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Canada Elects New Leader & DC Redesigns BLM Plaza | Afternoon Update | 3.10.25
Mon, 10 Mar 2025
The State Department confirms massive cuts at USAID, Canada bids Trudeau adieu, and X faces a sophisticated cyber attack. Developing stories you need to know just in time for your drive home. Get the facts first on Morning Wire. Lumen: Head to http://lumen.me/WIRE for 20% off your purchase.Shopify: Go to https://Shopify.com/morningwire to sign up for your $1 per month trial period and upgrade your selling today.
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The State Department confirms massive cuts at USAID. Canada bids Trudeau adieu. And X faces a sophisticated cyber attack. I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Monday, March 10th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
Chapter 2: What are the details of the USAID program cuts?
The Trump administration has officially axed more than 80% of USAID programs. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pearce has more.
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.
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.
Canada has officially said it's time to go to Trudeau, with former central banker Mark Carney succeeding him. Daily Wire deputy managing editor Tim Rice has the latest.
Chapter 3: Who is Canada's new leader after Trudeau?
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.
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.
Donald Trump... As we know, has put, as the Prime Minister just said, unjustified tariffs on what we build, on what we sell, on how we make a living. He's attacking Canadian families, workers and businesses, and we cannot let him succeed.
Carney has pledged economic retaliation against US tariffs, signaling an escalating trade war between the two nations.
Chapter 4: What are the consequences of the North Sea ship collision?
A U.S.-flagged tanker carrying jet fuel was struck by a Portugal-flagged cargo ship in the North Sea, triggering multiple explosions.
Both vessels are abandoning. Vessels who have firefighting equipment or who can assist with search and rescue, contact Humber Coast Guard on Channel 16.
Officials say 37 crew members were aboard, with one hospitalized while the rest were safely evacuated. Tanker Stena Immaculate, part of a U.S. military fuel supply fleet, was at anchor when it was hit, causing a cargo tank rupture and fuel leak. British rescue teams responded as thick black smoke billowed from the burning ships.
It's not immediately clear what caused the crash, but investigations are ongoing.
X reportedly underwent a massive cyber attack. According to Elon Musk, the attack appeared to be highly coordinated and may involve a large group or even a nation state. The platform experienced periodic outages all morning, though Musk assured users that tracing efforts are underway. While X routinely faces cyber threats, Musk emphasized that this attack was unusually sophisticated.
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D.C. is revamping Black Lives Matter Plaza with the giant yellow letters set to be removed. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the plaza's, quote, evolution, inviting students and artists to contribute new artwork across all eight wards. The District Department of Transportation says work will take six to eight weeks to with temporary closures affecting commutes.
Meanwhile, a Republican-backed bill in Congress seeks to rename the site Liberty Plaza and remove all references to Black Lives Matter. Here's Bowser on the bill.
We expect to have a discussion, a citywide discussion about how we will honor the nation's semi-quincentennial. And we expect it to be a part of that discussion. But we don't support the congressman's bill.
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