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FEMA Fires Partisans & February Jobs Growth | Afternoon Update | 3.7.25
Fri, 7 Mar 2025
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Chapter 1: What are the key stories covered in this episode?
FEMA terminates three more employees after its political targeting scandal, a Kamala Harris aide is under criminal investigation, and Florida's governor moves to end all mRNA vaccine mandates. I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Friday, March 7th, and this is your Morning Wire Afternoon Update.
Chapter 2: How did the February jobs report impact the economy?
The U.S. economy added 151,000 new jobs in February. That's the most robust jobs report since federal data revealed a rebound in employment growth. President Trump touted the jobs gains while speaking to reporters in the Oval Office today. Trump also issued a stern warning to Russia. He threatened new sanctions if the nation continues its bombardment of Ukraine.
Trump said he believes a ceasefire and peace between Russia and Ukraine is still within reach. Meanwhile, President Zelensky said he will travel to Saudi Arabia next week to meet with U.S. officials for continued peace negotiations.
The State Department has revoked the visa of a Hamas-supporting foreign student on a U.S. campus, the first such action under President Trump's pledge to curb pro-Hamas protests. The student faces deportation, but his or her name and school will remain undisclosed due to legal limits. This comes after President Trump promised to defund colleges allowing illegal protests.
Chapter 3: Why were FEMA supervisors fired?
FEMA has terminated three supervisors after an internal investigation prompted by reporting by the Daily Wire. Daily Wire deputy managing editor Tim Rice has the story.
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.
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.
A former top aide to Kamala Harris is now under criminal investigation, accused of forging paperwork to take advantage of Elon Musk's fork in the road buyout offer. Daily Wire investigative reporter Luke Rosiak, who first broke the story, has more.
Chapter 4: What is the investigation involving a Kamala Harris aide about?
investigation is likely to explore whether high-level officials, potentially including Harris herself, as well as Lena Kahn, Joe Biden's chair of the Federal Trade Commission, conspired to embed the vice president's deputy domestic policy advisor, Nathaniel Siegel, into a civil service job just before Trump's inauguration.
He was placed on the payroll on direct orders of Kahn, despite the fact that he was missing essential paperwork, three Trump administration officials told the Daily Wire. In mid-February, Siegel doctored a document to try to secure the deferred resignation program buyout, despite not being eligible and its deadline having passed, the official said.
The buyout program gives eligible career employees benefits worth as much as $200,000 in exchange for leaving the government.
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Governor Ron DeSantis is calling for the end of mRNA vaccine mandates in Florida. Daily Wire investigative reporter Marietta Lordy has the story.
DeSantis is urging the CDC to stop recommending COVID-19 vaccines for children and calling for a permanent ban on mRNA vaccine mandates in his state. Several conservative-led states are targeting the technology with new restrictions. Iowa, Montana, and Idaho all have bills aiming to limit or ban mRNA vaccines, reflecting ongoing skepticism about the technology.
Listeners may remember the three men who were found dead outside a friend's home after watching a Kansas City Chiefs game. Now, prosecutors are bringing charges against two of their friends. Both face involuntary manslaughter and drug charges. Prosecutors say the men died of fentanyl and cocaine toxicity. Bags of drugs were found at the home where they died.
A Platt County prosecuting attorney announced the charges Wednesday, noting the case's complexity delayed the investigation.
The Obama State Department interfered with the FBI and other law enforcement that wanted to take action against Iranian targets. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has the story.
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