didn't seem to be swayed by what the bishop said. Homan was on CNN yesterday as well, and he said that while aliens who are threats to public safety will be prioritized, any alien in the country illegally will be deported.
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Trump’s Sweeping Pardons & ICE Teams Deployed | 1.22.25
The Trump administration doesn't appear to be wasting a moment here on his immigration promise.
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Trump’s Sweeping Pardons & ICE Teams Deployed | 1.22.25
Oh, man, John, it's hard to know where to begin. The Senate voted unanimously to confirm Marco Rubio as Secretary of State on Monday. Rubio hit the ground running yesterday, sending out an agency-wide memo making clear his opposition to mass migration, DEI, and censorship.
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Trump’s Sweeping Pardons & ICE Teams Deployed | 1.22.25
Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick to lead the Defense Department, and John Ratcliffe, the presumptive CIA director, both had their nominations sail through committee. There are just a handful more hearings scheduled for this week, so Trump could have a mostly full cabinet up and running in the next few days.
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Trump’s Sweeping Pardons & ICE Teams Deployed | 1.22.25
And then, of course, there's the flurry of executive orders Trump began signing on Inauguration Day and has kept signing since. He directed the presidential personnel office to fire thousands of Biden appointees who do not support his Make America Great Again agenda.
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Trump’s Sweeping Pardons & ICE Teams Deployed | 1.22.25
Trump actually fired four officials in a post on Truth Social, including the former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, who Trump pulled off the National Infrastructure Advisory Council.
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Trump’s Sweeping Pardons & ICE Teams Deployed | 1.22.25
He signed two complementary executive orders that could really go a long way in reforming the federal workforce. One will purge all DEI initiatives from the federal government, and the other will instruct federal hiring managers to judge applicants based on merit, not race or gender.
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Trump’s Sweeping Pardons & ICE Teams Deployed | 1.22.25
But that order actually goes a little further, instructing government agencies to hire people who have the real skills to do a job, not necessarily a college degree or certification. Trump's sort of picking up where he left off here because this was one of the major policy pushes his administration was working on at the end of his first term.
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Trump’s Sweeping Pardons & ICE Teams Deployed | 1.22.25
So this could make it easier to draw on a very different pool of candidates for federal jobs, a pool that will probably be less college educated and less liberal leaning. And that could go a long way in reducing the influence of the permanent federal bureaucracy, what Trump and others call the deep state. Right.
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Trump’s Sweeping Pardons & ICE Teams Deployed | 1.22.25
White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt had teased that Trump would make a pretty major infrastructure announcement during the press conference. And in a way he did, but not in the way that you might think. Flanked by Oracle executive Larry Ellison, OpenAI's Sam Altman, and more, Trump announced the largest AI infrastructure project in history.
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Trump’s Sweeping Pardons & ICE Teams Deployed | 1.22.25
Trump said that the new venture was important not just because it will create jobs, but because it will bolster America's national security.
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DOGE to Become Musk-less & Adams Indictment Dismissed | Afternoon Update | 4.2.25
Galanis testified in the Biden impeachment probe, claiming Hunter and his partners used Joe Biden's name for influence.
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DOGE to Become Musk-less & Adams Indictment Dismissed | Afternoon Update | 4.2.25
According to the House Judiciary Committee, the analyst was placed under a gag order after speaking up during a meeting with the platform. FBI officials reportedly instructed staff not to discuss the Biden matter, despite having verified the laptop a year earlier during a federal investigation. Critics say the FBI's actions contributed to the suppression of the story ahead of the 2020 election.
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DOGE to Become Musk-less & Adams Indictment Dismissed | Afternoon Update | 4.2.25
The FBI has declined to comment, while the House GOP continues investigating federal coordination with social media to censor political speech. The revelations come just one day after President Trump commuted the sentence of Jason Galanis, a former Hunter Biden associate convicted of securities fraud.
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Wisconsin’s Judicial Election Decided & HHS Layoffs Begin | 4.2.25
Here with an update is Daily Wire deputy managing editor Tim Rice. So, Tim, more mass layoffs in federal agencies. What do we know now?
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Wisconsin’s Judicial Election Decided & HHS Layoffs Begin | 4.2.25
And new data shows a massive decrease in border crossings and fentanyl trafficking.
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Wisconsin’s Judicial Election Decided & HHS Layoffs Begin | 4.2.25
So it sounds like Booker agrees that HHS is bloated and inefficient, but he disagrees with making cuts?
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Wisconsin’s Judicial Election Decided & HHS Layoffs Begin | 4.2.25
Well, I think everyone is shocked at both the speed and the scope of Doge's work. Tim, thanks for reporting.
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Wisconsin’s Judicial Election Decided & HHS Layoffs Begin | 4.2.25
Illegal crossings at the southern border continued to plummet last month, hitting the lowest point in decades. The news comes as President Trump continues to deport criminal aliens at a frenetic pace.
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Wisconsin’s Judicial Election Decided & HHS Layoffs Begin | 4.2.25
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Trump-Zelenskyy Talk & UPenn’s Federal Funding Paused | Afternoon Update | 3.19.25
The Federal Reserve says it's leaving its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.25% to 4.5% as it continues assessing economic conditions. The decision follows three consecutive rate cuts in late 2024. The central bank remains focused on promoting maximum employment and controlling inflation.
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Trump-Zelenskyy Talk & UPenn’s Federal Funding Paused | Afternoon Update | 3.19.25
The Federal Open Market Committee cited increased uncertainty around the economic outlook as it moves cautiously forward.
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Trump-Zelenskyy Talk & UPenn’s Federal Funding Paused | Afternoon Update | 3.19.25
Elon Musk took aim at Joe Biden, saying he left astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams stranded in space for political reasons. The comments came during an interview with Sean Hannity last night in which Musk praised SpaceX and NASA for rescuing the astronauts.
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Trump-Zelenskyy Talk & UPenn’s Federal Funding Paused | Afternoon Update | 3.19.25
And March Madness is off to an exciting start. Last night, Alabama State pulled off a dramatic 70-68 win, picking up the game-winning bucket with just one second left on the clock. At about the three-second mark, Micah Simpson chucked the ball down court to Amar Knox, who nabbed the last-second layup winning the game. Here's that moment.
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Trump-Zelenskyy Talk & UPenn’s Federal Funding Paused | Afternoon Update | 3.19.25
President Trump held what he's calling a very good phone call with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskyy today. It comes just hours after Russia allegedly reneged on its deal agreeing to halt attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure for 30 days. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pearce has more.
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Putin Moves Toward Peace & JFK Files Released | 3.19.25
Well, after waiting all day, the files finally began to appear on the National Archives website at around 6 p.m. Eastern time. And it was apparently a sprint to get them. According to ABC News, DOJ attorneys were up all night sifting through documents, examining sensitive information, and making decisions on potential redactions.
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Putin Moves Toward Peace & JFK Files Released | 3.19.25
Trump said on Monday that about 80,000 pages of yet-to-be-released documents on the JFK assassination would be made public. Here's Trump on Monday.
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Putin Moves Toward Peace & JFK Files Released | 3.19.25
No bombshells have turned up in the files yet. Again, 80,000 pages is a lot to get through. There are handwritten notes, old typewritten reports, and some blurry pages. Daily Wire reporters have found some entertaining nuggets, though. One document appears to show that John F. Kennedy Jr., before he died in 1999, called then-Senator Joe Biden a traitor.
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Putin Moves Toward Peace & JFK Files Released | 3.19.25
Another show that CIA Director J. Edgar Hoover was tracking a set of safes and knew their combinations that were purchased for a Soviet embassy in Cuba. Another bit told of how Gary Underhill, a former U.S. Army captain in World War II, suspected a small click in the CIA was behind JFK's assassination.
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Putin Moves Toward Peace & JFK Files Released | 3.19.25
The document said he was afraid and that six months later he was found shot and pronounced dead by suicide. For her part, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard wrote in a post after the files released, quote, President Trump is ushering in a new era of maximum transparency. Today, JFK assassination files are being released to the public with no redactions. Promises made, promises kept.
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Putin Moves Toward Peace & JFK Files Released | 3.19.25
Well, this has to be one of the most questioned events in U.S. history, as in so many Americans either have doubts about or just don't believe the official story. And these doubts have been around for decades. Congress passed a law in 1992 to eventually release these files in part in reaction to the amount of questions that have been raised about Kennedy's assassination.
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Putin Moves Toward Peace & JFK Files Released | 3.19.25
Even back then, a majority of Americans believed that Lee Harvey Oswald didn't act alone. Americans still do believe there is more to the story by a more than two to one margin.
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Putin Moves Toward Peace & JFK Files Released | 3.19.25
Well, it will take at least a few days for laypeople to scour the files. But experts don't expect much new information. Part of that is because some of the most interesting documents aren't public. Those include hours of taped interviews Jacqueline Kennedy and then Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy did with author William Manchester in the months after the assassination.
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Putin Moves Toward Peace & JFK Files Released | 3.19.25
Jackie Kennedy also wrote a series of letters to President Lyndon Johnson, including three within a week of the assassination that will also not be released. And then there's what FBI Director Kash Patel said in an interview with Glenn Beck last year after Patel revealed he has read the JFK files.
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Putin Moves Toward Peace & JFK Files Released | 3.19.25
So at least according to Battelle, everyone who thinks it was a conspiracy of multiple people who assassinated JFK are likely to be disappointed with what these documents hold.
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Congestion Toll Controversy & Diddy’s Charge Petition | Afternoon Update | 2.19.25
As was first reported by the New York Post, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called the toll a slap in the face to working class Americans and small business owners in a letter to New York Governor Kathy Hochul today. Hours later, the MTA filed a suit to block the administration's move, touting the unpopular program as highly successful.
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Congestion Toll Controversy & Diddy’s Charge Petition | Afternoon Update | 2.19.25
The $9 surcharge for drivers entering Manhattan below 60th Street was meant to fund the MTA's $15 billion transit plan, but federal officials argue the program violates highway funding rules and was designed more for revenue generation than traffic reduction. Governor Hochul would face a major funding shortfall for transit projects should the toll be axed.
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Congestion Toll Controversy & Diddy’s Charge Petition | Afternoon Update | 2.19.25
Attorneys for Combs claim that, quote, no white person has ever been the target of a remotely similar prosecution. Among other offenses, Combs is charged with violation of the Mann Act, a 1910 law which criminalizes the transportation of individuals across state lines to engage in prostitution. The Mann Act has also been called the White Slave Traffic Act.
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Congestion Toll Controversy & Diddy’s Charge Petition | Afternoon Update | 2.19.25
Combs' lawyers say that the charge implies racial bias in the prosecution.
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Fed Cuts Rates & China’s Nuclear Arsenal | Afternoon Update | 12.18.24
Officials say these actions could have deadly consequences. Pilots of manned aircraft in the area have already reported having lasers shined in their eyes after being mistaken for drones by those on the ground. The Pentagon and federal agencies say there's no evidence these drones pose a national security threat.
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Fed Cuts Rates & China’s Nuclear Arsenal | Afternoon Update | 12.18.24
Still, lawmakers are pressing for more transparency to address the public's concerns, as the FBI has logged over 5,000 drone sightings in recent weeks. The FBI's statement, along with yesterday's classified briefing, have done very little to put the public at ease. Here's DOD Press Secretary Major General Patrick Ryder being asked about that.
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Inflation Rises & Red Dye No. 3 Banned | Afternoon Update | 1.15.25
Several other of Trump's cabinet picks appeared for hearings today, including CIA Director nominee John Ratcliffe and Trump's pick for Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
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Inflation Rises & Red Dye No. 3 Banned | Afternoon Update | 1.15.25
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says details of a ceasefire deal are still being worked out. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pearce has more.
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Inflation Rises & Red Dye No. 3 Banned | Afternoon Update | 1.15.25
Donald Trump has unveiled his plans for a new federal agency. Trump has announced his intent to establish the External Revenue Service with the purpose of collecting tariffs, duties, and other foreign payments owed to the U.S.
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Inflation Rises & Red Dye No. 3 Banned | Afternoon Update | 1.15.25
The president-elect said the move will end reliance on the American taxpayer to fund national growth while reiterating his intent to impose tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China. Trump says the initiative will launch on January 20th, his first day in office.
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Inflation Rises & Red Dye No. 3 Banned | Afternoon Update | 1.15.25
President-elect Trump's nominee for Attorney General, Pam Bondi, faced the Senate Judiciary Committee today in her confirmation hearing. Daily Wire Deputy Managing Editor Tim Rice reports.
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Inflation Rises & Red Dye No. 3 Banned | Afternoon Update | 1.15.25
And the FDA will ban the use of food additive red dye number three. The move comes 35 years after the same chemical was banned in cosmetics. Daily Wire senior reporter Mary Margaret Olihan has more.
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Inflation Rises & Red Dye No. 3 Banned | Afternoon Update | 1.15.25
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Inflation Rises & Red Dye No. 3 Banned | Afternoon Update | 1.15.25
The former Sunshine State AG pledged to restore integrity while addressing concerns over potential politicization. While Bondi's nomination has gained bipartisan support, there were still some moments of contention during today's hearing. In one particular exchange, Bondi flipped the script on Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, who asked about potential weaponization of the DOJ.
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Inflation Rises & Red Dye No. 3 Banned | Afternoon Update | 1.15.25
White House asked Bondi's thoughts on looking for a crime after picking a name to target, which Democrats fear will happen with Trump against his political opponents. Here's how Bondi responded.
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Hegseth’s Confirmation Hearing & Israel-Hamas Deal Nears | 1.15.25
Hey, good morning, Georgia. We first got word of a potential deal on Monday after mediators reportedly delivered a draft hostage and ceasefire deal to both Israel and Hamas. Neither party has publicly commented, but sources close to the negotiations have said that Hamas is very amenable to the deal and very close to signing on the dotted line.
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Hegseth’s Confirmation Hearing & Israel-Hamas Deal Nears | 1.15.25
Yesterday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the deal was right on the brink, closer than it's ever been before. But Blinken also cautioned against celebrating too early, noting that nothing was set in stone until Hamas officially agrees to the deal. Here's Blinken.
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Hegseth’s Confirmation Hearing & Israel-Hamas Deal Nears | 1.15.25
It's important to note that this is all still in flux and could be changing even as we speak. But the Jerusalem Post reported that the deal will unfold in three phases. Phase one is expected to last 42 days, and on day one of that phase, 33 hostages will be released. Remember, Hamas took 241 hostages on October 7th.
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Hegseth’s Confirmation Hearing & Israel-Hamas Deal Nears | 1.15.25
Around 98 of those hostages are still in Gaza, and only about half of them are believed to be alive. That group includes seven Americans. Over the remaining days of phase one, the Israeli defense forces will begin withdrawing from Gaza, though they will maintain a presence in a still undefined security perimeter.
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Hegseth’s Confirmation Hearing & Israel-Hamas Deal Nears | 1.15.25
And on day 16 of that first phase, Israel and Hamas will resume negotiations about what the next phases of the agreement will look like. Meanwhile, Israel has agreed to release 50 Palestinian terrorists serving life sentences and 50 female prisoners for every female hostage released.
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Hegseth’s Confirmation Hearing & Israel-Hamas Deal Nears | 1.15.25
You know, it's drawn some scrutiny. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called it a surrender deal and said it was a catastrophe for the national security of the state of Israel. Another Israeli leader warned that the deal could end with dozens of hostages being left behind. Yesterday, Daily Wire editor emeritus Ben Shapiro shared his thoughts on the deal.
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Hegseth’s Confirmation Hearing & Israel-Hamas Deal Nears | 1.15.25
Well, there's obviously the success of Israel's ongoing campaign in Gaza, including its successful targeting of several Hamas leaders. It may just be that Hamas is finally being worn down. But there's also a lot of speculation that the imminent return of Donald Trump to the White House has lit a fire under things.
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Hegseth’s Confirmation Hearing & Israel-Hamas Deal Nears | 1.15.25
Trump envoys joined negotiations alongside representatives from the Biden administration in recent days, and it seems like their presence had an impact. When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to Biden about negotiations on Sunday, he thanked Biden and Trump for cooperating in this sacred mission.
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Hegseth’s Confirmation Hearing & Israel-Hamas Deal Nears | 1.15.25
Trump has really turned up the heat on Hamas, saying just the other week that there would be all hell to pay if the terror group did not release its hostages before he took office. So it seems like Hamas has really taken Trump's comments to heart.
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EU, Canada Impose Tariffs & Russia Strikes Ukraine | Afternoon Update | 3.12.25
Kansas Senator Roger Marshall is reintroducing a bill to ban federal funding for gender transition procedures. The End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act aligns with Trump's executive order and prohibits federal health care providers from offering such treatment.
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EU, Canada Impose Tariffs & Russia Strikes Ukraine | Afternoon Update | 3.12.25
Critics argue that the bill targets transgender individuals, while supporters say it protects children from permanent life-altering procedures. Morning Wire spoke to Senator Marshall. Here's what he said about the bill.
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EU, Canada Impose Tariffs & Russia Strikes Ukraine | Afternoon Update | 3.12.25
Marshall points to polling data that shows that Americans oppose taxpayer dollars funding gender transitions. The bill has several Republican co-sponsors and support from conservative organizations like Family Research Council and Alliance Defending Freedom.
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EU, Canada Impose Tariffs & Russia Strikes Ukraine | Afternoon Update | 3.12.25
A state farm executive has been fired after being secretly recorded discussing a rate hike for California homeowners recovering from wildfires. Here's a bit from the video.
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EU, Canada Impose Tariffs & Russia Strikes Ukraine | Afternoon Update | 3.12.25
In the video published by James O'Keefe Media Group, the State Farm employee also criticized homeowners in fire-prone areas, calling some neighborhoods a desert built for ego. State Farm confirmed his termination, calling his remarks inaccurate and not reflective of company policy. Now California's insurance commissioner is demanding answers about the rate hike.
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EU, Canada Impose Tariffs & Russia Strikes Ukraine | Afternoon Update | 3.12.25
And border czar Tom Homan confronted New York Democrats in Albany today over their pro-illegal immigration policies. Homan joined Republican lawmakers at the Capitol to challenge the state's green light law and sanctuary city policies. Here's a bit from Homan's remarks to New York Republicans.
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EU, Canada Impose Tariffs & Russia Strikes Ukraine | Afternoon Update | 3.12.25
Both Canada and the EU will impose their own counter-tariffs in response to Trump's recent 25% steel and aluminum tariffs. Daily Wire Deputy Managing Editor Tim Rice has more.
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Wall Street Turmoil & Ukraine’s Ceasefire Agreement | 3.12.25
Yeah, good morning, John. After a day of negotiations in Saudi Arabia led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Ukraine agreed to a 30-day ceasefire with Russia. In exchange, the Trump administration immediately lifted its paws on aid to Ukraine. Now, this is obviously a huge step forward, but there's a catch. Russia still has to agree to the ceasefire, and it's not entirely clear if they will.
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Wall Street Turmoil & Ukraine’s Ceasefire Agreement | 3.12.25
Here's Rubio talking about the deal yesterday.
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Wall Street Turmoil & Ukraine’s Ceasefire Agreement | 3.12.25
Yeah, exactly. As you said, Ukraine launched a massive drone strike on Russia early Tuesday, a big show of strength targeted at Russian oil facilities. Russia said it shot down 337 drones, 91 of which were flying over Moscow. Hmm.
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Wall Street Turmoil & Ukraine’s Ceasefire Agreement | 3.12.25
Russia is reporting that three people were killed and 18 were injured, and Ukraine says those casualties were caused by Russian air defense and insists it only struck oil production and distribution centers. The Ukrainian military says it hit, quote, a number of Russian strategic objects, enabling armed aggression. But more important than the attack itself is the timing.
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Wall Street Turmoil & Ukraine’s Ceasefire Agreement | 3.12.25
Ukraine hasn't landed a drone attack on Moscow since September, and this huge assault on the Russian capital seems like an effort to signal Ukrainian strength as peace talks ramp up. Remember, this is coming on the heels of the explosive Oval Office meeting between Presidents Trump and Zelensky and the first round of talks between the U.S.
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Wall Street Turmoil & Ukraine’s Ceasefire Agreement | 3.12.25
and Russia in Saudi Arabia, which did not include the Ukrainians. Rubio on Monday told reporters that while Ukrainians have suffered greatly during the war, it needed to accept that the war would not resolve without both sides making concessions. Now, obviously, the nature of those concessions remains to be seen.
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Wall Street Turmoil & Ukraine’s Ceasefire Agreement | 3.12.25
And on Monday, Zelensky said he was hoping this week's talk would yield practical outcomes. Andriy Yermak, one of Zelensky's top aides, told reporters Monday that the Ukrainian delegation was very open and hoping for a very constructive, deep, friendly partnership conversation with our American partners.
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Wall Street Turmoil & Ukraine’s Ceasefire Agreement | 3.12.25
He also swapped his combat garb for a suit and tie, a clear response to Trump dressing down Zelensky for his appearance in the Oval Office. Probably a wise move there. And how is Russia responding to everything going on this week? Do we have any indication that they'll take this deal?
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Wall Street Turmoil & Ukraine’s Ceasefire Agreement | 3.12.25
Well, we haven't yet heard anything from Vladimir Putin, but we will probably hear more from him later this week after he meets in Moscow with White House Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff. Witkoff was present for the first round of Saudi Arabia talks and was supposed to attend Tuesday's meeting, but wound up flying to Qatar to participate in Gaza ceasefire talks.
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Wall Street Turmoil & Ukraine’s Ceasefire Agreement | 3.12.25
This week's sit-down will be Witkoff's second meeting with Putin. He also met with the Russian leader in February when he flew to Moscow to secure the release of American hostage Mark Fogel. So it seems like the Trump administration may be positioning Witkoff as its primary go-between with Putin, while Rubio and his team negotiate directly with Ukraine.
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Wall Street Turmoil & Ukraine’s Ceasefire Agreement | 3.12.25
One last thing on that front, Trump slammed Russia on Friday for absolutely pounding Ukraine on the battlefield amid negotiations, saying he was considering imposing sanctions on Russia until a peace deal is reached. Lots of moving parts here.
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Tulsi Gabbard Confirmed & Cartel Drug Tunnels | Afternoon Update | 2.12.25
The House Committee on Homeland Security's threat snapshot report obtained by the Daily Wire documents over 60 cases of China-backed operations. That includes efforts to steal military and trade secrets, as well as silence dissidents on U.S. soil.
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Tulsi Gabbard Confirmed & Cartel Drug Tunnels | Afternoon Update | 2.12.25
According to the report, the FBI opens a new counterintelligence case against China every 12 hours, with 60 percent of all trade theft cases linked to Beijing. The report also highlights recent arrests, including one of a Chinese national accused of stealing AI secrets from Google. Congressman August Pflueger sits on that committee. Here's what he told Morning Wire.
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Tulsi Gabbard Confirmed & Cartel Drug Tunnels | Afternoon Update | 2.12.25
The committee criticized the Biden administration's handling of China, but praised Trump officials, including Secretaries Marco Rubio and Kristi Noem, for taking a tougher stance on Beijing.
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Trudeau Calls It Quits & Biden’s Drilling Ban | 1.7.25
Well, Georgia, Trudeau's been bleeding support as Canadians blame him for a tanking economy and skyrocketing inflation. He's caught flack for his left-wing environmental policies, which have led to soaring energy costs, and his push for increased immigration, which has fueled a housing crisis.
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Trudeau Calls It Quits & Biden’s Drilling Ban | 1.7.25
Towards the end of last year, polls showed Trudeau's support dip to around 20%, which means he's leaving office as one of the least popular figures in Canadian politics. Calls for him to resign picked up towards the end of the year as several figures in his government resigned, including Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, one of his closest allies.
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Trudeau Calls It Quits & Biden’s Drilling Ban | 1.7.25
Trump's threat of imposing tariffs on Canada also took a toll on Trudeau. So no one was really surprised when he announced his decision to resign in Ottawa yesterday morning.
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Trudeau Calls It Quits & Biden’s Drilling Ban | 1.7.25
Yeah. So as Trudeau said, he's stepping down not just as prime minister, but also as party leader. So first, the Liberal Party needs to elect a new leader. Parliament, which was supposed to resume on January 27th, will be suspended until March 24th.
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Trudeau Calls It Quits & Biden’s Drilling Ban | 1.7.25
At that point, there will be another election where the new Liberal Party leader will likely face off against rising Conservative Party leader Pierre Palliev, who's been one of Trudeau's harshest critics. Here was Palliev's reaction to Trudeau's resignation.
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Trudeau Calls It Quits & Biden’s Drilling Ban | 1.7.25
Polyev ended his remarks by calling for Canadians to make a change in the upcoming election.
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Trudeau Calls It Quits & Biden’s Drilling Ban | 1.7.25
Absolutely. Polyev's drawn a lot of comparisons to Trump, and that side of him really came through in a recent interview with Canadian psychologist and Daily Wire Plus host Jordan Peterson.
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Trudeau Calls It Quits & Biden’s Drilling Ban | 1.7.25
No, and certainly not something you'd expect to hear from Trudeau.
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Pardon Chauvin Petition Launched & LA Mayor Recall Effort | Afternoon Update | 3.4.25
China immediately imposed an additional 10 to 15 percent tariff on goods from the U.S., saying it has raised complaints with the World Trade Organization. Mexican President Claudia Scheinbaum responded by imposing 25 percent retaliatory tariffs. Trudeau did the same, but went a step further and called President Trump's tariffs dumb. In a press conference today, Trudeau says the U.S.
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Pardon Chauvin Petition Launched & LA Mayor Recall Effort | Afternoon Update | 3.4.25
is sabotaging its own agenda and plans to speak with Trump in the coming days.
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Pardon Chauvin Petition Launched & LA Mayor Recall Effort | Afternoon Update | 3.4.25
The White House says Canada's actions don't go far enough and that Mexico has afforded safe havens to deadly drug cartels. President Trump responded to Trudeau on social media today. He says, please explain to Governor Trudeau of Canada that when he puts a retaliatory tariff on the U.S., our reciprocal tariff will immediately increase by a like amount.
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Pardon Chauvin Petition Launched & LA Mayor Recall Effort | Afternoon Update | 3.4.25
In a post on X just days after his Oval Office meeting turned contentious, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged the meeting didn't go the way it was supposed to, but stopped short of apologizing. Zelensky is urging Trump to restart military aid and says his country is ready to begin negotiations. The Biden-era mineral deal remains up in the air, though Vice President J.D.
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Pardon Chauvin Petition Launched & LA Mayor Recall Effort | Afternoon Update | 3.4.25
Vance says both he and Trump still support it. Vance says aid could be restored if Zelensky offers a plan for peace. Here's Vance last night on Hannity.
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Pardon Chauvin Petition Launched & LA Mayor Recall Effort | Afternoon Update | 3.4.25
Meanwhile, Zelensky has proposed a pause on all air and sea combat as long as Russia commits to the same.
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Trump-Zelensky Fallout & Tariffs Hit Canada, Mexico | 3.4.25
So President Trump delayed the tariffs last month. And leading up to the second deadline, there was a lot of confusion about what these tariffs would look like. Would an agreement be reached to avoid the tariffs? Would Trump delay again? Would he go halfway? None of those scenarios played out. Here was Trump yesterday.
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Trump-Zelensky Fallout & Tariffs Hit Canada, Mexico | 3.4.25
The blanket tariff is now in place, except for Canadian energy, and this is going to have some major economic effects on North America, especially as Canada and Mexico implement their own retaliatory tariffs. Many companies have already shifted supply lines and factories to avoid the brunt of the costs. Of course, onshoring this manufacturing is one of the goals of putting these tariffs in place.
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Trump-Zelensky Fallout & Tariffs Hit Canada, Mexico | 3.4.25
I should note that Trump also levied this morning an additional 10% tariff on Chinese goods to the United States. That falls on top of the 10% tariff Trump applied on China last month.
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Trump-Zelensky Fallout & Tariffs Hit Canada, Mexico | 3.4.25
Yeah. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was on Fox News over the weekend, and he said that the illegal immigration numbers are way down. But drugs are another matter. Here's Lutnick.
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Trump-Zelensky Fallout & Tariffs Hit Canada, Mexico | 3.4.25
so it's not that canada and mexico won't work with the white house but the president feels like they could do more for what it's worth mexico has evidently taken some basic law enforcement steps that it's been neglecting for decades here's what mexican general hector jimenez baez told the daily caller we are working every day national guard and mexican army to stop the drugs to stop illegal immigration that try to cross
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Trump-Zelensky Fallout & Tariffs Hit Canada, Mexico | 3.4.25
For context, the general is in his 36th year of his career with the Mexican military.
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Trump-Zelensky Fallout & Tariffs Hit Canada, Mexico | 3.4.25
Well, we've already seen a lot of investment come into the U.S. as companies try to avoid the cost of importing. That includes companies such as Honda that now plans to build its new Civic in Indiana instead of Mexico. Trump announced on Monday that Taiwanese chip giant TSMC is also making a heavy investment in the United States. Here's that.
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Trump-Zelensky Fallout & Tariffs Hit Canada, Mexico | 3.4.25
So some major investments in the U.S., but economic experts are warning about the inflationary pressure these new trade barriers could put on prices. But Trump's team is confident that their pro-growth policies will ultimately counteract those pressures. Right.
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Trump-Zelensky Fallout & Tariffs Hit Canada, Mexico | 3.4.25
Yeah, good morning, Georgia. Let's start with what we do know. Trump wrote on Truth Social Sunday that, quote, a U.S. crypto reserve will elevate this critical industry after years of corrupt attacks by the Biden administration. He said that the reserve would include Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies like Solana, Ether, and Cardano.
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Trump-Zelensky Fallout & Tariffs Hit Canada, Mexico | 3.4.25
Trump says creating this reserve will ensure that the United States becomes the crypto capital of the world. At a basic level, this just means that the federal government is going to buy and hold a bunch of cryptocurrency. That's going to signal the government's support of digital currencies, and it will allow the government to release crypto to stabilize the market if need be.
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Trump-Zelensky Fallout & Tariffs Hit Canada, Mexico | 3.4.25
Crypto advocates have long been pushing for the government to do something like this in the hopes that it will bring some modicum of stability to this notoriously tumultuous market.
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Trump-Zelensky Fallout & Tariffs Hit Canada, Mexico | 3.4.25
That's where things get a little bit unclear. Trump gave us a clue as to how this could work in July when he spoke at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville.
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Trump-Zelensky Fallout & Tariffs Hit Canada, Mexico | 3.4.25
Now, this could be as simple as sitting on all the crypto the federal government seizes from criminals. But Trump could also direct the Federal Reserve or some other agency to purchase a lot of crypto outright and build the stockpile that way. Critics are suggesting that Trump will pursue that latter route in a bid to enrich certain members of the crypto community.
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Trump-Zelensky Fallout & Tariffs Hit Canada, Mexico | 3.4.25
That includes his AI crypto czar, David Sachs, who is reportedly an early investor in Solana, one of the currencies set to be included in the stockpile. Now, Sachs said on Sunday that he sold all of his crypto before joining the Trump administration, but we can still expect a lot of this speculation in the coming days, or at least until Friday.
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Trump-Zelensky Fallout & Tariffs Hit Canada, Mexico | 3.4.25
That's when the White House is scheduled to host a crypto summit, where Sachs is expected to outline the plans for the strategic reserve in greater detail.
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Trump-Zelensky Fallout & Tariffs Hit Canada, Mexico | 3.4.25
Bitcoin briefly surged to $95,000 on Monday, along with other cryptocurrencies. But after a sell-off, it dipped back into the mid-80s, which is part of a general downward trend. The crypto market hit an all-time high in January, but has been faltering ever since.
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Trump-Zelensky Fallout & Tariffs Hit Canada, Mexico | 3.4.25
Just last week, Bitcoin dropped below $90,000 for the first time in months, a significant dip that had experts worrying the value would continue its nosedive. So still a little bit unclear as to what's going to happen here. Although I'll leave you with this. Cathie Wood, the CEO of ARK Invest, a pretty big figure on Wall Street, insists that Bitcoin is going to hit $1 million by 2030.
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Trump Plans Executive Action & Guantanamo Flights Begin | Afternoon Update | 2.4.25
The plan may be delayed until after Education Secretary-designate Linda McMahon's Senate confirmation, as officials worry it could impact her confirmation. If implemented, the order would mark one of the most significant federal education rollbacks in U.S. history. As Erica Donalds of the America First Policy Institute told News Nation, this order gives power back to parents.
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Trump Plans Executive Action & Guantanamo Flights Begin | Afternoon Update | 2.4.25
The order would slash most of the department's functions, reassign some programs to other federal agencies, and retain certain functions required by law. The move aligns with Trump's campaign promise to return control of education to the states and stop the agency from promoting what he calls the indoctrination of American youth.
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Trade War Detente & USAID Closes Up Shop | 2.4.25
Here to break down the trade war detente is Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips. So Cabot, that was fast. What happened in the last 24 hours?
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Trade War Detente & USAID Closes Up Shop | 2.4.25
I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Tuesday, February 4th, and this is Morning Wire. Texas calls in the cavalry to assist with immigration enforcement while anti-ice protesters take to the streets.
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Trade War Detente & USAID Closes Up Shop | 2.4.25
Now, we also saw a very similar response from Canada. Tell us about that.
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Trade War Detente & USAID Closes Up Shop | 2.4.25
Mexico and Canada back down, making major concessions to Trump and vowing to send troops to their borders in exchange for a pause on tariffs.
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Trade War Detente & USAID Closes Up Shop | 2.4.25
Now, all of this comes as Trump is also pursuing a firm approach with Panama. What's the latest there?
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Trade War Detente & USAID Closes Up Shop | 2.4.25
Well, three very significant developments. Cabot, thanks for reporting.
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Trade War Detente & USAID Closes Up Shop | 2.4.25
Members of the Texas National Guard can now make immigration-related arrests thanks to an authorization from Governor Greg Abbott. The move comes as anti-ICE protests are causing chaos in multiple cities, including Houston.
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Trade War Detente & USAID Closes Up Shop | 2.4.25
Here to talk about the controversy over USAID is Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce. So Tim, first off, what is USAID?
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Trade War Detente & USAID Closes Up Shop | 2.4.25
Thanks for waking up with Morning Wire. Stay tuned. We have the news you need to know.
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Trade War Detente & USAID Closes Up Shop | 2.4.25
Now, is there a way to clean house and get more politically neutral people in charge?
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Trade War Detente & USAID Closes Up Shop | 2.4.25
Now, is this a politically partisan move or are Democrats on board?
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Trade War Detente & USAID Closes Up Shop | 2.4.25
Well, fringe priorities are unfortunately a trend we've seen with some of these big agencies. Tim, thanks for reporting.
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New Jersey Drone Saga & East Palestine Settlement | Afternoon Update | 1.28.25
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem joined officers as they targeted violent illegal immigrants and made arrests for crimes including kidnapping, assault, and even double homicide. Among the arrested was an Interpol warranted fugitive from the Dominican Republic. Officials say the focus is on removing individuals with serious criminal charges to ensure public safety.
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New Jersey Drone Saga & East Palestine Settlement | Afternoon Update | 1.28.25
Officials say the raids also led to the arrest of an alleged Tren de Aragua ringleader in the Bronx. The 25-year-old is wanted for a high-profile break-in in Aurora, Colorado, and faces charges including kidnapping, burglary, and menacing. Neighbors described the early morning raids as intense, with officers smashing down doors to apprehend dangerous suspects.
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Trump’s Military Overhaul & Wall Street’s DeepSeek Disruption | 1.28.25
It was right across the border near Fronton, Texas. Border Patrol agents responded to a group of aliens that tried to cross the river and enter the U.S. illegally. And then in an incident that would seem to justify Trump's strong stance against the drug cartels, those border agents were fired at by suspected cartel gunmen. According to Fox News' Bill Malugin, the agents then fired back.
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Trump’s Military Overhaul & Wall Street’s DeepSeek Disruption | 1.28.25
Nobody on either side was hit in the firefight, nor did the group of aliens make it across the river.
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Trump’s Military Overhaul & Wall Street’s DeepSeek Disruption | 1.28.25
Right, the deportations he promised are well underway, and so are the political fights around them. The current count is well over 2,000 arrests, and unsurprisingly, the crackdown is sparking a lot of debate, which Trump's top lieutenants are definitely not shying away from. They've been out defending the administration's approach. Vice President J.D.
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Trump’s Military Overhaul & Wall Street’s DeepSeek Disruption | 1.28.25
Vance appeared on CBS' Face the Nation over the weekend. He talked about a lot of things, but he specifically addressed criticism by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
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Trump’s Military Overhaul & Wall Street’s DeepSeek Disruption | 1.28.25
CBS anchor Margaret Brennan also questioned Vance over the administration moving to freeze refugee programs. Here's that exchange.
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Trump’s Military Overhaul & Wall Street’s DeepSeek Disruption | 1.28.25
And here's Trump's deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller, talking to reporters last week.
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Trump’s Military Overhaul & Wall Street’s DeepSeek Disruption | 1.28.25
So as you heard in those clips, the White House is continuing to hit on the public safety aspect to promote its immigration policies. A major concern for Americans, so it makes sense to do that. How are deportations going so far? In Trump's first week, ICE says it's arrested over 2,500 aliens. The administration has been publishing videos of some of those raids.
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Trump’s Military Overhaul & Wall Street’s DeepSeek Disruption | 1.28.25
For instance, one such documented raid featured Trump's border czar Tom Homan and Dr. Phil. Here's some sound after agents arrested an illegal alien from Thailand.
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Trump’s Military Overhaul & Wall Street’s DeepSeek Disruption | 1.28.25
He's walking the streets of Chicago. So the administration is really running a full court press to show and explain its agenda to the American people.
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Black Sea Ceasefire & Signal Leak Hearing | Afternoon Update | 3.25.25
The Trump administration has invoked a legal doctrine known as state secrets privilege in a legal battle over the deportation flights. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pearce has more.
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Black Sea Ceasefire & Signal Leak Hearing | Afternoon Update | 3.25.25
A powerful sedative known as Trank or the zombie drug is once again making headlines. Experts say the drug Xylazine is being smuggled through the southern border and mixed with fentanyl. Xylazine is a veterinary tranquilizer that causes severe flesh wounds and puts users in a zombie-like state. It also doesn't respond to overdose reversal drugs like naloxone.
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Black Sea Ceasefire & Signal Leak Hearing | Afternoon Update | 3.25.25
The DEA says Xylazine has been found in nearly a quarter of fentanyl powder seizures and is making the opioid crisis even more deadly.
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Black Sea Ceasefire & Signal Leak Hearing | Afternoon Update | 3.25.25
Boeing has been given a lifeline after landing a Pentagon contract to build America's next generation fighter jet. Boeing's win was a surprise as they were competing with Lockheed Martin for the job and have been in a recovery mode after years of losses, safety concerns, and production delays.
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Black Sea Ceasefire & Signal Leak Hearing | Afternoon Update | 3.25.25
The F-47 designed to fly alongside autonomous drones and counter threats from China will be developed under a cost plus contract, guaranteeing Boeing profits during testing. President Trump says it will be the most advanced aircraft ever built.
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Black Sea Ceasefire & Signal Leak Hearing | Afternoon Update | 3.25.25
The White House says Ukraine and Russia have taken a major step towards peace. Daily Wire Deputy Managing Editor Tim Rice has the latest.
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Black Sea Ceasefire & Signal Leak Hearing | Afternoon Update | 3.25.25
Those are your drive home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com. And in case you missed it this morning, we covered some major stories, including the latest company bringing investments back to the U.S., congressional action taken against a deportation blocking judge, and Disney's latest box office bomb. Thanks for tuning in.
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Black Sea Ceasefire & Signal Leak Hearing | Afternoon Update | 3.25.25
We'll be back tomorrow morning with another full edition of Morning Wire.
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Black Sea Ceasefire & Signal Leak Hearing | Afternoon Update | 3.25.25
Officials say both countries have agreed to stop military activity in the Black Sea, as well as strikes on energy infrastructure. The agreement reportedly comes as a result of talks in Saudi Arabia, where delegations met separately with American mediators. Ukraine's defense minister confirmed the deal, while Russia has yet to comment publicly.
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Black Sea Ceasefire & Signal Leak Hearing | Afternoon Update | 3.25.25
The White House says both countries will eliminate the use of force in the Black Sea, though key details, including enforcement and the status of port infrastructure, remain unclear. Ukraine hopes the agreement will allow it to reopen frontline ports like Mykolaiv and Kherson, which were closed amid heavy fighting.
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Black Sea Ceasefire & Signal Leak Hearing | Afternoon Update | 3.25.25
The deal also comes as Kyiv looks to protect its grain exports through a shipping corridor that bypasses Russian threats in the region.
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Car Maker Invests Big & Snow White Bombs | 3.25.25
Well, Boasberg decided not to lift the temporary restraining order he placed on the Trump administration to block its use of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act. The administration used it to move dozens of illegal aliens with gang ties to El Salvador. The U.S. struck a deal with El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, earlier this year to hold illegal aliens in its modern prison system.
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Car Maker Invests Big & Snow White Bombs | 3.25.25
Now, Boasberg believes that shipping the aliens to El Salvador without a court hearing violated their due process rights. He also said that the administration's use of the act to move the gang members is likely an abuse of the law because, in his interpretation, it's only applicable in wartime. The administration's interpretation is a bit different.
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Car Maker Invests Big & Snow White Bombs | 3.25.25
Trump's team points out that the text of the law says that it can be used in wartime or when, quote, any invasion or predatory incursion is perpetrated against the territory of the United States. All right, so very different interpretations of the law.
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Car Maker Invests Big & Snow White Bombs | 3.25.25
What are we seeing there? Yeah, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson says that the number of court injunctions the administration is facing is extraordinary. Here's Johnson on Fox News over the weekend.
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Car Maker Invests Big & Snow White Bombs | 3.25.25
GOP Congressman Jim Jordan chairs the Judiciary Committee in the House, and he plans to have a hearing next week on what Republicans have called judicial activism. Jordan wants to focus on Boasberg's cases in particular. Here's Jordan on Fox News.
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Car Maker Invests Big & Snow White Bombs | 3.25.25
So Republicans want to find a way to speed up the process instead of letting the president's agenda suffer because this really unprecedented amount of court interference. Right.
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Car Maker Invests Big & Snow White Bombs | 3.25.25
Sure, so last week, Homan went to Boston and tagged along with federal agents on a lot of deportation raids. He recapped his experience yesterday on X. According to Homan, agents arrested 370 illegal aliens, with a majority being what Homan described as significant criminals. That includes fugitives wanted for murder, drug traffickers, and child predators.
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Car Maker Invests Big & Snow White Bombs | 3.25.25
Homan and Immigration and Customs Enforcement have accused the state of releasing aliens like these back onto the streets after having them in custody. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu denied that during an appearance to Congress, but a local news investigation turned up evidence to support Homan and ICE's claims.
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Car Maker Invests Big & Snow White Bombs | 3.25.25
According to CBS Boston, multiple violent felons have been released from custody despite having ICE detainers placed on them. That includes a Guatemalan national charged with three counts of aggravated child rape and a Honduran charged with assault to rape, battery, and other counts.
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Putin's Partial Ceasefire & Stranded Astronauts Head Home | Afternoon Update | 3.18.25
This comes after President Trump called for the impeachment of Judge James Boasberg for his alleged attempt to block deportation flights to El Salvador. It also follows Republican Representative Brandon Gill of Texas filing articles of impeachment against Boasberg for attempting to halt the flights under the Alien Enemies Act.
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Putin's Partial Ceasefire & Stranded Astronauts Head Home | Afternoon Update | 3.18.25
Gil says Boesberg overstepped his authority and interfered with Trump's mandate. This all began after the Obama-appointed judge issued a restraining order midair on flights carrying suspected gang members to El Salvador. The case could escalate to the Supreme Court and have potential consequences for judicial authority.
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Putin's Partial Ceasefire & Stranded Astronauts Head Home | Afternoon Update | 3.18.25
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller laid out why he believes Boesberg is out of bounds here.
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US-Russia Talks Begin & DOGE Targets IRS | 2.18.25
sure so top irs officials may soon release what's called a memorandum of understanding that would grant doge access one doge software engineer would be given broad access to dig into the tax agency systems and data most of which are built on top of 1960s technology so clearly there is plenty lacking at the irs in the way of efficiency at the very least
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US-Russia Talks Begin & DOGE Targets IRS | 2.18.25
The draft memo, which was viewed by the Washington Post, would give Doge access to the IRS for 120 days with an option for 120-day extension at the pleasure of the president. What has critics worried is that access to IRS systems includes access to the Integrated Data Retrieval System, or the IDRS. That holds personal information and bank information on millions of Americans.
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US-Russia Talks Begin & DOGE Targets IRS | 2.18.25
It's pretty tightly guarded. Even IRS commissioners traditionally are not given access to it. But Doge's work would presumably be tightly watched. In fact, part of the draft memo requires the Doge engineer to destroy any information from the IRS he has after his work is done.
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US-Russia Talks Begin & DOGE Targets IRS | 2.18.25
Automation will be a big part. There will be many roles in the system that a machine can perform better than a person can. And that's no different than what Doge is primarily doing across the federal government. The idea is that at the end of Doge's audit and updates, the federal bureaucracy should be significantly smaller and more focused, as well as more easily controlled by the president.
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US-Russia Talks Begin & DOGE Targets IRS | 2.18.25
Yeah, that was on Social Security. Musk posted the breakdown by age group of the number of eligible Social Security numbers in the United States. On the face of it, it's pretty clear that tens of millions of those numbers are fraudulent. Here's some perspective. The oldest person currently alive is 116 years old and she lives in Brazil.
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US-Russia Talks Begin & DOGE Targets IRS | 2.18.25
According to the social security system, nearly 12 and a half million Americans have valid social security numbers and are older than that. So major red flag there to say the least. But if that weren't enough, there are actually tens of millions more active Social Security numbers than there are U.S. citizens. That's tens of millions of suspicious numbers.
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US-Russia Talks Begin & DOGE Targets IRS | 2.18.25
Musk said this might be the biggest fraud in history.
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Trump’s Press Conference & Wisconsin’s School Shooting | 12.17.24
Yeah, Trump gave his first press conference since he won the 2024 election and chose to directly address a story that was first reported by The Daily Wire, the sell-off of tons of construction materials from the southern border. Here's Trump calling this almost criminal.
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Trump’s Press Conference & Wisconsin’s School Shooting | 12.17.24
Trump slammed Biden for what he described as failing his commitment to a smooth transition.
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Trump’s Press Conference & Wisconsin’s School Shooting | 12.17.24
Trump said that he is already hearing offers to sell sections of the border wall back to the federal government at a price much higher than what the Biden administration is selling it for now.
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Trump’s Press Conference & Wisconsin’s School Shooting | 12.17.24
Well, we'll see. Trump said he was working with officials in Texas on an application for a restraining order to block the sale of what border wall material is left.
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Trump’s Press Conference & Wisconsin’s School Shooting | 12.17.24
And that's not the only way Texas is trying to help. After the Daily Wire reported on this, state officials offered to buy what the Biden administration is putting up for sale to sell it back to the federal government after Trump is in office. However, Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick has said that the materials put up for sale so far are useless.
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Trump’s Press Conference & Wisconsin’s School Shooting | 12.17.24
Patrick wrote in a post on X, quote, the Texas Facilities Commission told us today that the material for sale was mostly junk with most panels covered in concrete and rust. He said the few panels that might have been usable weren't worth the cost of shipping from Arizona to Texas.
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Trump’s Press Conference & Wisconsin’s School Shooting | 12.17.24
We're not sure, but either way, GOP lawmakers want to look into it. Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday to, quote, "...demand full accountability and transparency from the Department of Defense about its role in the disposal of excess border wall materials."
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Trump’s Press Conference & Wisconsin’s School Shooting | 12.17.24
Now, according to Fox News, the Defense Department says it is selling off excess materials as was authorized in the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act. According to one defense official, the materials being sold currently have already been purchased by GovPlanet. That's the government surplus site the materials are being auctioned off on.
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Trump’s Press Conference & Wisconsin’s School Shooting | 12.17.24
But the important point is that the DOD can't stop the sale of this material because it doesn't belong to the government anymore.
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Jack Smith Report Released & Terror-Related Exemptions | Afternoon Update | 1.14.25
The special counsel reports first volume explains the decision to drop cases after Trump's 2024 election win, citing constitutional limits on prosecuting a sitting president. Smith defended the charges, stating they were based on flagrant offenses and strong evidence. Trump criticized the release on social media, calling Smith's findings desperate.
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Jack Smith Report Released & Terror-Related Exemptions | Afternoon Update | 1.14.25
Trump said the, quote, lame brain special counsel couldn't get his case tried before the election, which I won in the landslide, adding, the voters have spoken. While Smith maintains that he believes he would have gotten a conviction, legal experts aren't so sure. Here's former federal prosecutor Andrew Cherkasky on Fox.
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Jack Smith Report Released & Terror-Related Exemptions | Afternoon Update | 1.14.25
The report's second volume, focusing on classified documents, remains held up due to legal proceedings.
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SoCal Fire Risk Rises & Confirmations Hearings Begin | 1.14.25
You know, John, Trump said he was going to hit the ground running on Inauguration Day. But with the slate of hearings we have, it seems like he's getting the ball rolling a week early. 13 of his 15 cabinet nominees have hearings scheduled this week. That's everybody except HHS nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Labor Department pick Lori Chavez de Riemer, two of Trump's more controversial picks.
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SoCal Fire Risk Rises & Confirmations Hearings Begin | 1.14.25
But that doesn't mean this week is going to be without controversy. Things are starting off on a relatively easy note at 9 a.m. when Veterans Affairs nominee Doug Collins meets with the Veterans Affairs Committee. But at 9.30, we have what will likely be the most watched hearing of the season as Pete Hegseth takes the hot seat before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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SoCal Fire Risk Rises & Confirmations Hearings Begin | 1.14.25
Well, listeners may remember that there have been two main criticisms of Hegseth. The first is that he was unqualified for the job, which usually goes to a general or a top Pentagon official. Here's Wyoming Senator John Barrasso on that.
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SoCal Fire Risk Rises & Confirmations Hearings Begin | 1.14.25
But even more notable were the attacks on Hegseth's personal life. Reports surfaced that a woman accused him of sexual assault in 2017, and stories began circulating that Hegseth was often drunk at work at Fox. Hegseth says the 2017 encounter was consensual and a police investigation resulted in no charges being filed.
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SoCal Fire Risk Rises & Confirmations Hearings Begin | 1.14.25
And around a dozen of Hegseth's Fox co-workers dismissed the claims of him drinking as totally ludicrous. He later dismissed those claims in an interview with Megyn Kelly.
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SoCal Fire Risk Rises & Confirmations Hearings Begin | 1.14.25
Just yesterday, Punchbowl News reported that senators have been told Hegseth's FBI background check was, quote, unremarkable. So we should expect Republicans to lean heavily on that while Democrats keep up their same criticisms.
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SoCal Fire Risk Rises & Confirmations Hearings Begin | 1.14.25
Well, that one's going to be a lot less interesting, which is no doubt a relief for Collins. He's a veteran himself and a former congressman, and the VA is a historically troubled department. So senators are really just looking for someone with a proven commitment to helping vets, and they've got that in Collins. He's got tons of support from Republicans and not much pushback from Democrats.
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SoCal Fire Risk Rises & Confirmations Hearings Begin | 1.14.25
So this is probably going to be one of the easier confirmation hearings.
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SoCal Fire Risk Rises & Confirmations Hearings Begin | 1.14.25
Yeah, tomorrow's the big day with seven hearings scheduled. That includes Kristi Noem, Trump's pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security, and Marco Rubio, his choice for the State Department. Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi will have the first of two hearings tomorrow and will wrap up on Thursday when Treasury nominee Scott Besant and EPA pick Lee Zeldin will also take center stage.
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SoCal Fire Risk Rises & Confirmations Hearings Begin | 1.14.25
Also appearing Thursday is North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, whose hearing was originally scheduled for today, but got pushed at the 11th hour. Now, you may think that will be another easy one. Burgum's pretty non-controversial, he was in the spotlight a lot during his presidential campaign, and the Department of the Interior just isn't something lawmakers tend to get excited about.
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SoCal Fire Risk Rises & Confirmations Hearings Begin | 1.14.25
But remember, Trump also tapped Burgum to lead the newly created National Energy Council, where he'll be in charge of bolstering fossil fuel production. So we're already hearing reports that Democrats are going to grill Burgum about that and try to get him to commit to protecting certain land from drilling.
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SoCal Fire Risk Rises & Confirmations Hearings Begin | 1.14.25
There will also probably be some questions about conflicts of interest since Burgum is a wealthy investor. That's part of why Democrats moved to delay the hearing. They say they still haven't received Burgum's financial disclosure forms.
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Trump’s Canadian Tariff Win & NIH Vaccine Hesitancy Research | Afternoon Update | 3.11.25
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced the province is suspending its 25% surcharge on electricity exports to New York, Michigan, and Minnesota. The move follows Trump hitting Canada with another 25% tariff on steel and aluminum in retaliation.
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Trump’s Canadian Tariff Win & NIH Vaccine Hesitancy Research | Afternoon Update | 3.11.25
Ford says he had a productive conversation with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and will travel to Washington Thursday to discuss a renewed USMCA trade deal. President Trump also demanded the removal of Canada's 250 to 390 percent tariff on American dairy and warned he would impose major auto tariffs on April 2nd if changes weren't made.
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Trump’s Canadian Tariff Win & NIH Vaccine Hesitancy Research | Afternoon Update | 3.11.25
The move from Trump also follows Canada's new prime minister, Mark Carney, taking several shots at the president's tariffs, calling them unjustified. White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt gave the following response to that today.
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USAID Programs Slashed & Anti-Israel Activist Detained | 3.11.25
Are you aware that we are sending $40 million a week to the Taliban? Yes, sir. Can you name other instances of foreign aid going to terrorist organizations?
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USAID Programs Slashed & Anti-Israel Activist Detained | 3.11.25
Yeah, immigration authorities arrived at Khalil's university-owned apartment on Saturday and took him into custody. Khalil's attorney, Amy Greer, said that she spoke with one of the arresting agents, and the agent said Khalil's green card has been revoked and he will be deported.
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USAID Programs Slashed & Anti-Israel Activist Detained | 3.11.25
The legal fight over Khalil's arrest has already started, and a federal judge yesterday blocked the Trump administration from deporting him.
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USAID Programs Slashed & Anti-Israel Activist Detained | 3.11.25
So President Trump signed an executive order to crack down on foreign nationals agitating for terrorist groups while in the U.S. The State Department says Khalil supported terrorists, namely Hamas, and led protests that occupied and damaged campus buildings and caused major disruptions to campus. Here's Khalil leading a protest last year.
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USAID Programs Slashed & Anti-Israel Activist Detained | 3.11.25
Khalil's supporters say that this is an unjustified crackdown on Khalil's freedom of expression. Technically, as a foreign national, Khalil may not have the full freedoms that a citizen has, or at least that's the legal argument behind the deportation. That question will likely go to the courts.
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USAID Programs Slashed & Anti-Israel Activist Detained | 3.11.25
Morning Wire spoke about this with Victoria Coates, the vice president of national security and foreign policy at the Heritage Foundation. Here's what she said.
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USAID Programs Slashed & Anti-Israel Activist Detained | 3.11.25
The Trump administration is cracking down on Columbia, too, over these protests. The administration has canceled $400 million in grants and contracts over what it says is the university's failure to protect Jewish students on campus. Now, where will Khalil be deported to? He's of Palestinian descent and a Syrian national.
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USAID Programs Slashed & Anti-Israel Activist Detained | 3.11.25
That could make deporting him difficult with the instability still going on in Syria. So, according to Coates, he may be sent to Egypt or Jordan or some other third-party state in the region. Khalil's wife, who is a U.S. citizen, may choose to join her husband overseas or stay in the United States.
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USAID Programs Slashed & Anti-Israel Activist Detained | 3.11.25
Well, an Israeli delegation traveled to Qatar on Monday to negotiate with Hamas on the second phase of the ceasefire agreement. The U.S. envoy, Steve Witkoff, is expected to travel there today. Israel wants more hostages released before the ceasefire plan moves forward. In the meantime, Israel has cut off electricity, food and fuel to the Gaza Strip to increase pressure on the terrorist group.
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Marc Fogel Freed & Trump’s Green Energy Reversal | Afternoon Update | 2.11.25
The case now comes to an end nearly two years after it began. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today to drop charges against Trump's valet, Walt Nada, and Mar-a-Lago employee Carlos de Oliveira after the Justice Department withdrew its case following Trump's return to the White House.
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Marc Fogel Freed & Trump’s Green Energy Reversal | Afternoon Update | 2.11.25
Both men were accused of obstructing justice by allegedly moving classified files at Trump's Florida estate.
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Trump’s Retaliatory Tariffs & North Carolina Recovery | 2.11.25
Yeah, so Russell Vogt is President Trump's head of the Office of Management and Budget, and he's also the acting head of the CFPB. The CFPB is an independent agency in the executive branch that's funded directly by the Treasury. So uniquely for the government, Congress isn't involved in funding it. Vote sent out a memo to CFPB workers over the weekend telling them to stop almost all their work.
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Trump’s Retaliatory Tariffs & North Carolina Recovery | 2.11.25
The pause is so the agency's work can be reviewed and better aligned with Trump's agenda. Vote also told Treasury Secretary Scott Besant that the agency doesn't need any more funding next quarter. Democrats held a rally outside the CFPB yesterday. Here's what some of that sounded like. Let us work!
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Trump’s Retaliatory Tariffs & North Carolina Recovery | 2.11.25
Now, these moves by vote have been challenged in court, so we'll have to see what a judge makes of the lawsuit and how that impacts the CFPB. But for right now, the agency is on ice.
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Trump’s Retaliatory Tariffs & North Carolina Recovery | 2.11.25
Yeah, a federal judge in Massachusetts put a freeze on Trump's fork in the road offer yesterday. The program was a buyout. Any takers would continue to be paid for eight months if they agreed to resign by Monday. Federal labor unions sued over it. They said the program is arbitrary and capricious and that it lacks designated funding.
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Trump’s Retaliatory Tariffs & North Carolina Recovery | 2.11.25
So in other words, the Trump administration is making promises it can't keep. The judge didn't make a ruling on it, but he did on Monday place a temporary restraining order on the program to give him time until he does.
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Trump’s Retaliatory Tariffs & North Carolina Recovery | 2.11.25
At least 65,000 employees have accepted it so far, and now their buyouts are in limbo. The White House is getting some help from 22 Republican attorneys general who filed a friend of the court brief on Sunday and pushed back against the labor unions.
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Trump’s Retaliatory Tariffs & North Carolina Recovery | 2.11.25
The brief said the courts should refrain from intruding into the president's well-settled Article 2 authority to supervise and manage the federal workforce. So the court could upset a lot of federal employees who don't get the severance package they jumped on. Hmm.
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Trump’s Retaliatory Tariffs & North Carolina Recovery | 2.11.25
Right. This is from a lawsuit filed by Democratic attorneys general over the Department of Government Efficiency. Here's Treasury Secretary Besant explaining what's happening at his department in an interview on Bloomberg TV on Friday.
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Trump’s Retaliatory Tariffs & North Carolina Recovery | 2.11.25
Because of the lawsuit, a federal judge in Manhattan put a broad freeze on who is able to look at Treasury Department systems and information. The order was so broad, however, that the White House says that even Besant is blocked under it. Here's White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller on Fox News on Monday.
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Trump’s Retaliatory Tariffs & North Carolina Recovery | 2.11.25
So that was Miller on the ruling about the Treasury, but he could easily extend that argument to include the lawsuit on the Fork in the Road program and many other legal actions over Trump's presidential authority.
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Mangione May Face Death Penalty & Russia-Ukraine Negotiations | Afternoon Update | 4.1.25
Russian deputy foreign minister told state media that the United States plan fails to address what Russia sees as the root cause of the conflict, a key sticking point for the Kremlin. The remarks, which were published today, signal a continued impasse in efforts to negotiate peace in the region.
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Mangione May Face Death Penalty & Russia-Ukraine Negotiations | Afternoon Update | 4.1.25
President Vladimir Putin has insisted Ukraine must drop its bid to join NATO and recognize Russian control over four regions it currently holds. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has stepped up pressure on Moscow, saying he's pissed off with Putin and warning of possible sanctions on countries that buy Russian oil if there's no movement towards a broader deal.
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Tariff Time & Marine Le Pen Convicted in France | 4.1.25
Abuse, and a lot of it. Musk brought Gracias up on stage at a town hall on Sunday and had him explain.
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Tariff Time & Marine Le Pen Convicted in France | 4.1.25
Again, that's 2.1 million non-citizens who received social security numbers last year alone, 4.8 million under four years of Biden. I should note that this isn't necessarily fraud. Non-citizens in the country under certain rules are eligible for social security numbers, but the number of non-citizens receiving them surged under Biden.
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Tariff Time & Marine Le Pen Convicted in France | 4.1.25
Gracias went on to say that many of these non-citizens are receiving max benefits from the system.
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Tariff Time & Marine Le Pen Convicted in France | 4.1.25
And this is on top of an already struggling Social Security system. The trust fund that handles retirement benefits, for instance, is expected to run out of money by 2033.
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Tariff Time & Marine Le Pen Convicted in France | 4.1.25
Well, Musk gave a theory on why this happened under the Biden administration. He thinks it's intentional.
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Tariff Time & Marine Le Pen Convicted in France | 4.1.25
And Gracia says that these non-citizens who received social security numbers actually showed up to vote in many cases.
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Tariff Time & Marine Le Pen Convicted in France | 4.1.25
So potentially millions of non-citizens voting in U.S. elections.
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Palisades Fire Rages & Wildfire Fallout | 1.9.25
Yeah, the Mexican government has adopted a tactic known as dispersion and exhaustion. According to Fox News, Mexican authorities will let immigrants on their way to the U.S. walk for days until they are tired. Then Mexican authorities will offer the migrants a ride to a nearby Mexican city under the guise of reviewing their immigration status.
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Palisades Fire Rages & Wildfire Fallout | 1.9.25
But immigrants have said they can't get any help after they arrive. They can't even buy bus tickets out of the city. So these large caravans are slowly broken up and the migrants are basically forced to turn around back to their home countries. Mexico has, of course, done this after Trump threatened to put a 25% tariff on its goods unless it takes action on the border.
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Palisades Fire Rages & Wildfire Fallout | 1.9.25
There are some signs that point that way. For instance, Mexican authorities last month announced the largest seizure of fentanyl pills in Mexico's history. But at the same time, the Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has welcomed collaboration against the drug cartels. She has accused the United States of making false claims about the drug trade.
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Palisades Fire Rages & Wildfire Fallout | 1.9.25
Sheinbaum said that fentanyl is a much bigger problem in the U.S. and Canada, and that stories about Mexico's Sinaloa cartel manufacturing massive quantities of the drug are false. Of course, there are many experts in the U.S. that disagree with that. In fact, Trump's team is considering a move to designate Mexican drug cartels as terror groups.
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Palisades Fire Rages & Wildfire Fallout | 1.9.25
That designation could open up possible military action against the cartels that have plagued the southern border with drugs, human trafficking, and other crimes. Now, Trump explored something like that during his first term but held off because the Mexican government didn't like it. But Trump may have a different mindset now after four years of unprecedented illegal immigration.
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Palisades Fire Rages & Wildfire Fallout | 1.9.25
Yeah, the Lake and Riley Act passed the House on Tuesday by a vote of 264 to 159. The bill was named after Lake and Riley, a Georgia nursing student who was killed by an illegal alien last February. If it's signed into law, that act would require illegal aliens to be detained if arrested for certain nonviolent crimes.
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Palisades Fire Rages & Wildfire Fallout | 1.9.25
The bill passed with unanimous Republican support as well as with 48 votes from Democrats. That's a positive sign that it could get past the filibuster in the Senate. This was also a big victory for House Speaker Mike Johnson. Before the vote, Johnson said that Democrats who voted against the bill last year put politics ahead of principle.
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Palisades Fire Rages & Wildfire Fallout | 1.9.25
So we'll see what happens in the Senate. But there's a chance that the Lake and Riley Act could be the first legislative achievement of Trump's new administration.
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Trump Speech Fallout & Sanctuary Mayors Testify | 3.6.25
Pretty combative. The Oversight Committee brought in four Democratic mayors to grill them on their sanctuary city policies. Those mayors would be Michelle Wu of Boston, Brandon Johnson of Chicago, Mike Johnston of Denver, and Eric Adams of New York. Here's the committee's chair, James Comer, opening the hearing with some strong words against them.
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Trump Speech Fallout & Sanctuary Mayors Testify | 3.6.25
There was also one witness invited by the Democrats, David Beer, the director of immigration studies at the Libertarian Cato Institute. But the real show was between Republicans and the mayors. Right, there was bound to be some fireworks there. What were some of the key moments?
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Trump Speech Fallout & Sanctuary Mayors Testify | 3.6.25
One of the lines you heard often from these mayors is that their sanctuary city laws supposedly do not violate federal law. But then Republicans pointed out that federal immigration law can't be enforced if these cities won't work with federal law enforcement. Here's an exchange on that between Comer and Wu.
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Trump Speech Fallout & Sanctuary Mayors Testify | 3.6.25
Wu also took some heat from Congressman Byron Donalds for not knowing how much illegal immigration has cost her city.
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Trump Speech Fallout & Sanctuary Mayors Testify | 3.6.25
A side note on Wu, according to the Boston Herald, she spent $650,000 in taxpayer funds to prepare for yesterday's testimony. That money went to a New York City-based law firm to pay for document collection and so-called prep sessions ahead of the hearing. Wu then spent another $8,500 to bring additional staff to the hearing as well.
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Trump Speech Fallout & Sanctuary Mayors Testify | 3.6.25
But Wu and the other mayors stood by their policies throughout the hearing. Florida Congressman Annapolina Luna probably had the most pointed line when she said they should all be prosecuted.
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Trump Speech Fallout & Sanctuary Mayors Testify | 3.6.25
At one point, Johnson appeared to get a bit uneasy when Congressman Brandon Gill asked the Chicago mayor about gifts the city has received since he's been in office.
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Trump Speech Fallout & Sanctuary Mayors Testify | 3.6.25
They were pretty kind to the mayors, except for one, Mayor Adams. He took heat because of his relationship with the Trump administration. Adams has agreed to help crack down on violent illegals in New York City. Here's Congressman Robert Garcia asking him about that.
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Trump Speech Fallout & Sanctuary Mayors Testify | 3.6.25
And then there were some disruptions like this one that blew up into a shouting match between Comer and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley.
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Trump Speech Fallout & Sanctuary Mayors Testify | 3.6.25
There was an officer here that got their finger bit off. He didn't come home in one piece.
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Trump Speech Fallout & Sanctuary Mayors Testify | 3.6.25
Now, this was a long hearing, about six hours. But generally, Republicans came at the mayors hard and the mayors stood by their policies.
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Federal Buyout Paused & 60 Minutes Transcript Released | Afternoon Update | 2.6.25
The move comes just days after reports surfaced that CBS may settle President Trump's $10 billion lawsuit, which claims the network manipulated Harris' responses ahead of the 2024 election. CBS insists its edits were routine, but critics argue key portions were omitted. The release follows mounting pressure from both the public and the FCC.
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Federal Buyout Paused & 60 Minutes Transcript Released | Afternoon Update | 2.6.25
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says the agency is investigating whether CBS violated the agency's news distortion policy by selectively airing portions of Harris's responses to a question about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Here's what aired in a promo.
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Federal Buyout Paused & 60 Minutes Transcript Released | Afternoon Update | 2.6.25
Critics claim CBS edited the interview to make Harris sound more polished, fueling claims of election interference. CBS denies wrongdoing, stating its edits were for clarity and time constraints.
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Plane Collision Revelations & Hamas Hostage Handoff | Afternoon Update | 1.30.25
New Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says the collision between an American Airlines jet and a military helicopter was absolutely preventable. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has more on the crash details.
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Plane Collision Revelations & Hamas Hostage Handoff | Afternoon Update | 1.30.25
ICE says it's rounded up at least 5,500 criminal migrants since Trump's inauguration. Daily Wire deputy managing editor Tim Rice has the latest.
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Plane Collision Revelations & Hamas Hostage Handoff | Afternoon Update | 1.30.25
President Trump is cracking down on anti-Semitic college students. Trump ordered agencies to identify legal actions to prosecute offenders and deport pro-Hamas activists on student visas. The executive order also cuts federal funding to schools promoting critical race theory and reinstates protections for American monuments after recent vandalism.
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Plane Collision Revelations & Hamas Hostage Handoff | Afternoon Update | 1.30.25
House Republicans have urged stricter policies against anti-Semitism at universities following reports of rising anti-Jewish incidents. Trump's UN ambassador pick, Representative Elise Stefanik, reinforces his strong pro-Israel stance.
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Plane Collision Revelations & Hamas Hostage Handoff | Afternoon Update | 1.30.25
Those are your Drive Home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com. And in case you missed it this morning, we covered some other big stories, including the tragic plane wreck in D.C., RFK's first confirmation hearing, and Trump's order on trans procedures. Thanks for tuning in. We'll be back tomorrow morning with another full edition of Morning Wire.
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Airplane-Helicopter Collision & RFK Jr. High Stakes Hearing | 1.30.25
This is obviously a developing story with more details coming to light every minute, but as of this recording, what we know for sure is that the collision took place last night at about 9 p.m. Eastern Time. The plane was American Airlines Flight 5342, and it collided with a Blackhawk helicopter over the Potomac River in D.C.
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Airplane-Helicopter Collision & RFK Jr. High Stakes Hearing | 1.30.25
The plane appears to have been approaching the airport preparing to land when it collided with the military helicopter. Within an hour, the incident was declared a mass casualty event and all flights were grounded at Reagan National Airport. The plane was a regional jet, a Bombardier CRJ 7000, which left Wichita, Kansas at around 5.30 p.m. local time.
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Airplane-Helicopter Collision & RFK Jr. High Stakes Hearing | 1.30.25
It was operated by PSA, a subsidiary of American Airlines. That model of plane generally carries 60 to 70 passengers. CNBC reports that this particular flight had 64 people on board, 60 passengers and four crew members. The helicopter it collided with had another three crew members or soldiers on board.
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Airplane-Helicopter Collision & RFK Jr. High Stakes Hearing | 1.30.25
The helicopter also had a gold top, which typically signifies a VIP or senior government official, but reports say no one like that was on board. President Trump released the following statement late last night. I have been fully briefed on the terrible accident which just took place at Reagan National Airport. May God bless their souls.
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Airplane-Helicopter Collision & RFK Jr. High Stakes Hearing | 1.30.25
Thank you for the incredible work being done by our first responders. I am monitoring the situation and will provide more details as they arise. Within minutes of the crash, a massive search and rescue operation was mounted, including 100 ambulances and boats on the river. Because the plane landed in the water, that added another layer of urgency to the search and rescue operation.
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Airplane-Helicopter Collision & RFK Jr. High Stakes Hearing | 1.30.25
NBC Washington reported last night that the water temperature in the Potomac was about 37 degrees, and that hypothermia can begin to set in after 15 to 20 minutes of exposure to those conditions.
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Airplane-Helicopter Collision & RFK Jr. High Stakes Hearing | 1.30.25
Well, the response was rapid, and hundreds of first responders have been involved. Along with police and fire departments on land, fireboats were deployed in the water. There's been every effort to try to find any possible survivors.
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Airplane-Helicopter Collision & RFK Jr. High Stakes Hearing | 1.30.25
Kansas Senator Roger Marshall was on the scene last night, and he put out a statement asking for prayers for the victims, the emergency responders, and for his state as, again, the flight originated from Wichita.
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Airplane-Helicopter Collision & RFK Jr. High Stakes Hearing | 1.30.25
That's what investigators will have to find out. Modern commercial airliners are equipped with technology that is supposed to prevent exactly the sort of situation. It even has experts surprised. Here's CNN's aviation correspondent Pete Muntean, himself a private pilot and instructor.
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Airplane-Helicopter Collision & RFK Jr. High Stakes Hearing | 1.30.25
Muntean also said that this accident will change aviation.
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Airplane-Helicopter Collision & RFK Jr. High Stakes Hearing | 1.30.25
So still a lot of questions to be answered here.
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Tariff Retaliation Threats & FBI Busts MS-13 Leader | Afternoon Update | 4.3.25
Attorney General Pam Bondi said yesterday that Joel Vargas Escobar of El Salvador had been arrested on Tuesday and charged with racketeering conspiracy involving 11 murders. Vargas Escobar is in the U.S. illegally and was previously deported in 2018. He is suspected of being part of the command and control structure of MS-13 in Las Vegas and California.
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Tariff Retaliation Threats & FBI Busts MS-13 Leader | Afternoon Update | 4.3.25
Vargas Escobar was charged with racketeering conspiracy, two counts of murder in aid of racketeering, and multiple gun charges. He was detained by law enforcement on Long Island. Bondi said, quote, the American people are safer following the arrest of yet another MS-13 leader. She went on to say that this terrorist entered our country illegally and is accused of orchestrating 11 murders.
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Tariff Retaliation Threats & FBI Busts MS-13 Leader | Afternoon Update | 4.3.25
Under President Trump's leadership, we will not rest until this terrorist organization is completely dismantled and its members are behind bars.
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Trump Tariffs Unveiled & FBI Censored Biden Laptop | 4.3.25
First, I wish we could see more of them. The messages received by the Judiciary Committee were heavily redacted. Still, what we can see looks a lot like a cover-up. To set the stage, an FBI analyst actually confirmed the laptop's authenticity in a phone call with Twitter on October 14th of 2020. the day that a story in the New York Post dropped on information found in Biden's laptop.
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Trump Tariffs Unveiled & FBI Censored Biden Laptop | 4.3.25
After that, the FBI's brass shut down public discussion. According to these messages, an FBI official told Elvis Chan, the FBI liaison for social media companies, that there was a, quote, gag order on talk about the laptop. Now, this was apparently as the FBI was actively investigating the laptop for criminal conduct.
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Trump Tariffs Unveiled & FBI Censored Biden Laptop | 4.3.25
Chan asked what specific crime was suspected of being committed, and the response is censored. But it was apparently shocking enough to make Chan write back, oh, crap, OK, it ends here.
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Trump Tariffs Unveiled & FBI Censored Biden Laptop | 4.3.25
Right. Morning Wire spoke with Washington Free Beacon reporter John Levine about that. He was reporter at the Post when the laptop story first broke. Here's what he said.
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Trump Tariffs Unveiled & FBI Censored Biden Laptop | 4.3.25
All the FBI had to do was confirm the laptop's existence. Instead, it allowed a huge censorship operation to take place on what was a very real news story.
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Trump Tariffs Unveiled & FBI Censored Biden Laptop | 4.3.25
And then, of course, you even had news outlets propping up the FBI narrative, from NPR saying it didn't want to, quote, waste our time on stories that are not really stories, to Politico publishing a story on dozens of foreign intelligence officials that suggested the laptop was somehow Russian disinformation, all while the FBI was, in fact, investigating a very real Hunter Biden laptop.
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Trump Tariffs Unveiled & FBI Censored Biden Laptop | 4.3.25
Right. Levine also had some insight on that as well.
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Trump Tariffs Unveiled & FBI Censored Biden Laptop | 4.3.25
So when President Trump complains about the deep state and bad actors, it's evidence like this that gives those accusations a lot of weight. It makes it pretty hard to argue against that point.
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Lawmakers Probe Signal-Gate & Conservatives Swatted | 3.27.25
Yeah, good morning, Georgia. The purpose of the anti-American airwaves hearing was to determine if NPR and PBS should continue to receive federal funding. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a government-funded company that received $535 million from taxpayers this year, and a lot of that goes directly to NPR and PBS.
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Lawmakers Probe Signal-Gate & Conservatives Swatted | 3.27.25
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who organized the hearing, slammed PBS and NPR, calling them radical left-wing echo chambers that publish biased news reports with government subsidies and push LGBTQ programming intent on grooming children. NPR CEO Catherine Marr admitted under questioning that it was concerning there were no Republicans on NPR's editorial board. All 87 are Democrats.
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Lawmakers Probe Signal-Gate & Conservatives Swatted | 3.27.25
And she said that NPR was mistaken in failing to cover the Hunter Biden laptop story more aggressively and sooner. But perhaps the most revealing moment came when Texas Congressman Brandon Gill grilled her about her past tweets.
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Lawmakers Probe Signal-Gate & Conservatives Swatted | 3.27.25
PBS CEO Paula Kerger defended her network, arguing that there's nothing more American than PBS and describing the network as a crucial source of accurate information and educational programming for millions of Americans. She also insisted her outlet is a fair, nonpartisan and objective outlet.
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Lawmakers Probe Signal-Gate & Conservatives Swatted | 3.27.25
But here she is being grilled by Congressman Pat Fallon on the number of times PBS used the term far right versus far left.
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Lawmakers Probe Signal-Gate & Conservatives Swatted | 3.27.25
Yeah, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard returned to the hot seat, and they were joined by FBI Director Kash Patel. Despite the change of venue, though, yesterday's hearings went about the same as Tuesday's. The Trump officials defended their actions, and Democrats weren't letting the issue die.
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Lawmakers Probe Signal-Gate & Conservatives Swatted | 3.27.25
Here's Congresswoman Chrissy Houlihan having a heated exchange with Patel.
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Lawmakers Probe Signal-Gate & Conservatives Swatted | 3.27.25
Yes, it is. And in fact, the White House is actually going on the offensive, noting that in a follow-up article, The Atlantic characterized the contents of the signal chat as attack plans, which the Trump administration says is less serious than the original war plans.
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Epstein Contacts Release & Hackman Death Investigation | Afternoon Update | 2.27.25
Egg prices have skyrocketed 230% since President Joe Biden took office, rising from $1.47 per dozen in January 2021 to nearly $5 last month. Agriculture Secretary Rollins announced a $1 billion plan to address the crisis, driven by avian flu outbreaks that have hit poultry farmers hard.
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Epstein Contacts Release & Hackman Death Investigation | Afternoon Update | 2.27.25
The plan includes boosting farm biosecurity, offering financial relief to farmers, researching vaccines, easing regulatory burdens, and considering temporary egg imports. Rollins says the strategy aims to stabilize egg prices within six months. The goal is to provide relief for struggling farmers and make eggs affordable for American families again.
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Epstein Contacts Release & Hackman Death Investigation | Afternoon Update | 2.27.25
Sources say the document lacks context and won't include a client list, likely disappointing those seeking new revelations about Epstein's ties to powerful figures. Trump administration officials maintain, however, that the documents contain some shocking findings. Here's counselor to the president, Alina Haba.
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Epstein Contacts Release & Hackman Death Investigation | Afternoon Update | 2.27.25
According to Attorney General Pam Bondi, thousands of documents related to Epstein are still missing from the DOJ. Bondi wrote a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel on Thursday directing him to dig into the FBI's New York field office where those documents are allegedly being kept against Bondi's orders.
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Epstein Contacts Release & Hackman Death Investigation | Afternoon Update | 2.27.25
High-profile names linked to Epstein include former President Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Prince Andrew, and President Donald Trump, who reportedly banned Epstein from Mar-a-Lago in 2007.
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Ukraine Mineral Deal & Trump’s Gold Card Program | 2.27.25
Well, the aim is to use it to replace the EB-5 program. That's a program that was launched in the 90s to spur job creation and investment from foreigners in exchange for a green card. Here's Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick explaining it during Wednesday's cabinet meeting.
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Ukraine Mineral Deal & Trump’s Gold Card Program | 2.27.25
Right. The program can be used by companies to recruit top-tier talent internationally. Here's President Trump talking about that.
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Ukraine Mineral Deal & Trump’s Gold Card Program | 2.27.25
The president said the money made from this program will be used to pay down some of the United States' nearly $37 trillion debt.
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Ukraine Mineral Deal & Trump’s Gold Card Program | 2.27.25
Sure. So the Trump administration wants to create a criminal penalty for those illegal aliens who are in the country and have never interacted with the government. Here's Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Fox News.
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Ukraine Mineral Deal & Trump’s Gold Card Program | 2.27.25
The Trump administration would go to a law passed in 1940. That law created an immigration registry to help catch suspected communists. The authority fell out of use in the 60s, though, after lawmakers found the program to be too costly and not of much benefit.
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Taliban Frees George Glezmann & Trump Gives Maine Deadline | Afternoon Update | 3.20.25
A spokesman for House Speaker Mike Johnson emphasized the threat posed by judges with political agendas, stating the speaker looks forward to working with the Judiciary Committee to explore constitutional measures to address the issue. The move follows a recent ruling by U.S. District Judge James Boasberg.
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Taliban Frees George Glezmann & Trump Gives Maine Deadline | Afternoon Update | 3.20.25
who temporarily halted Trump's deportation flights targeting Venezuelan nationals under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act. In response, Trump criticized Boesberg and called for his impeachment, questioning judicial authority in matters of national security. Former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer today criticized Trump's comments, saying it was wrong to impeach a judge over judicial decisions.
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Taliban Frees George Glezmann & Trump Gives Maine Deadline | Afternoon Update | 3.20.25
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, however, had a difference in opinion.
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Tesla Attacks Investigated & Trump Battles Legal Injunctions | 3.20.25
Saying on my phone, I know some of you know this on the iPhone, they've got that little stock app. I added Tesla to it to give me a little boost during the day. $2.25 and dropping.
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Kash Patel Confirmed & Vance Opens CPAC | Afternoon Update | 2.20.25
President Trump announced Wednesday night that he's considering giving taxpayers 20% of the money being saved by Doge as a tax break. Speaking at an investment conference in Miami, Trump praised Doge's efforts under Elon Musk, highlighting $55 billion in savings already achieved. The proposed plan would allocate another 20% of these savings to reduce the national debt.
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Kash Patel Confirmed & Vance Opens CPAC | Afternoon Update | 2.20.25
Details on the feasibility of this proposal and whether congressional approval is required have not been disclosed.
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Kash Patel Confirmed & Vance Opens CPAC | Afternoon Update | 2.20.25
IRS employees received an email Wednesday ordering them to the office today with all of their government-issued equipment. These layoffs are part of Trump's efforts to reduce the federal workforce. Today's firings target probationary employees who have less than one to two years of service and have fewer job protections.
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Kash Patel Confirmed & Vance Opens CPAC | Afternoon Update | 2.20.25
The Biden administration hired thousands of new agents, many in customer service and compliance, bringing the total number of employees at the agency up to 100,000. Those being reduced are not deemed critical to filing season.
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Trump-Zelensky Feud & MAHA’s Industry Impact | 2.20.25
What's driving the wedge between the two leaders and how will Trump's new economic deal play into the talks?
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Trump-Zelensky Feud & MAHA’s Industry Impact | 2.20.25
Here to explain why we didn't get the fireworks many were expecting is Daily Wire deputy managing editor Tim Rice. Hey, Tim, so not quite what we thought we were going to see yesterday. Tell us about this hearing.
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Trump-Zelensky Feud & MAHA’s Industry Impact | 2.20.25
And RFK and the Make America Healthy Again Commission are already heavily influencing the food industry.
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Trump-Zelensky Feud & MAHA’s Industry Impact | 2.20.25
So a pretty big turnaround there. Now, Republicans did have some other concerns. What other questions did we hear from them?
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Trump-Zelensky Feud & MAHA’s Industry Impact | 2.20.25
So it sounds like she may have sewn up Republican support. What about Democrats? What did they say?
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Trump-Zelensky Feud & MAHA’s Industry Impact | 2.20.25
So before we let you go, what other confirmation news do we need to have on our radar?
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Trump-Zelensky Feud & MAHA’s Industry Impact | 2.20.25
And meanwhile, we're finally nearing the end of these confirmation hearings. Thanks so much for reporting. You bet. With HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the helm, President Trump has established the ambitious Make America Healthy Again Commission, which is already impacting the food industry.
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Trump-Zelensky Feud & MAHA’s Industry Impact | 2.20.25
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FBI Believes NOLA Terror Suspect Acted Alone | Afternoon Update | 1.2.25
This morning, and I don't want to single out just one news source, but I just happened to turn on Fox and Friends. And that was a young man who was interviewed, who was actually on Bourbon Street during this horrific act of terrorism. And they closed out by asking him what now. And I think he summed it up. He said, look, we can't live in fear because fear will paralyze us.
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FBI Believes NOLA Terror Suspect Acted Alone | Afternoon Update | 1.2.25
He said, we come down to the city to enjoy ourselves. and to entertain ourselves and to be with our friends and with our families because that's who we are.
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FBI Believes NOLA Terror Suspect Acted Alone | Afternoon Update | 1.2.25
Law enforcement says Colorado resident and Army veteran Matthew Livelsberger rented the Tesla on Turo, then drove it up to the front of the hotel. There, explosive devices in the bed detonated, killing the driver and injuring several people. Officials say the vehicle was packed with firework-style mortars, camping fuel, and a detonation device.
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FBI Believes NOLA Terror Suspect Acted Alone | Afternoon Update | 1.2.25
Littlesburger reportedly has several addresses in Colorado Springs, at least one of which was raided by officials late Wednesday. The suspect in the terror attack in New Orleans was also a military veteran, and the truck he used was also rented on Turo.
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House Scraps Spending Bill & Mangione’s Extradition | 12.19.24
So police in Aurora, Colorado arrested 14 suspects in an early morning raid on Tuesday. The suspects are a mix of men and women, but mostly men, and police say they are very likely tied to the Venezuelan gang at Tren de Aragua. According to police, the suspects broke into an apartment at the Edge at Lowry apartment building in Aurora.
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House Scraps Spending Bill & Mangione’s Extradition | 12.19.24
That's an apartment already notorious for Tren de Aragua activity. Police said the suspects broke in, kidnapped the people living there, and took them to another apartment and tortured them. Here's Aurora Police Chief Todd Chamberlain explaining what happened during a press conference on Tuesday.
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House Scraps Spending Bill & Mangione’s Extradition | 12.19.24
They were terrorized. The victims got away only after they swore they wouldn't call police, which thankfully they eventually did.
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House Scraps Spending Bill & Mangione’s Extradition | 12.19.24
Yeah, authorities say the investigation is underway with help from the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The incoming border czar, Tom Homan, said on Fox News on Wednesday that he wants the suspects eventually handed over to ICE.
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House Scraps Spending Bill & Mangione’s Extradition | 12.19.24
Right. Border Patrol this week announced the arrest of an illegal alien from South Africa who is on the U.S. terror watch list. The alien was picked up in New York City, but that was only after he was released into the country by federal authorities. This man was originally detained in Texas by the State Department of Public Safety for trespassing.
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House Scraps Spending Bill & Mangione’s Extradition | 12.19.24
Texas turned him over to federal authorities, along with dozens of others, and the feds released him back into the U.S. When it became clear this man had ties to terrorism, that obviously set off alarms and authorities rushed to catch him again. They eventually found him in Brooklyn, but they don't yet know how he got there or how long he'd been in New York.
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Ceasefire Deal in Limbo & WaPo’s Mission Statement | Afternoon Update | 1.16.25
Former North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum faced questions about key environmental and energy policies during his Senate confirmation hearing for Interior Secretary. Daily Wire reporter Tim Rice reports.
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Ceasefire Deal in Limbo & WaPo’s Mission Statement | Afternoon Update | 1.16.25
Southern California is beginning the conversation around rebuilding after the wildfires destroyed thousands of homes and businesses. Daily Wire reporter Amanda Prestigiacomo has more.
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Ceasefire Deal in Limbo & WaPo’s Mission Statement | Afternoon Update | 1.16.25
The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas is once again in limbo while mediators work to salvage the deal. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has the latest.
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Ceasefire Deal in Limbo & WaPo’s Mission Statement | Afternoon Update | 1.16.25
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has announced his pick for Marco Rubio's Senate seat. DeSantis revealed today that Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will fill the seat after Rubio's expected confirmation as Secretary of State in Trump's administration. DeSantis praised Moody's track record for delivering results and her commitment to conservative principles.
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Ceasefire Deal in Limbo & WaPo’s Mission Statement | Afternoon Update | 1.16.25
Moody will officially take her Senate seat on January 20th following Trump's inauguration and Rubio's confirmation.
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Ceasefire Deal in Limbo & WaPo’s Mission Statement | Afternoon Update | 1.16.25
And the financially struggling Washington Post unveiled a new mission statement this week, quote, riveting storytelling for all of America. The move is part of an attempt to broaden its appeal beyond coastal cities and engage blue collar and conservative readers. The announcement comes amidst staff dissatisfaction with leadership and financial losses totaling 77 million in 2023.
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Ceasefire Deal in Limbo & WaPo’s Mission Statement | Afternoon Update | 1.16.25
Owner Jeff Bezos supports the shift with plans for more opinion content, artificial intelligence integration, and a goal to reach 200 million users monthly.
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Federal Workers Reinstated & Trump Tower Swarmed | Afternoon Update | 3.13.25
Putin said that any truce must lead to lasting peace and address Russia's security concerns. Here's the Russian president at a news conference today.
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Federal Workers Reinstated & Trump Tower Swarmed | Afternoon Update | 3.13.25
Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff traveled to Moscow today for talks on the U.S.-brokered proposal. Russian demands for a ceasefire include blocking Ukraine from joining NATO and recognizing Russian claims to occupied territories. Meanwhile, Russian forces claim they've retaken a key border town in Ukraine while tightening control over Ukraine's foothold in the Kursk region.
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Federal Workers Reinstated & Trump Tower Swarmed | Afternoon Update | 3.13.25
The Kremlin has yet to formally accept a ceasefire, as both sides weigh the risks and potential advantages of a temporary truce.
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Federal Workers Reinstated & Trump Tower Swarmed | Afternoon Update | 3.13.25
Former Congressman Dave Weldon's nomination was yanked just hours before his Senate confirmation hearing. Weldon had faced mounting criticism over past claims linking vaccines to autism. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly told officials Weldon wasn't ready for the role.
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Federal Workers Reinstated & Trump Tower Swarmed | Afternoon Update | 3.13.25
Meanwhile, doctors Jay Bhattacharya and Marty Makary have both advanced to full Senate floor votes. Bhattacharya's nomination to lead the National Institutes of Health in a 12-11 party line vote. Trump nominated Bhattacharya to lead the National Institutes of Health and Makary to head up the FDA. If confirmed, the two say they'll work very closely.
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Inflation Cools Down & Education Department Downsizes | 3.13.25
What's the latest? Yeah, good morning, John. Things kicked off late Tuesday when Education Department staff across the country were told to stay home on Wednesday. Mm-hmm. This is probably the biggest round of layoffs we've seen since the Trump administration shut down USAID.
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Inflation Cools Down & Education Department Downsizes | 3.13.25
Education Secretary Linda McMahon said in a statement Wednesday that this reduction in force reflects the Department of Education's commitment to efficiency, accountability, and ensuring that resources are directed where they matter most, to students, parents, and teachers.
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Inflation Cools Down & Education Department Downsizes | 3.13.25
And in an appearance on Fox News Tuesday evening, McMahon told Laura Ingraham that this was indeed the first step towards shuttering the department entirely.
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Inflation Cools Down & Education Department Downsizes | 3.13.25
Trump addressed these layoffs from the Oval Office yesterday when a reporter noted that many of the affected employees served during his first term.
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Inflation Cools Down & Education Department Downsizes | 3.13.25
Well, to hear Trump and McMahon tell it, not a whole lot. McMahon has stressed that this first round of layoffs won't impact student loans or programs dedicated to students with special needs. The cuts seem largely targeted at the department's Office of Civil Rights, which is charged with enforcing Title IX policies. So things like whether or not schools should have gender neutral bathrooms.
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Inflation Cools Down & Education Department Downsizes | 3.13.25
Trump has said he wants to stop the abuse of your taxpayer dollars to indoctrinate America's youth. And McMahon says she wants to return control of education to the states. The department has already cut $600 million in grants for training teachers in things like social justice activism and anti-racism.
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Inflation Cools Down & Education Department Downsizes | 3.13.25
So we should expect to see a lot more of that type of cut while the department reassigns things like student loans and special needs programs to other federal agencies or even state governments. Well, it's certainly going to be interesting to see how these changes are handled.
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RFK Confirmed & Trump’s Buyout Moves Forward | Afternoon Update | 2.13.25
Hochul pushed back, calling the move dramatic and insisting federal agents should not have unlimited access to DMV records. The lawsuit follows similar legal action against Illinois as the Trump administration intensifies its immigration crackdown.
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RFK Confirmed & Trump’s Buyout Moves Forward | Afternoon Update | 2.13.25
Meanwhile, Trump's border czar Tom Homan met with New York City Mayor Eric Adams, seeking cooperation on deporting criminal illegal aliens and locating missing migrant children.
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RFK Confirmed & Trump’s Buyout Moves Forward | Afternoon Update | 2.13.25
The Trump administration's buyout program for government workers can move forward. The deferred resignation program offered federal employees unwilling to return to the office up to eight months of pay and benefits in exchange for their resignations. Unions argued the program was illegal, but a federal judge has ruled they lacked standing to sue.
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RFK Confirmed & Trump’s Buyout Moves Forward | Afternoon Update | 2.13.25
About 75,000 federal employees have accepted the offer, while agencies like the CIA have extended buyouts to their workforce. With the court's decision, the program is now officially closed as the deadline has passed.
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RFK Confirmed & Trump’s Buyout Moves Forward | Afternoon Update | 2.13.25
A migrant with a known criminal record rammed a car into a group of protesters in Munich, Germany today, injuring 28 people, including children. Authorities say the driver, who was known to police for drug and theft offenses, has been detained. Bavarian Minister President Markus Soder called it an attack, saying something has to change in Germany and quickly.
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RFK Confirmed & Trump’s Buyout Moves Forward | Afternoon Update | 2.13.25
The incident follows a deadly car ramming in December that left six dead.
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RFK Confirmed & Trump’s Buyout Moves Forward | Afternoon Update | 2.13.25
The Senate has confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services Secretary in a vote mostly along party lines. Daily Wire Deputy Managing Editor Tim Rice has the latest.
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RFK Confirmed & Trump’s Buyout Moves Forward | Afternoon Update | 2.13.25
The lawsuit challenges New York's Green Light Law, which grants drivers licenses to illegal immigrants and limits cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. Here's Pam Bondi.
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Trump’s Budget Plan Passes & Hegseth Pens Panama Deal | Afternoon Update | 4.10.25
Doge says it's uncovered hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulent unemployment claims. including payouts to people not yet born. The agency says it has identified nearly 10,000 individuals with birth dates up to 15 years in the future who have collected $69 million. They've also found people over the age of 115 receiving a total of $59 million.
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Trump’s Budget Plan Passes & Hegseth Pens Panama Deal | Afternoon Update | 4.10.25
In one case, a claim was filed under the birth year of 2154. Elon Musk called the findings insane and said the fraud highlights a lack of basic identity checks.
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Trump’s Budget Plan Passes & Hegseth Pens Panama Deal | Afternoon Update | 4.10.25
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has made a deal to safeguard the Panama Canal. Daily Wire White House correspondent Mary Margaret Olihan traveled to Panama with the secretary for the historic meeting.
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Trump’s Budget Plan Passes & Hegseth Pens Panama Deal | Afternoon Update | 4.10.25
And a bill requiring in-person proof of citizenship to vote has passed the House. The Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility, or SAVE, Act is backed by President Trump and aims to crack down on non-citizen voting. All but five Democrats opposed it. That's despite polls showing that an overwhelming 80% of Americans support voter ID laws.
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Trump’s Budget Plan Passes & Hegseth Pens Panama Deal | Afternoon Update | 4.10.25
The measure now heads to the Senate, where it faces a tougher path, needing 60 votes to advance. Critics argue that non-citizen voting is already rare and penalized harshly. Supporters say the bill is key to protecting election integrity.
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Trump’s Budget Plan Passes & Hegseth Pens Panama Deal | Afternoon Update | 4.10.25
President Trump got a big win today related to what he's branded the big, beautiful budget plan bill. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pearce has the latest.
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Stocks Soar as Trump Pauses Tariffs | 4.10.25
Well, Georgia, that all comes down to another of Trump's favorite phrases, tax cuts. The president talked about them at the National Republican Congressional Committee dinner on Monday. He spoke about his plan to extend his 2017 tax cuts and urged Republicans to vote for a budget bill that he's calling the Big Beautiful Bill.
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Stocks Soar as Trump Pauses Tariffs | 4.10.25
In addition to tax cuts, the bill would raise the debt ceiling and allocate more money for the Trump administration's deportation efforts. Republicans are reportedly hoping to pass the bill by Memorial Day. The White House is clearly trying to shift the focus away from tariffs and to that bill, along with the rest of the administration's economic agenda.
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Stocks Soar as Trump Pauses Tariffs | 4.10.25
In a speech to the American Bankers Association yesterday, Treasury Secretary Scott Besson gave a summary of what that agenda entails.
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Stocks Soar as Trump Pauses Tariffs | 4.10.25
He did, though he made sure to tie everything back to the broader economic agenda.
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HUD Cracks Down on Illegal Aliens in Public Housing | 4.5.25
I want to move now to you and Secretary Noem at DHS have partnered in this mission to get illegal aliens out of public housing. Can you explain a little bit of how this process is going to work, HUD and DHS working together?
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HUD Cracks Down on Illegal Aliens in Public Housing | 4.5.25
Do we know how many illegal aliens are currently in public housing?
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HUD Cracks Down on Illegal Aliens in Public Housing | 4.5.25
And I read a New York Post article that mentioned the 9 million residents in public and subsidized housing. But part of the reason that the Post article said that we don't know how many of those are illegal is because of bad information sharing between the various local and federal agencies, I would guess. Yes. Do you know how that gets fixed?
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HUD Cracks Down on Illegal Aliens in Public Housing | 4.5.25
So I want to go now to the FHA part of this. How does the FHA process work for illegal aliens? I feel like a lot of Americans would look at that and be like, how is this legal?
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HUD Cracks Down on Illegal Aliens in Public Housing | 4.5.25
Do you know how big of a share of FHA that one category consisted of?
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HUD Cracks Down on Illegal Aliens in Public Housing | 4.5.25
So it seems like the FHA may have a similar problem as public housing is that there's an information problem where you don't actually know, you can't tell if these people are illegal or not. How does that get fixed? Do you have to go through this case by case to see which of these people that maybe are suspect are actually illegal or here legitimately?
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HUD Cracks Down on Illegal Aliens in Public Housing | 4.5.25
And final question, I guess, maybe, is this something that Doge can help with? I feel like if it's a lot of technical issues, that's kind of a lot of what Doge does is get in and kind of revamp the technical aspects of these things.
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HUD Cracks Down on Illegal Aliens in Public Housing | 4.5.25
Mr. Secretary, thanks for making the time to talk to us today. My first question, President Trump obviously announced a ton of tariffs, his Liberation Day tariffs. What was your reaction to that?
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HUD Cracks Down on Illegal Aliens in Public Housing | 4.5.25
All right, that takes care of my questions. If there was anything I missed, anything that you think is important that you want people to know about this work that you're doing with DHS, feel free.
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HUD Cracks Down on Illegal Aliens in Public Housing | 4.5.25
All right, Mr. Secretary, I really appreciate you making the time out of your busy schedule to talk to us. Oh, absolutely. Thank you, Tim.
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Tariffs Trigger Turmoil & Anti-Trump Protests Erupt | 4.7.25
It didn't seem like they had any concrete goals. Many protesters said they just wanted to be heard by the people in power and show others that they aren't alone. The mass action was vaguely named Hands Off, which gave protesters a pretty broad platform to layer their grievances on top of. According to organizers, there were over 1,200 protests across all 50 states. The protest in Washington, D.C.
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Tariffs Trigger Turmoil & Anti-Trump Protests Erupt | 4.7.25
took place on the National Mall and featured Democratic lawmakers, union officials, activists, and many others. Here's some of California Congressman Eric Swalwell's remarks on Saturday.
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Tariffs Trigger Turmoil & Anti-Trump Protests Erupt | 4.7.25
There were also a lot of demonstrations against Elon Musk. There were protests outside of Tesla dealerships, chance to deport Musk, and all sorts of anti-Musk signage, much of which essentially called him a Nazi.
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Tariffs Trigger Turmoil & Anti-Trump Protests Erupt | 4.7.25
The demonstrations had dozens of sponsors, but yes, the Soros-funded group Indivisible has taken a leading role. Its co-executive director, Ezra Levin, promoted the protests on networks ahead of April 5th. Here was Ezra on MSNBC with Rachel Maddow last week.
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Tariffs Trigger Turmoil & Anti-Trump Protests Erupt | 4.7.25
Indivisible funded part of these protests. The group's local affiliates bussed activists to protest sites, and the national organization offered a reimbursement program for protest costs for everything from audio and video equipment to chicken suits.
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Tariffs Trigger Turmoil & Anti-Trump Protests Erupt | 4.7.25
Borders are Tom Homan was on Fox News over the weekend, and he said a protest popped up outside his house in New York, though he wasn't home at the time. Here's Homan.
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Tariffs Trigger Turmoil & Anti-Trump Protests Erupt | 4.7.25
So not a lot of sympathy for the protesters from Tom Homan.
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Trudeau’s Resignation & New Orleans Lawsuit | Afternoon Update | 1.6.25
Trudeau made the announcement today after nearly a decade in office. The prime minister says he asked the president of the Liberal Party to begin the process of selecting its next leader and will hang on to power until one is chosen. Trudeau faced cratering approval ratings as living costs and government spending both skyrocketed.
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Trudeau’s Resignation & New Orleans Lawsuit | Afternoon Update | 1.6.25
The resignation of his finance minister, Christia Freeland, last month further fueled criticism of his leadership. His resignation comes as recent polls show his party lagging far behind the conservative party, led by Pierre Palliev, ahead of an election expected by late October.
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Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ & ‘Tesla Takedown’ Protests | 3.31.25
What's the report say? That's right. It looks like the biggest factor is time spent in the United States. Those who have been here illegally for a long time are still unlikely to leave. But aliens who are more recent arrivals, such as all those who crossed the border under Biden, appear more likely to be swayed by the administration's message.
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Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ & ‘Tesla Takedown’ Protests | 3.31.25
And remember Biden's CBP One app, which allowed immigrants to immediately make an appointment at ports of entry? That's now the CBP Home app, and its purpose is to help immigrants go back home so that they can try to return legally.
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Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ & ‘Tesla Takedown’ Protests | 3.31.25
What's motivating them to leave? For one, the administration has earned a tough reputation. Those recent deportation flights to El Salvador seem to have had an effect. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem recently posted a video shot at El Salvador's state-of-the-art prison complex, the message being that violent, illegal aliens in the U.S. will be found and imprisoned here.
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Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ & ‘Tesla Takedown’ Protests | 3.31.25
And then border czar Tom Homan has been active on all the networks with his tough on immigration message. Here's him on Fox News.
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Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ & ‘Tesla Takedown’ Protests | 3.31.25
The administration has been clear that its priorities are violent criminals, but some aliens don't want to risk arrest anyway. Others believe that it's only a matter of time before ICE catches them, so they want to leave before they're forced out.
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Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ & ‘Tesla Takedown’ Protests | 3.31.25
Yeah, basically any foreign national that has voiced support for Hamas or some other radical group is being told their time in the U.S. is up. Here's Secretary of State Marco Rubio last week.
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Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ & ‘Tesla Takedown’ Protests | 3.31.25
Rubio said that the green cards or visas of about 300 students have been revoked so far. These are students such as Syrian national Mahmoud Khalil, who led pro-Hamas protests at Columbia University, or Turkish national Rumisa Ozturk, whose visa was revoked after the State Department found she, quote, engaged in activities in support of Hamas. Those two have been headline news in many outlets.
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More Ukraine Defense Aid & Homelessness Skyrockets | Afternoon Update | 12.30.24
Most of the rise was driven by a lack of affordable housing, natural disasters, and an influx of immigrants. A January count by the Department of Housing and Urban Development found over 770,000 people homeless, a number that is almost certainly an undercount. The sharp 18% increase followed a 12% increase the previous year.
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More Ukraine Defense Aid & Homelessness Skyrockets | Afternoon Update | 12.30.24
The HUD report also points out a concerning trend of family homelessness, which surged nearly 40% due to the arrival of migrant families. New York and Chicago saw these numbers double due to migrant arrivals. Los Angeles reported a small decrease of 5% in people living on the streets. This could be due to a Supreme Court ruling that says outdoor sleeping bans can be enforced by local authorities.
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More Ukraine Defense Aid & Homelessness Skyrockets | Afternoon Update | 12.30.24
Homelessness among the veteran community continued its downward trend, dropping 8% this year.
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More Ukraine Defense Aid & Homelessness Skyrockets | Afternoon Update | 12.30.24
According to The Post, Biden and some of his aides still believe he should have stayed in the race despite the rocky debate performance and low poll numbers that prompted Democrats to pressure him to drop out. The president's polling had cratered and he was trailing Trump in nearly every battleground state when he was effectively forced out.
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More Ukraine Defense Aid & Homelessness Skyrockets | Afternoon Update | 12.30.24
The Post reports that Biden also says he should have picked someone other than Merrick Garland as Attorney General, complaining about the Justice Department's slowness in prosecuting Trump and its aggressiveness in prosecuting his son, Hunter.
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Venezuelan Oil Tariffs & Yemen Airstrike Signal Chat | Afternoon Update | 3.24.25
The chat included high-ranking Trump officials such as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, and Vice President J.D. Vance. Messages to the group contained sensitive operational details before the attacks. The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg says he received a signal connection request from a user identified as Michael Waltz.
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Venezuelan Oil Tariffs & Yemen Airstrike Signal Chat | Afternoon Update | 3.24.25
Experts warn that the use of an unsecured app for classified planning may have violated federal law and endangered national security. The White House said Goldberg's addition was an inadvertent error and called the threat a demonstration of the deep and thoughtful policy coordination between senior officials.
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Venezuelan Oil Tariffs & Yemen Airstrike Signal Chat | Afternoon Update | 3.24.25
Patel tells Fox News' Trey Gowdy that about a third of FBI agents are based in D.C., but a third of the nation's crime doesn't happen there. He wants the bureau to focus more on drug trafficking, sex crimes, and gang violence, blaming illegal aliens for much of the surge in violent offenses.
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Venezuelan Oil Tariffs & Yemen Airstrike Signal Chat | Afternoon Update | 3.24.25
The plan comes as the FBI scales back some domestic counterterrorism operations, prompting questions about how Patel will fund the changes amid broader federal cost cutting. He didn't give a timeline, but emphasized rebuilding trust and restoring law enforcement's credibility nationwide. Meanwhile, Patel said this regarding the agency's progress under his leadership.
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Venezuelan Oil Tariffs & Yemen Airstrike Signal Chat | Afternoon Update | 3.24.25
Officials in Greenland are expressing outrage over the visit of a top-level American delegation. Daily Wire reporter Amanda Prestigiacomo has the latest.
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Venezuelan Oil Tariffs & Yemen Airstrike Signal Chat | Afternoon Update | 3.24.25
After a judge forced the Trump administration to rehire 16,000 federal workers, the administration has asked the Supreme Court to weigh in. The ruling, which was issued by Judge William Alsup in San Francisco, said the mass firings across six federal agencies violated the law.
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Venezuelan Oil Tariffs & Yemen Airstrike Signal Chat | Afternoon Update | 3.24.25
And Oklahoma State's Wyatt Hendrickson pulled off one of the biggest upsets in NCAA wrestling history this weekend, winning the D1 championship. Hendrickson defeated Minnesota's Gable Stevenson, ending a 70-match win streak. After the match, Hendrickson, who is an Air Force second lieutenant, saluted Trump, who was in the crowd.
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Venezuelan Oil Tariffs & Yemen Airstrike Signal Chat | Afternoon Update | 3.24.25
The NCAA champ credited his faith and military mindset, saying he drew inspiration from the biblical story of David and Goliath. Here he is after the match.
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Venezuelan Oil Tariffs & Yemen Airstrike Signal Chat | Afternoon Update | 3.24.25
In an emergency filing today, officials argued that the judge overstepped by mandating the reinstatement of probationary employees and called on SCOTUS to pause the order.
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Venezuelan Oil Tariffs & Yemen Airstrike Signal Chat | Afternoon Update | 3.24.25
The editor-in-chief of The Atlantic says he was accidentally added to a signal group chat used by top Trump officials to plan U.S. airstrikes in Yemen. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pearce has more.
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Democratic Infighting Grows & Wisconsin’s Judicial Showdown | 3.24.25
Right. President Trump officially revoked the security clearances of a number of people late Friday that included top Biden administration officials, as well as some of the president's top antagonists, those who brought and supported the court cases he faced during the election and who pushed Russian collusion conspiracies.
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Democratic Infighting Grows & Wisconsin’s Judicial Showdown | 3.24.25
Some of the most prominent names on that list included Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, New York Attorney General Letitia James, Liz Cheney, and over a dozen others. It's worth noting that Biden blocked Trump from intelligence briefings back in 2021.
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Democratic Infighting Grows & Wisconsin’s Judicial Showdown | 3.24.25
The IRS and ICE are near an agreement that would essentially allow immigration agents to cross-check information on aliens with IRS databases. That's according to the New York Times. To be clear, DHS would not have access to IRS systems, but agents would be able to verify with the IRS whether the home addresses agents have for illegal aliens are correct.
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Democratic Infighting Grows & Wisconsin’s Judicial Showdown | 3.24.25
The Trump administration has tried before to get the IRS to help locate illegals, but the agency has always resisted because of the sensitivity of taxpayer information and because it didn't want to run afoul of federal law. But this way, the IRS can keep complete control over its taxpayer database. Got it. How much will this help Trump's deportation efforts? It should be a useful tool for ICE.
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Democratic Infighting Grows & Wisconsin’s Judicial Showdown | 3.24.25
Illegal immigrants often do work in the U.S. and file tax returns that include information such as where they live, who they work for, and their income. There's some pushback against this, but it's worth pointing out that while Democrats don't agree with Trump's immigration agenda, the president is picking up a little bit of support across the aisle.
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Democratic Infighting Grows & Wisconsin’s Judicial Showdown | 3.24.25
For instance, here's Senator Bernie Sanders on ABC saying Trump is right to shut down illegal immigration.
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Democratic Infighting Grows & Wisconsin’s Judicial Showdown | 3.24.25
According to Reuters, the Department of Homeland Security is in the middle of a massive reshuffle to focus resources on deportations. It's like what the Biden administration did for January 6th, taking a bunch of agents off their usual beats to investigate alleged rioters. Trump has taken that strategy and is using it to carry out his deportations.
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Democratic Infighting Grows & Wisconsin’s Judicial Showdown | 3.24.25
Right. The parole program you referenced was started under Biden and applied to aliens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. The CHNV parole program, as it was called, let 30,000 immigrants a month from those countries apply for entry to the U.S. And since 2022, over half a million entered the country, sometimes on flights set up by the federal government.
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Democratic Infighting Grows & Wisconsin’s Judicial Showdown | 3.24.25
Trump ended that program on his first day in office, but over the weekend, DHS issued an order revoking legal status for those aliens who entered the country through it. The order encourages them to self-deport within 30 days or risk deportation.
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Trump’s Title 42 Plans & Apple’s US Jobs Pledge | Afternoon Update | 2.24.25
The news comes as Doge, along with the EPA, have frozen over $67 million in grants awarded to environmental groups under the Biden administration.
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Trump’s Title 42 Plans & Apple’s US Jobs Pledge | Afternoon Update | 2.24.25
Pope Francis remains hospitalized in Rome battling a severe lung infection and early signs of kidney dysfunction. The Vatican says the 88-year-old pontiff is resting after a stable night. While his condition remains critical, doctors report no signs of sepsis, which is a major concern given his frail health.
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Trump’s Title 42 Plans & Apple’s US Jobs Pledge | Afternoon Update | 2.24.25
Francis, who had part of a lung removed in his youth, is receiving oxygen and blood transfusions. Cardinal Timothy Dolan acknowledged the Pope's fragile state.
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Trump’s Title 42 Plans & Apple’s US Jobs Pledge | Afternoon Update | 2.24.25
Senator Marsha Blackburn is pressing the FBI's new director to release the unredacted records on Jeffrey Epstein's associates. In a letter today, Blackburn called for full transparency, demanding Epstein's flight logs, Ghislaine Maxwell's records, and IRS files on their financial ties.
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Trump’s Title 42 Plans & Apple’s US Jobs Pledge | Afternoon Update | 2.24.25
New FBI Director Kash Patel previously pledged to work toward disclosure, but it's unclear how much will be released. Blackburn told Morning Wire that it's important to release this now so Epstein survivors see justice.
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Trump’s Title 42 Plans & Apple’s US Jobs Pledge | Afternoon Update | 2.24.25
Epstein died in custody in 2019, sparking ongoing speculation. Attorney General Pam Bondi recently confirmed that Epstein's client list is under review for potential release.
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Trump’s Title 42 Plans & Apple’s US Jobs Pledge | Afternoon Update | 2.24.25
Lester Holt, the longtime anchor of NBC's Nightly News, is stepping down. Holt's been with the network for more than two decades. He'll now focus full time on Dateline NBC starting this summer. NBC has yet to name his replacement. NBC, like other legacy outlets, is experiencing a major shakeup post-Trump's electoral victory.
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Trump’s Title 42 Plans & Apple’s US Jobs Pledge | Afternoon Update | 2.24.25
In an effort to speed up deportations, Trump plans to reinstate a pandemic-era border policy. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pearce has the latest.
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Trump’s Title 42 Plans & Apple’s US Jobs Pledge | Afternoon Update | 2.24.25
All right, those are your drive home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com. And in case you missed it this morning, we covered some big stories, including Trump's Pentagon overhaul, the cartel crackdown, and Maine digging in its heels over boys and girls sports. Thanks for tuning in. We'll be back tomorrow morning with another full edition of Morning Wire.
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Trump’s Title 42 Plans & Apple’s US Jobs Pledge | Afternoon Update | 2.24.25
Today in federal court, the unions argued that the Office of Personnel Management's email requiring government employees to report their weekly accomplishments violates federal regulations. The message sent Saturday gave employees until midnight tonight to respond or risk being fired. The unions are seeking emergency intervention. Trump addressed the email during a press conference today.
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Trump Shuffles Pentagon & Cartel Terror Designation | 2.24.25
It's a big deal. One way to think about it is that these cartels, groups such as Venezuela's Tren de Aragua and Mexico's Jalisco cartel, will now be treated similarly to Al-Qaeda. Practically, that means more latitude to use tools such as sanctions and criminal charges. The biggest change, though, is that the U.S.
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Trump Shuffles Pentagon & Cartel Terror Designation | 2.24.25
can now crack down on people and organizations deemed to have given material support to the cartels, such as cash, a phone, or an apartment. That could be gangs that work with the cartels in the U.S., or it could be businesses that have deals with the cartels outside of the country. Here's Border Czar Tom Homan talking about it at CPAC last week.
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Trump Shuffles Pentagon & Cartel Terror Designation | 2.24.25
The Trump administration has also ramped up its surveillance of Mexican drug cartels. According to the Los Angeles Times, the CIA has increased drone surveillance flights over Mexico. U.S. officials said that those drones could easily be upgraded to carry lethal payloads.
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Trump Shuffles Pentagon & Cartel Terror Designation | 2.24.25
Yeah, Mexico has always opposed the designation. President Claudia Scheinbaum and before her, President Lopez Obrador were against it because they thought the designation could be destructive to Mexico's sovereignty. There's a fear that the designation increases the likelihood that the U.S. could use military force against the cartels, many of which operate in Mexico.
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Trump Shuffles Pentagon & Cartel Terror Designation | 2.24.25
Now that it's done, though, it may force Mexico and other Latin American countries to take their cartel problems more seriously. You could see more countries act like El Salvador under Nayib Bukele, and that could have some pretty drastic consequences. For instance, a crackdown on the cartels in Mexico could look a lot like a civil war.
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Trump Shuffles Pentagon & Cartel Terror Designation | 2.24.25
Like President Trump's executive order said, the cartels function as quasi-governmental entities and control nearly all aspects of society in parts of Mexico.
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Trump Shuffles Pentagon & Cartel Terror Designation | 2.24.25
He hasn't ruled it out. Over the weekend, though, he seemed more focused on handling the cartels that were operating in the U.S. first. Here's Trump at CPAC.
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Trump Shuffles Pentagon & Cartel Terror Designation | 2.24.25
As he noted in his speech, he has sent more National Guard troops down to the border, in part to help defend it against the cartels. It's worth pointing out that the cartels are incredibly well-equipped. Reports say that cartels in Mexico have military-grade rocket launchers and grenades, and have even used submarines to smuggle drugs.
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Trump Sworn In & Ramaswamy Leaves DOGE | Afternoon Update | 1.20.25
New polling shows that Americans overwhelmingly support Trump's deportation plans. Daily Wire reporter Spencer Lindquist has the numbers.
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Trump Sworn In & Ramaswamy Leaves DOGE | Afternoon Update | 1.20.25
Newly sworn in, President Trump delivered bold remarks during his inauguration speech today, vowing to usher in a golden age for America. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has more. Speaking moments after taking the oath, Trump declared, from this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again.
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Trump Sworn In & Ramaswamy Leaves DOGE | Afternoon Update | 1.20.25
Trump is officially defining male and female by way of an expansive executive order. Daily Wire reporter Amanda Prestigiacomo reports.
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Trump Sworn In & Ramaswamy Leaves DOGE | Afternoon Update | 1.20.25
Following today's inauguration, the Senate is set to get back to work and vote on several Trump cabinet members. Florida Senator Marco Rubio is first and will likely be confirmed after a rather smooth hearing. Trump's national security picks will also be up for a vote, including Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, as well as John Ratcliffe for CIA director.
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Trump Sworn In & Ramaswamy Leaves DOGE | Afternoon Update | 1.20.25
Following Hegseth and Ratcliffe, there will be a vote for South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem for Homeland Security.
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Trump Sworn In & Ramaswamy Leaves DOGE | Afternoon Update | 1.20.25
All right, those are your drive home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com. And for more in-depth reporting on the biggest stories of the day, tune into our full episode of Morning Wire every morning.
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Trump Sworn In & Ramaswamy Leaves DOGE | Afternoon Update | 1.20.25
He promised to restore national sovereignty and end what he called the weaponization of government while putting America first. Trump acknowledged challenges ahead, calling for honesty about the nation's crisis of trust and blamed a corrupt establishment for years of mismanagement.
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Trump Sworn In & Ramaswamy Leaves DOGE | Afternoon Update | 1.20.25
He pledged swift action on border security and disaster relief and education, insisting his election victory was a mandate for change. Trump concluded by promising that America's decline is over and that his administration would bring prosperity and strength back to the nation.
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Trump to Void Biden Pardons & VA Trans Service Scrutiny | Afternoon Update | 3.17.25
The order dismantled several government offices, including VOA's parent organization, the US Agency for Global Media. Trump criticized VOA for promoting biased content and what he calls divisive propaganda.
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Trump to Void Biden Pardons & VA Trans Service Scrutiny | Afternoon Update | 3.17.25
The order calls for the reduction or elimination of non-essential components and functions within USAGM with significant layoffs and termination of employment for some staff, including those at VOA and its affiliates. Trump's order followed heightened scrutiny of VOA's coverage, particularly its portrayal of Hamas.
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Trump to Void Biden Pardons & VA Trans Service Scrutiny | Afternoon Update | 3.17.25
USA GM head Kerry Lake released a video on social media last week exposing how much money the agency is costing taxpayers.
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Trump to Void Biden Pardons & VA Trans Service Scrutiny | Afternoon Update | 3.17.25
In a statement, Trump argued that the pardons are not valid because they were signed by an auto pen and that his predecessor had no knowledge of the pardons.
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Trump to Void Biden Pardons & VA Trans Service Scrutiny | Afternoon Update | 3.17.25
Among those pardoned were members of the January 6th committee and figures like Dr. Anthony Fauci and General Mark Milley. The Heritage Foundation's oversight project initially raised concerns over Biden's use of the auto pen to sign significant legal orders.
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Trump to Void Biden Pardons & VA Trans Service Scrutiny | Afternoon Update | 3.17.25
Critics of Biden's mental acuity argue that the use of the auto pen for key documents raises serious questions about his direct involvement in the decision-making process.
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Democratic Party Divides & Trump Targets Houthis | 3.17.25
Catch us up here. Yeah, good morning, John. We've got a pretty full plate for a Monday morning. Let's start with probably the biggest news of the weekend, President Trump's announcement that the United States has launched a strike on Iran-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen, killing at least 19. The U.S. military attacked by air and sea, destroying missiles, drones and missile defense systems.
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Democratic Party Divides & Trump Targets Houthis | 3.17.25
The immediate purpose of the attack was to open the shipping lanes in the Red Sea, which the Houthis have obstructed for months now. But the strike was also clearly meant to send a signal to Iran that the Trump administration is taking a more aggressive approach to the region.
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Democratic Party Divides & Trump Targets Houthis | 3.17.25
Trump named the Houthis a foreign terrorist organization at the end of his first term, a distinction Joe Biden later reversed. Trump touched on this changing dynamic on Saturday, saying that Biden's attempt to clear the Red Sea was pathetically weak, so the unrestrained Houthis just kept going.
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Democratic Party Divides & Trump Targets Houthis | 3.17.25
The president also issued a warning to Iran, saying support for the Houthi terrorists must end immediately.
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Democratic Party Divides & Trump Targets Houthis | 3.17.25
Well, Trump explicitly said that American attacks on the Houthis would continue and increase in severity if the terror group continued to, quote, threaten the American people, their president, who has received one of the largest mandates in presidential history or worldwide shipping lanes.
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Democratic Party Divides & Trump Targets Houthis | 3.17.25
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth echoed Trump's warning on Sunday, telling the Houthis that the United States assault would be unrelenting until the group laid down its arms. And Hegseth also issued a warning to Iran during an interview with Fox News's Maria Bartiromo.
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Democratic Party Divides & Trump Targets Houthis | 3.17.25
Yet Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to speak this week for the second time since Trump took office in January. As you mentioned, this is a pretty high-stakes call because last week Ukraine agreed to a temporary ceasefire, and that ceasefire will take effect once Putin also agrees. But as always, we won't know what Putin's going to do until after he does it.
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Democratic Party Divides & Trump Targets Houthis | 3.17.25
However, things seem to be moving in a positive direction. Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy, met with Putin late last week and told CNN's Jake Tapper that the meeting was positive and solutions-based.
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Democratic Party Divides & Trump Targets Houthis | 3.17.25
Right, there's still a lot going on behind the scenes and nothing is solid, but as we reported, Hamas agreed to release Eden Alexander, a 21-year-old Israeli-American who spent most of his life in New Jersey. The terror group also said it would release the bodies of four other Americans who died in captivity.
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Democratic Party Divides & Trump Targets Houthis | 3.17.25
Alexander's release is welcome news, of course, but it's being met with a lot of skepticism from the United States. This is part of ongoing talks about a bridge to the next phase of the ceasefire in Gaza. And the key here is that the U.S. says Hamas is trying to tie these promises to a list of unreasonable demands. So the whole situation remains very tenuous.
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Democratic Party Divides & Trump Targets Houthis | 3.17.25
So the SpaceX mission finally took off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Friday after it was delayed from its original launch date in February. A mixed crew from the U.S., Japan, and Russia rode on the SpaceX Crew-10 Dragon capsule up into orbit and docked on the International Space Station early Sunday morning Eastern Standard Time.
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Democratic Party Divides & Trump Targets Houthis | 3.17.25
Afterward, the mission's commander, Anne McLean, had this to say in an interview with Sky News.
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Democratic Party Divides & Trump Targets Houthis | 3.17.25
This mission was pushed by President Trump to bring home two American astronauts that have been stuck on the space station for nine months. But the mission also had another purpose, too, to rotate McLean and her three astronauts into shifts on the ISS.
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Democratic Party Divides & Trump Targets Houthis | 3.17.25
Those astronauts are Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. They docked at the ISS in June of last year and were only supposed to be in the space station for eight days. They were testing a new space capsule from Boeing, the Starliner. But the Starliner had some technical problems and NASA returned it to Earth empty in September over what the space agency said were unacceptable risks to the astronauts.
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Democratic Party Divides & Trump Targets Houthis | 3.17.25
Boeing maintained that the craft was safe and could have returned Wilmore and Williams to Earth, but NASA had the final call. During their extended stay on the ISS, Wilmore and Williams fell in with other crews that arrived and ran tests and experiments. It also allowed Williams to set a new record for most time spent spacewalking by a woman, 62 hours and six minutes. Wow.
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Democratic Party Divides & Trump Targets Houthis | 3.17.25
There was some concern about Suni Williams' health. People online were quick to comment on how she appeared to be losing weight in recent months. Williams, though, says she weighs the same today as she did when she left Earth and that fluid shifting around in zero gravity can contribute to slight changes in appearance.
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Democratic Party Divides & Trump Targets Houthis | 3.17.25
So those two have another couple of days on the ISS while they teach Crew 10 their roles, and then they'll be leaving on the Dragon capsule with two other astronauts.
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Democratic Party Divides & Trump Targets Houthis | 3.17.25
Well, according to President Trump, Wilmore and Williams were effectively abandoned by former President Biden. Here's Trump earlier this month.
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Democratic Party Divides & Trump Targets Houthis | 3.17.25
Now, NASA has pushed back and said the astronauts weren't stranded and that nine months on the space station isn't unprecedented by any stretch. Astronauts have previously stayed on the ISS for more than a year. And Wilmore and Williams have themselves always had positive things to say about their stay. But regardless, they're probably very happy to finally be returning home.
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DOGE Authority Suit & Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions | Afternoon Update | 2.17.25
The prosecutor disclosed last month that he received $140,000 in pro bono legal services from a powerful Washington law firm as he prepared to leave office. That's according to a disclosure Smith filed last month as he prepared to leave the DOJ, as first reported by Politico.
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DOGE Authority Suit & Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions | Afternoon Update | 2.17.25
What exactly he sought outside counsel for is not clear, but Trump repeatedly railed against Smith about his attempts to take him down while he was a presidential candidate. Trump's AG, Pam Bondi, has announced a probe into potential weaponization of the government, including the role Smith possibly played.
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DOGE Authority Suit & Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions | Afternoon Update | 2.17.25
Daily Wire reporter Tim Pearce has the latest. Attorneys general from 14 states claim that Doge is overstepping its authority by accessing federal data and firing government employees. But Judge Tanya Chutkan isn't convinced the states have the evidence to block it for now. The case focuses on actions within seven agencies, including the Department of Education and Health and Human Services.
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DOGE Authority Suit & Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions | Afternoon Update | 2.17.25
While Chutkin questioned the urgency of the state's arguments, she also pushed back against claims that Musk has no direct influence over government decisions. A ruling is expected within 24 hours as the Trump administration pushes forward with its cost-cutting agenda.
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Trudeau Mulls Next Move & Wisconsin School Shooting | Afternoon Update | 12.16.24
FBI and Homeland Security agents are utilizing drone detection systems and infrared cameras after nearly 1,000 reported drone sightings since November. White House adviser John Kirby said there is no evidence of threats to our national security. However, lawmakers in New York and New Jersey have criticized the administration's handling of the situation.
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Trudeau Mulls Next Move & Wisconsin School Shooting | Afternoon Update | 12.16.24
Drones have been spotted near the Picatinny Arsenal, as well as President-elect Donald Trump's Bedminster Golf Club in New Jersey, sparking concern from nearby residents and local officials. The president-elect addressed the drone situation during a press conference earlier today.
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Jack Smith Report Decision & Cartel Border Tunnels | Afternoon Update | 1.13.25
The accused arsonist, tackled and detained by onlookers last week in L.A., has not been charged with arson so far. The suspect, who is a homeless Mexican national, was put under citizen's arrest in Woodland Hills. Residents tackled and zip-tied him after he allegedly attempted to set items on fire with a blowtorch. The suspect is in the U.S.
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Jack Smith Report Decision & Cartel Border Tunnels | Afternoon Update | 1.13.25
illegally and is now being held on a felony probation violation. But police say there isn't enough evidence to charge him with arson at this time. Meanwhile, ICE has placed a detainer on him, but California's sanctuary state law is likely to prevent cooperation with federal authorities.
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Jack Smith Report Decision & Cartel Border Tunnels | Afternoon Update | 1.13.25
Ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas have reportedly reached a breakthrough.
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Jack Smith Report Decision & Cartel Border Tunnels | Afternoon Update | 1.13.25
Officials say Hamas has promised to release hostages while Israel is considering releasing detained militants. The talks, attended by envoys from the Biden and incoming Trump administrations, continue with both sides calling the next 24 hours critical. About 100 hostages remain in Gaza with negotiations pushing for their return.
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Jack Smith Report Decision & Cartel Border Tunnels | Afternoon Update | 1.13.25
Special counsel Jack Smith's report on the cases against Trump will be released at least partially. Daily Wire deputy managing editor Tim Rice has more.
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Jack Smith Report Decision & Cartel Border Tunnels | Afternoon Update | 1.13.25
Carrie Underwood will perform at Donald Trump's second presidential inauguration next week. Underwood is set to take the stage after J.D. Vance is sworn in as vice president and before Trump takes the presidential oath of office. She's set to sing America the Beautiful. The performance, confirmed by sources, will feature Underwood alongside the Armed Forces Chorus and the U.S.
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Jack Smith Report Decision & Cartel Border Tunnels | Afternoon Update | 1.13.25
Naval Academy Glee Club.
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Jack Smith Report Decision & Cartel Border Tunnels | Afternoon Update | 1.13.25
Federal agents in El Paso found the tunnel connected to the city's storm drain system near the border. The tunnel is about four feet wide and six feet high and is equipped with electricity, ventilation, and wood supports. Homeland security officials say it's a major blow to smuggling networks, with agents vowing to bring those responsible to justice.
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Jack Smith Report Decision & Cartel Border Tunnels | Afternoon Update | 1.13.25
Border Patrol Chief Anthony Good praised the discovery and warned of the dangers posed by such tunnels. Investigators are working to trace the tunnel's operators, as similar discoveries have been made in Arizona and California. Here's Border Patrol agent Claudio Herrera thanking other agencies involved.
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CA Wildfires Fuel Tensions & DHS Blocks Deportations | 1.13.25
Yeah. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas issued a sweeping extension of what's called the temporary protected status for immigrants. The extension covered nearly 900,000 people in the U.S. from El Salvador, Sudan, Ukraine, and Venezuela. This means that for roughly the first year and a half of Trump's administration, those aliens under the order are free to stay and work in the U.S.
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CA Wildfires Fuel Tensions & DHS Blocks Deportations | 1.13.25
Biden was able to do this under a law signed by former President George H.W. Bush, which gave the president authority to protect certain nationalities from deportation in six to 18-month increments. So here, the Biden administration went with the longest possible extension.
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CA Wildfires Fuel Tensions & DHS Blocks Deportations | 1.13.25
And these protections can only apply to aliens whose home countries are deemed too dangerous to go back to, whether that's from war, natural disaster, or for some other reason.
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CA Wildfires Fuel Tensions & DHS Blocks Deportations | 1.13.25
It shouldn't. Anyone who doesn't qualify for asylum can't qualify for TPS. That includes aliens with a serious criminal background or those deemed to be national security threats. But as we've seen many times, officials often have trouble identifying and catching many of these people.
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CA Wildfires Fuel Tensions & DHS Blocks Deportations | 1.13.25
For their part, Trump and Vance have been highly critical of the temporary protected status program and want to drastically reduce it or phase it out. And while there isn't much they can likely do about the extensions, they remain committed to mass deportations. Here's Vance on Fox News Sunday, already pushing back against accusations about separating families.
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CA Wildfires Fuel Tensions & DHS Blocks Deportations | 1.13.25
Confirmation hearings on some of Trump's top nominees are scheduled to start this week. And Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas appeared on Fox News' Sunday Morning Futures to say it looks like all of Trump's nominees have enough votes in the Senate to be confirmed.
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CA Wildfires Fuel Tensions & DHS Blocks Deportations | 1.13.25
So after some early trouble with Trump's first attorney general pick, his administration appears to be shaping up nicely.
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Canada Elects New Leader & DC Redesigns BLM Plaza | Afternoon Update | 3.10.25
Carney has pledged economic retaliation against US tariffs, signaling an escalating trade war between the two nations.
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Canada Elects New Leader & DC Redesigns BLM Plaza | Afternoon Update | 3.10.25
Former Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil had his student visa and green card revoked as part of the State Department's new catch and revoke program. policy against individuals with pro-Hamas ties. According to DHS, Khalil led Hamas-aligned activities on the campus. Khalil's attorney had said she has few details as to why her client was being detained, calling it a, quote, clear escalation.
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Canada Elects New Leader & DC Redesigns BLM Plaza | Afternoon Update | 3.10.25
Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed that visas of Hamas supporters will be revoked and deportations will continue. Columbia University acknowledged reports of ICE presence near campus, but said it will follow the law regarding law enforcement access.
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Canada Elects New Leader & DC Redesigns BLM Plaza | Afternoon Update | 3.10.25
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the more than 5,000 programs cut today. The move marked a historic shift away from U.S. foreign aid. The remaining 18% of programs will be transferred to the State Department. Democratic lawmakers and aid groups say the move is illegal, citing Congress's authority over funding.
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Canada Elects New Leader & DC Redesigns BLM Plaza | Afternoon Update | 3.10.25
Rubio credited Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency for assisting in the cuts, saying much of the foreign aid was wasteful or harmful to U.S. interests.
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Canada Elects New Leader & DC Redesigns BLM Plaza | Afternoon Update | 3.10.25
Carney, the former head of the Bank of Canada and Bank of England, was named Canada's new prime minister in a landslide victory with 86% of the vote. The political outsider wasted no time in challenging President Trump, dismissing his tariff threats and proposal to make Canada the 51st state.
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Canada Elects New Leader & DC Redesigns BLM Plaza | Afternoon Update | 3.10.25
In his victory speech, Carney declared, America is not Canada, and Canada never, ever will be part of America. Here's some of that speech.
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Migrant Hotel Money & Philly’s Chaotic Celebrations | Afternoon Update | 2.10.25
After the agency's acting director, Russell Vogt, moved to shut CFPB down, a federal union filed not one but two lawsuits against him. One of the suits aims to stop the shutdown and the other to block Doge from accessing employee records. The National Treasury Employees Union says Vogt's work freeze is unlawful and accuses the administration of sidelining staff without proper leave.
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Migrant Hotel Money & Philly’s Chaotic Celebrations | Afternoon Update | 2.10.25
The union also claims Doge is violating the Privacy Act by accessing CFPB employee records without consent. The lawsuits are headed to federal court in Washington, D.C.
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FEMA Fires Partisans & February Jobs Growth | Afternoon Update | 3.7.25
Three additional supervisors at FEMA have been fired for failing to stop disaster relief workers from bypassing Trump-supporting homes devastated by Hurricane Milton in Florida. In a letter, acting FEMA Administrator Cameron Hamilton said that supervisors did not meet conduct standards, calling the incident reprehensible and announcing mandatory staff retraining to ensure impartial aid efforts.
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FEMA Fires Partisans & February Jobs Growth | Afternoon Update | 3.7.25
The probe was sparked when The Daily Wire was notified by a whistleblower that there was widespread bias against families whose homes displayed support for Trump or MAGA, and that supervisors told FEMA field agents to avoid those homes. Therefore, those families were not offered any disaster relief.
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FEMA Fires Partisans & February Jobs Growth | Afternoon Update | 3.7.25
Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Chuck Grassley, released a report this week that shows the Obama administration worked to protect Iranian officials from U.S. law enforcement. The interference took place while then-President Obama negotiated the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, known as the Iran Nuclear Deal. Grassley accused the Obama administration of jeopardizing U.S.
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FEMA Fires Partisans & February Jobs Growth | Afternoon Update | 3.7.25
national security. The report says the interference only stopped when Trump entered the White House in 2017. Grassley said, quote, Democrats' historic refusal to get tough on Iran emboldened its regime and allowed Tehran to continue funding global acts of terrorism, like what we saw on October 7, 2023.
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FEMA Fires Partisans & February Jobs Growth | Afternoon Update | 3.7.25
Grassley added that we should all be breathing a sigh of relief President Trump is back in the White House to restore American strength on the world stage and hold Iran accountable for its evil acts.
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USAID Cuts & Superbowl Preview | Afternoon Update | 2.7.25
Republican infighting is slowing President Trump's legislative agenda on Capitol Hill. Disputes over spending cuts threaten a sweeping package that includes tax cuts, energy policy, and border security funds. Fiscal conservatives want deeper cuts before moving forward. Meanwhile, Senate Republicans want border security to be their first bill.
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USAID Cuts & Superbowl Preview | Afternoon Update | 2.7.25
House Speaker Mike Johnson insists the House must take the lead, saying the House needs to lead this if we're going to have success. White House spokesperson Caroline Leavitt laid out the president's tax priorities on Capitol Hill.
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USAID Cuts & Superbowl Preview | Afternoon Update | 2.7.25
The Coast Guard picked up a Chinese national floating on a paddleboard with a suitcase this week. The man was 25 miles off the coast of the Bahamas, which has become a jumping off point for illegal immigrants. Last week, authorities arrested two suspected smugglers and 26 Chinese migrants after a boat from the Bahamas landed in Coral Gables, Florida.
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USAID Cuts & Superbowl Preview | Afternoon Update | 2.7.25
Coast Guard assets, including cutters, aircraft and boats, are being deployed to the waters near Florida and the Bahamas to deter these illegal crossings. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says Florida is shouldering the burden of Biden-era immigration failures and will act to protect local communities.
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Trump’s Record Pace & Federal Media Contracts Cancelled | 2.7.25
Yeah, Chicago is the first city to be hit with a lawsuit over its rules designed to protect illegal aliens from federal immigration officers. Here's Bondi on Fox News with Sean Hannity last night.
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Trump’s Record Pace & Federal Media Contracts Cancelled | 2.7.25
The Justice Department filed the lawsuit on Thursday. As far as the state is concerned, state law forbids local law enforcement from holding someone over an ICE detainer. A city ordinance adds to that. Officials are barred from helping ICE officials arrest illegal aliens. Of course, many more places than Chicago have these types of rules or guidance.
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Trump’s Record Pace & Federal Media Contracts Cancelled | 2.7.25
This is only the start of the Trump administration's crackdown.
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Trump’s Record Pace & Federal Media Contracts Cancelled | 2.7.25
Well, it's a good question, and it's going to be litigated. One of the tools that the Trump administration has used to pressure sanctuary cities is to cut them off from federal funds. Opponents say that's an overreach of executive authority. Legally, it's an open question. The first Trump administration also used this leverage, and it spawned numerous lawsuits and court rulings.
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Trump’s Record Pace & Federal Media Contracts Cancelled | 2.7.25
But when President Joe Biden took over, his administration dropped the policy before it was brought before the Supreme Court. The other lever that the White House is using to get its way is through direct legal action like the lawsuit against Chicago. The lawsuit alleges essentially that the city is aiding and abetting criminals.
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Trump’s Record Pace & Federal Media Contracts Cancelled | 2.7.25
White House border czar Tom Homan appeared on Fox News Thursday and was militant that local officials should get out of ICE's way.
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Trump’s Record Pace & Federal Media Contracts Cancelled | 2.7.25
Maybe. ICE did have another instance where its plans for a raid against suspected Trendy Aragua members were leaked. Homan was pretty furious about it, and he wants Bondi and the DOJ involved here, too.
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Trump’s Record Pace & Federal Media Contracts Cancelled | 2.7.25
So operational security has been a problem for ICE. Homan is working on it. He said Thursday he'll probably stop ride-alongs for the media to control more variables. But deportations have moved forward. They're at about 12,000 now since Trump entered office less than three weeks ago. The number keeps ticking up every week. Tim, thanks for joining us. Good to be on.
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Aides Admit Biden’s Decline & Auburn Basketball Coach | Afternoon Update | 4.4.25
The company announced new editing tools for shorts on Thursday, including AI stickers, beat-synced cuts, and a revamped editor to give creators more control. The updates come just days before TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance faces a deadline to sell its U.S. operations or risks being banned.
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Aides Admit Biden’s Decline & Auburn Basketball Coach | Afternoon Update | 4.4.25
YouTube also changed how shorts views are counted, now including replays with no minimum watch time, bringing it in line with TikTok and Instagram Reels. The new features will roll out later this spring.
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Collision Investigation & TN Passes School Choice | Afternoon Update | 1.31.25
Mexico is scrambling to accept migrants deported by the Trump administration from the US. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pearce has the story.
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Collision Investigation & TN Passes School Choice | Afternoon Update | 1.31.25
White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt says Trump would certainly back legislation from Congress to bar trans procedures on minors and investigate doctors who perform these surgeries. She made the remark in response to a question from Daily Wire White House correspondent Mary Margaret Olihan. Here's the exchange.
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Collision Investigation & TN Passes School Choice | Afternoon Update | 1.31.25
U.S. economic growth slowed in the final months of 2024, with GDP rising at a 2.3% annual rate. Daily Wire deputy managing editor Tim Rice has the numbers.
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Collision Investigation & TN Passes School Choice | Afternoon Update | 1.31.25
The NFL reported a 17% drop in concussions during the 2024 season. That's the lowest since tracking began nine years ago. League officials credit safer equipment, stricter rule enforcement, and a stronger culture of concussion awareness. The NFL's chief medical officer credits advanced helmets designed to reduce head injuries and increased self-reporting of concussions.
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Collision Investigation & TN Passes School Choice | Afternoon Update | 1.31.25
League officials say they'll keep working to eliminate dangerous hits from the game.
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Collision Investigation & TN Passes School Choice | Afternoon Update | 1.31.25
All right, those are your drive home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com. And in case you missed it this morning, we covered some important stories, including the recovery operation in the Potomac and the contentious confirmation hearings. Thanks for tuning in. We'll be back tomorrow morning with another full edition of Morning Wire.
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Collision Investigation & TN Passes School Choice | Afternoon Update | 1.31.25
Investigators continue to piece together a troubling sequence of errors that led to the deadly collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and a passenger jet. Early findings suggest the helicopter was flying at least 100 feet higher than it should have and a half mile off course when it collided with the jet.
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Collision Investigation & TN Passes School Choice | Afternoon Update | 1.31.25
Compounding the danger, the air traffic controller on duty was handling both helicopter and airplane traffic simultaneously. That's a workload typically shared by two controllers. Near misses at Reagan have been an escalating concern.
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Collision Investigation & TN Passes School Choice | Afternoon Update | 1.31.25
In April, a commercial pilot warned that a military helicopter came dangerously close to his jet while landing, saying, quote, "...I cannot imagine what business is so pressing that these helicopters are allowed to cross the path of airliners carrying hundreds of people."
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Collision Investigation & TN Passes School Choice | Afternoon Update | 1.31.25
A decade earlier, another pilot wrote that helicopter crossings near the runway posed an unacceptable risk to passenger aircraft. Despite years of warnings, congestion at Reagan has only increased.
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Plane Crash Recovery & Cabinet Hearings Clashes | 1.31.25
Well, recovery operations are now into a third day. The belief is that there are no survivors from the crash. And the goal now is to recover the bodies of all the victims. 64 people were on the plane and three soldiers were in the helicopter. So all 67 are sadly now presumed dead. Here's President Trump giving an update on the crash in a press conference at the White House on Thursday.
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Plane Crash Recovery & Cabinet Hearings Clashes | 1.31.25
Well, the plane reportedly broke into three parts, and one or more of the segments landed upside down in waist-deep water. The helicopter also landed in water. Divers have been attempting to retrieve victims from inside the fuselage, many of whom are still buckled in their seats. But there have also been human remains removed from other locations in the river.
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Plane Crash Recovery & Cabinet Hearings Clashes | 1.31.25
The New York Times reported on Thursday that the American Airlines Flight 5342 was originally slated to land on Runway 1, one of DCA's longest runways, but the control tower diverted them to Runway 33. In order to make that work, the pilots had to deviate slightly from their path. They collided with the helicopter just seconds later.
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Plane Crash Recovery & Cabinet Hearings Clashes | 1.31.25
Now, this is a recording of air traffic control as they witnessed the collision.
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Plane Crash Recovery & Cabinet Hearings Clashes | 1.31.25
This has raised larger questions about the amount of traffic congestion around Reagan. In a White House presser, Trump suggested that the air traffic controllers, as well as the pilots of the Black Hawk helicopter, may have been at fault.
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Plane Crash Recovery & Cabinet Hearings Clashes | 1.31.25
The FAA did reveal that the number of air traffic controllers on duty at the time of the crash was not normal for the quantity of aircraft, with a single controller monitoring both planes and helicopters. Trump also seemed to imply that lower standards as a result of the Biden administration's DEI policies might have played a role.
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Plane Crash Recovery & Cabinet Hearings Clashes | 1.31.25
That said, the investigation has really just gotten started and no definitive evidence has come out yet. And that was the message of officials with the National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday as well. The NTSB is ultimately responsible for investigating the crash, and they said in a press briefing that they haven't determined anything for certain.
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Plane Crash Recovery & Cabinet Hearings Clashes | 1.31.25
but they need to verify a lot of information before they can give facts to the public.
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Plane Crash Recovery & Cabinet Hearings Clashes | 1.31.25
Yeah, we've learned that about a third of the passengers were either figure skating athletes or coaches or their family members. According to U.S. Figure Skating, they were all on a return trip from a competition in Wichita. Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan broke down while talking about the tragedy at the skating club of Boston, which lost members in the crash.
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Plane Crash Recovery & Cabinet Hearings Clashes | 1.31.25
The Kremlin reported there were Russians on board the flight as well, including former world figure skating champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Namov. President Trump said Thursday their bodies will be returned to Russia.
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Vance Visits Greenland & Tesla Vandal Arrested | Afternoon Update | 3.28.25
The White House is urging New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik to stay in the House to preserve Republicans' slim majority and help President Trump's America First agenda. Stefanik cleared the Senate Foreign Relations Committee back in January, but never reached a full Senate vote.
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Vance Visits Greenland & Tesla Vandal Arrested | Afternoon Update | 3.28.25
Trump praised Stefanik as absolutely fantastic on True Social, citing her leadership value over risking her seat in a special election. Speaker Mike Johnson praised Stefanik as a devoted patriot and offered her a leadership position in the House. Her replacement pick for U.N. ambassador has not yet been named.
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DOGE’s HHS Overhaul & Maine Sports Standoff | 3.28.25
What's going on here? Well, at some level, it's legal payback. So on Monday, Trump signed an executive order targeting the law firm Jenner & Block. The order is similar to a few others he signed in recent weeks. It blocks the firm from entering federal buildings and revokes its attorney's security clearances. It also bars federal agencies from contracting with the firm.
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DOGE’s HHS Overhaul & Maine Sports Standoff | 3.28.25
The president spoke about these orders this week. Here's what he said.
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DOGE’s HHS Overhaul & Maine Sports Standoff | 3.28.25
A federal judge blocked one of these Trump orders earlier this month. That one targeted Perkins Coie, the Clinton-tied law firm at the center of the Russian collusion conspiracy in 2016. The judge in that case is Beryl Howell. She was appointed by Barack Obama, and she called Trump's order unlawful and a violation of the First Amendment. So what's behind this?
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DOGE’s HHS Overhaul & Maine Sports Standoff | 3.28.25
Why is the president going after these particular firms? Well, they all have deep ties to the Democratic Party and Trump's top antagonists. In fact, Trump's latest order singles out Andrew Weissman. He was a partner at Jenner & Block from 2021 to 2022. But before that, he was a top deputy for special counsel Robert Mueller.
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DOGE’s HHS Overhaul & Maine Sports Standoff | 3.28.25
Weissman was suspected to have really driven forward the investigation into the bogus Russia collusion narrative. Now, these orders don't appear to be final, as in Trump will negotiate with the law firms if they come to the table. Here's Trump last week.
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DOGE’s HHS Overhaul & Maine Sports Standoff | 3.28.25
and make a deal is what Paul Weiss did. That's another law firm with deep ties to the Democratic Party. To avoid sanctions, Paul Weiss agreed to make several commitments, including $40 million worth of pro bono work for causes the White House supports. A lot of free labor right there.
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DOGE’s HHS Overhaul & Maine Sports Standoff | 3.28.25
Yeah, they think judicial overreach is a real problem here. Repeatedly since Trump took office, a district court judge has used the case of one or several plaintiffs to issue these sweeping nationwide injunctions. Those rulings have really stifled Trump's agenda. Here's GOP Senator Chuck Grassley on Fox News.
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DOGE’s HHS Overhaul & Maine Sports Standoff | 3.28.25
Grassley needs Democrats to get on board for this to beat a potential filibuster and stop district court judges from derailing the president's agenda.
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RFK Restructures HHS & Tourist Submarine Sinks | Afternoon Update | 3.27.25
The FBI says the 24-year-old suspect was arrested today in Woodbridge, Virginia, just outside of D.C. While his name hasn't been released, officials confirm he is among the top three MS-13 leaders operating in the United States. Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel observed the arrest from a tactical operations center.
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RFK Restructures HHS & Tourist Submarine Sinks | Afternoon Update | 3.27.25
Bondi called the mission a clean, safe operation and said the arrest makes Virginia and the country a lot safer.
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RFK Restructures HHS & Tourist Submarine Sinks | Afternoon Update | 3.27.25
The FBI carried out the takedown in coordination with local police, the ATF, and ICE. President Trump praised the arrest on social media, thanking Bondi, Patel, and others for their efforts and calling it, quote, a big deal.
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Trump-Zelensky Meeting Explodes, Pope Suffers Setback | Afternoon Update | 2.28.25
Shaboosie's crossover hit, A Bar Song, Tipsy, is making history on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
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Trump-Zelensky Meeting Explodes, Pope Suffers Setback | Afternoon Update | 2.28.25
The track now holds the top spot for a 35th week, breaking the record for the longest leading song by a solo act since the chart began in 1958. That record was previously held by Sam Hunt's Body Like a Back Road, which led for 34 weeks in 2017.
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Trump’s WEF Warning & CNN’s Newsroom Shakeup | 1.24.25
Yeah, good morning, John. According to reports, CNN is going to announce layoffs that will affect 210 employees, about 6% of its total staff. This news broke just days after NBC announced a pretty big round of layoffs itself, and it seems like both companies are scrambling to adjust as people turn away from cable news in favor of podcasts and other digital media.
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Trump’s WEF Warning & CNN’s Newsroom Shakeup | 1.24.25
CNN CEO Mark Thompson told his staff in a memo that the process of change is essential if we're to thrive in the future, but I both acknowledge and regret its very real human consequences. He also said the cuts were necessary because CNN was going to invest $70 million in new digital ventures.
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Trump’s WEF Warning & CNN’s Newsroom Shakeup | 1.24.25
The network's biggest stars, Anderson Cooper and Caitlin Collins, are both keeping their time slots. But Jake Tapper's show is being pushed an hour later, and Wolf Blitzer's show is being moved to the morning. So those two are basically switching places. Former MSNBC host Casey Hunt is getting a new afternoon show.
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Trump’s WEF Warning & CNN’s Newsroom Shakeup | 1.24.25
But the big news is that Jim Acosta, famous for his clashes with Trump in the White House press room, is being moved from his hour-long spot at 10 a.m. to a two-hour block beginning at midnight. One source close to the situation described this as effectively exiling Acosta to the Siberia of television news.
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Trump’s WEF Warning & CNN’s Newsroom Shakeup | 1.24.25
Acosta is reportedly furious about this move and might leave the network altogether rather than take the graveyard shift.
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Trump’s WEF Warning & CNN’s Newsroom Shakeup | 1.24.25
Yeah, that's absolutely right. Morning Wire spoke about that with Dylan Byers, a CNN alum and founder of Puck News.
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Trump’s WEF Warning & CNN’s Newsroom Shakeup | 1.24.25
He added that the network's attempt to suddenly shift from railing against Trump to less hyperbolic coverage of him has resulted in some awkward moments and some pretty ugly conclusions about the network's on-air personalities.
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Trump’s WEF Warning & CNN’s Newsroom Shakeup | 1.24.25
Buyer suggested that, in the end, this shift away from resistance programming combined with the rise of new media sources means, quote, there's no real reason for people to go to CNN.
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Education Department Dismantled & Tesla Terrorism Continues | 3.21.25
Yeah, good morning, John. The big story is that the agency is reportedly halting a number of major audits and seems likely to pursue fewer audits down the line. Now, critics are pointing to this as a huge red flag. They say pausing the audits is leaving billions of dollars on the table and basically means letting the rich get away with tax fraud.
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Education Department Dismantled & Tesla Terrorism Continues | 3.21.25
But remember, the Biden administration had really expanded the IRS's auditing power in a way that left people concerned. And Democrats had plans to bring on more than 80,000 new IRS agents who would largely have been tasked with auditing people making less than $400,000 a year. The lowest income wage earners were 5.5 times more likely to be audited than anyone else.
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Education Department Dismantled & Tesla Terrorism Continues | 3.21.25
That's according to a report put together by Syracuse University using IRS data. So an auditing pause is pretty in line with the Trump administration's plan to change how the IRS does business. It also comes a few weeks after the Trump administration cut around 6,000 employees from the agency.
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Education Department Dismantled & Tesla Terrorism Continues | 3.21.25
On Meet the Press this weekend, Treasury Secretary Scott Besson discussed those cuts and shared his vision for the future of the agency.
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Education Department Dismantled & Tesla Terrorism Continues | 3.21.25
Right, exactly. And that brings us to the second major IRS story of the week. On Tuesday, the agency announced that it had promoted Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler to be senior advisors to Besant. Those two were the IRS employees who alleged they were wrongfully targeted after blowing the whistle on Hunter Biden's tax evasion.
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Education Department Dismantled & Tesla Terrorism Continues | 3.21.25
For the next year, the pair will serve as senior advisors to Besant and then transition back into senior positions at the IRS. So they've gone from being targeted for speaking out against problems with the IRS to helping reform the agency.
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Education Department Dismantled & Tesla Terrorism Continues | 3.21.25
In a statement announcing their promotions, Besant praised them as veteran civil servants who will help further the agency's focus on collections, modernization, and customer service so we can deliver a more effective and efficient IRS experience for hardworking American taxpayers. A pretty massive reversal of fortune for those two.
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Education Department Dismantled & Tesla Terrorism Continues | 3.21.25
Yeah, Shapley and Ziegler testified to Congress in 2022 that agency officials blocked their investigation into Hunter Biden evading taxes on his $8.3 million income. They said their superiors stopped their investigation because it would have looked bad for Joe Biden.
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Education Department Dismantled & Tesla Terrorism Continues | 3.21.25
And they said that Hunter Biden was given favorable treatment during the auditing process and even got warnings ahead of certain investigations. Hunter Biden named both Shapley and Ziegler in a lawsuit alleging they revealed confidential tax information in their testimonies.
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Education Department Dismantled & Tesla Terrorism Continues | 3.21.25
At the time, Shapley's lawyers said Hunter's suit was just another frivolous smear by Biden family attorneys trying to turn people's attention away from Hunter Biden's own legal problems and intimidate any current and future whistleblowers.
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The Trump Shift & Cabinet Confirmation Questioning | 1.17.25
What happened on day three? Yeah, John, five hearings yesterday. And just like Wednesday, it was a mix of uneventful and lively. Let's start with the uneventful. Eric Turner, Trump's pick to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, said he would not impose DEI requirements at the agency.
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The Trump Shift & Cabinet Confirmation Questioning | 1.17.25
Lee Zeldin, Trump's pick to lead the EPA, had a surprisingly easy hearing considering his staunch opposition to environmental activism. Other than a couple of interjections from Bernie Sanders, who chimed in to make disputed claims about climate change and downplay the threat of China, the hearing was pretty smooth. Senators were even joking about which of their states had the best mountain ranges.
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The Trump Shift & Cabinet Confirmation Questioning | 1.17.25
Oh, who won? Well, John Curtis said Utah had real mountains as opposed to the hills on the East Coast. But like Zeldin, I'm a New Yorker, so I refuse to take that sitting down.
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The Trump Shift & Cabinet Confirmation Questioning | 1.17.25
How did that go? Well, the governor focused primarily on American energy dominance, warning that the country was currently facing an energy crisis and that Washington needed to work closely with state and local governments to boost energy production. Here he was explaining why domestic energy production is crucial for national security and not bad for the environment.
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The Trump Shift & Cabinet Confirmation Questioning | 1.17.25
Burgum also offered a glimpse into how he would balance those priorities with the need to preserve federal land, saying, quote, Not every acre of federal land is a national park or a wilderness area. Some of those areas we have to absolutely protect for their precious stuff, but the rest of it, this is America's balance sheet.
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The Trump Shift & Cabinet Confirmation Questioning | 1.17.25
How did that go? Trump's pick to run the Treasury Department had probably the most colorful hearing of the day, giving us some instantly viral exchanges with Democratic senators, like when he schooled Ron Wyden on tariffs.
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The Trump Shift & Cabinet Confirmation Questioning | 1.17.25
And then there was the moment Sheldon Whitehouse asked Besant to read an article he'd already read.
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The Trump Shift & Cabinet Confirmation Questioning | 1.17.25
Just one hearing. Kristi Noem, Trump's pick for the Department of Homeland Security. She'll appear before the Senate Homeland Security Committee later this morning. DHS is, of course, a huge job, so we'll be watching to see what Noem has to say about national security, the border crisis, and more.
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Education Department Exposed & NIL Guidance Changes | Afternoon Update | 2.14.25
The money HHS is alleged of supplying includes cash assistance for cars, homes, and business startups. The funding was funneled through the Office of Refugee Resettlement and dramatically increased during the Biden administration. The report follows concerns over ORR's handling of unaccompanied migrant children, with federal whistleblowers saying many were placed with unvetted sponsors.
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Education Department Exposed & NIL Guidance Changes | Afternoon Update | 2.14.25
The Trump administration has already begun clawing back millions in migrant aid and cutting funding for sanctuary cities.
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Education Department Exposed & NIL Guidance Changes | Afternoon Update | 2.14.25
U.S. intelligence reports suggest that the Jewish state is considering major strikes on Iran's nuclear sites this year. Israeli officials reportedly believe President Trump is more likely to support the action than his predecessor. The report highlights Iran's weakened military state, citing economic struggles, the fall of key allies, and recent Israeli military successes against Hezbollah.
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Education Department Exposed & NIL Guidance Changes | Afternoon Update | 2.14.25
The report, however, suggests that Israel would need bunker buster bombs to carry out the strikes, something that the United States has. Meanwhile, Trump's administration continues a maximum pressure campaign against Tehran while keeping military options on the table.
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Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs & RFK Sworn In | 2.14.25
Hey, John. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the charges on Wednesday. The lawsuit names New York State Governor Kathy Hochul, Attorney General Letitia James, and Mark Schroeder, the head of the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles. Here's Bondi.
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Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs & RFK Sworn In | 2.14.25
The lawsuit centers around New York's Green Light Law that was signed in 2019. The law allows illegal aliens to buy cars and obtain driver's licenses. It also blocks the New York DMV from passing on most information on licensees to federal authorities. On top of that, the DMV notifies any licensee whose information is requested that covers any alien's information requested by ICE.
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Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs & RFK Sworn In | 2.14.25
The Justice Department said the Green Light Law was passed to directly impair the enforcement of federal immigration laws in New York. We've heard responses from some New York officials. What are they saying? Hochul put out a statement Wednesday night that called Bondi's announcement dramatic and smoke and mirrors.
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Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs & RFK Sworn In | 2.14.25
The governor said the law has already survived multiple legal challenges and does not expect a different outcome this time. For her part, James called the lawsuit an attempt to weaponize the Department of Justice to intimidate political opponents.
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Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs & RFK Sworn In | 2.14.25
Right. ICE has dealt with a constant stream of leaks to the media about its planned raids. Those leaks have either drastically cut the effectiveness of major operations or forced ICE to delay or cancel jobs. This has happened multiple times now in Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, and it's frustrating officials in the White House.
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Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs & RFK Sworn In | 2.14.25
Up till now, the biggest single day for ICE arrests has been 1,100 people. And the average day is, of course, lower than that. If ICE aims to deport, say, a million people in the first year, the daily average would have to be over 2,700. According to recent reports, the current pace has frustrated Trump and other top officials.
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Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs & RFK Sworn In | 2.14.25
Well, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem pointed at the FBI over the weekend. On Sunday, she wrote in a post on X, quote, the FBI is so corrupt, we will work with any and every agency to stop leaks and prosecute these crooked deep state agents to the fullest extent of the law. Borders are Tom Homan went on Fox News on Monday and he agreed with her. Here's some of that.
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Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs & RFK Sworn In | 2.14.25
Pullman echoed comments made by Bondi over the weekend. Here was Bondi on Fox News on Sunday.
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Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs & RFK Sworn In | 2.14.25
The pressure is building. The latest leak was printed in the Los Angeles Times last week. The Times reported on a leaked memo that described large-scale ICE operations planned in LA that were supposed to take place by the end of the month.
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Duke Lacrosse Accuser Retracts & Daniel Penny Army Navy Game | Afternoon Update | 12.13.24
Tom Homan was direct, saying he will implement Donald Trump's plan to deport millions of illegal immigrants beginning in the Windy City.
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Duke Lacrosse Accuser Retracts & Daniel Penny Army Navy Game | Afternoon Update | 12.13.24
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson have vowed to fight deportations and continue their sanctuary policies. But Holman said he won't back down. This comes just days after Chicago residents criticized the mayor for using taxpayer dollars to house and feed illegal immigrants instead of taxpaying citizens.
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Border Wall Fire Sale & New Jersey’s Drone Mystery | 12.13.24
Yeah, The Daily Wire was able to reveal this thanks to the reporting of James Lalino. He obtained video from a source he has in Arizona that shows a government contractor trucking company hauling away tons of border wall materials. Those materials, these heavy steel slats and bollards, are being shipped north.
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Border Wall Fire Sale & New Jersey’s Drone Mystery | 12.13.24
This is potentially millions of dollars worth of materials, and it's being placed on a government surplus auction site where the starting bid for a segment of wall is just $5. Here's Lalino.
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Border Wall Fire Sale & New Jersey’s Drone Mystery | 12.13.24
Well, the Biden administration refused to answer questions on this fire sale. But a border agent in Arizona told Lulino that the operation looks like the Biden administration is trying to hamper Trump's plans to restart construction on the border wall. Here was Trump in January this year.
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Border Wall Fire Sale & New Jersey’s Drone Mystery | 12.13.24
According to the agent, officials want the materials gone by Christmas. That would mean no materials to immediately restart construction of the border wall, which Trump was counting on for his day one lockdown of the border. And it's not clear what needs to happen for Trump to replace all those materials.
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Border Wall Fire Sale & New Jersey’s Drone Mystery | 12.13.24
It may be that he has to fight again for Congress to approve more funds, which will take away from other priorities he has heading into a second term.
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Border Wall Fire Sale & New Jersey’s Drone Mystery | 12.13.24
Right. So we've reported extensively on sanctuary city policies. But in San Diego County, local officials there are taking it up a notch and passing what's been dubbed super sanctuary policies. The San Diego Board of Supervisors voted 3-1 this week to issue more protections for illegal immigrants than even California state law provides for.
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Border Wall Fire Sale & New Jersey’s Drone Mystery | 12.13.24
And according to the board's only member to vote no, Republican Jim Desmond, the policy could have some pretty dire consequences.
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Border Wall Fire Sale & New Jersey’s Drone Mystery | 12.13.24
Of course, Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, has made it clear that federal law enforcement will go into places like San Diego County to enforce the law no matter how local leaders feel.
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Trade War Escalates & Coal's Comeback | Afternoon Update | 4.11.25
Surrounded by coal miners and hardhats and vests, Trump signed executive orders this week directing federal agencies to prioritize coal production and exports. The orders designate coal as a critical mineral, lift leasing restrictions on federal lands, and call for a rollback of regulations that limit coal-fired energy.
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Trade War Escalates & Coal's Comeback | Afternoon Update | 4.11.25
Trump cited rising electricity demands from AI data centers and manufacturing as a reason to reinvest in clean coal technologies. The move signals a major policy shift favoring fossil fuels amid ongoing debates over climate change and energy transition.
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Budget Bill Passes House & Rise of Teen “Sextortion” | 4.11.25
Yeah, it makes the 2017 tax cuts permanent and includes funding for Trump's priorities on defense, energy, and immigration. It also lifts the debt limit for about two years. What it missed that almost brought it down in the House is deeper budget cuts wanted by House conservatives.
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Budget Bill Passes House & Rise of Teen “Sextortion” | 4.11.25
The Senate resolution just approved by the House outlines about $400 billion in budget cuts, whereas the original House blueprint called for at least $1.5 trillion. But House Speaker Mike Johnson was able to convince conservative holdouts to back the Senate version and open the door to budget reconciliation. Here's Johnson after the vote.
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Budget Bill Passes House & Rise of Teen “Sextortion” | 4.11.25
Reconciliation is a complicated process, but the short version is that with this House vote, lawmakers in both chambers can now haggle over the final version of the budget reconciliation bill. The upside here is that the eventual bill to come out of those negotiations will only need 50 votes in the Senate instead of the usual 60 to overcome a filibuster.
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Budget Bill Passes House & Rise of Teen “Sextortion” | 4.11.25
But there's always the concern that the gripes from the House conservatives over Thursday's bill could threaten the final bill as well. Johnson has said he hopes to have a bill on Trump's desk by Memorial Day.
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Budget Bill Passes House & Rise of Teen “Sextortion” | 4.11.25
The tally of countries that want to negotiate over trade is now up to 75. That's according to Treasury Secretary Scott Besson's remarks during Thursday's cabinet meeting. There's a long way to go, though. Dozens of trade deals to be negotiated. And it's worth pointing out that Trump didn't pause all tariffs on Wednesday.
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Budget Bill Passes House & Rise of Teen “Sextortion” | 4.11.25
There are still heavy tariff rates on China, as well as a flat 10% tariff rate across the board. There are also other tariffs on Canada and Mexico.
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Budget Bill Passes House & Rise of Teen “Sextortion” | 4.11.25
Yeah, the consumer price index for March showed that inflation came in under experts' expectations. Year over year, it increased by 2.4% rather than the expected 2.6%. While that's good news for Americans, don't expect that to mean much as far as interest rates go. Experts expect those to stay where they are as the economy adjusts to Trump's fast-moving tariff policy.
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Budget Bill Passes House & Rise of Teen “Sextortion” | 4.11.25
The stock market also dipped back down yesterday after Wednesday's record recovery, so still a lot of turmoil there. But Besson said the U.S. bond market is now doing okay.
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Budget Bill Passes House & Rise of Teen “Sextortion” | 4.11.25
So the economy is showing some good signs, but there is still plenty of unknowns ahead. Yeah, indeed. Tim, thanks so much for reporting. Thanks for having me on.
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Trump Sentenced & Wildfire Suspect | Afternoon Update | 1.10.25
Governor Mike DeWine signed a Parents' Bill of Rights into law last week, expanding parental oversight in schools. The legislation requires districts to inform parents about health care changes for their children and lessons involving sexuality or gender identity.
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Trump Sentenced & Wildfire Suspect | Afternoon Update | 1.10.25
It also mandates schools to allow students to leave during the day for religious instruction, bolstering access to faith-based education. Governor DeWine defended the measure, saying parents are the best teachers. LGBTQ advocates have vowed to continue opposing the law.
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Trump Sentenced & Wildfire Suspect | Afternoon Update | 1.10.25
According to a new APNORC poll, about half of U.S. adults now rank immigration and border security among the most important issues for the government to address. That's up from one-third last year. This comes as Trump is promising mass deportations and an end to birthright citizenship.
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Trump Sentenced & Wildfire Suspect | Afternoon Update | 1.10.25
While Republicans are particularly focused on immigration, economic concerns remain the dominant issue across all groups. Roughly three-quarters of Americans want the government to prioritize inflation, unemployment, and taxes. Younger Americans are more focused on housing costs and inflation, while older adults list Social Security as a top concern.