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I'm Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Tuesday, January 21st, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update. Marco Rubio has become the first confirmed member of President Trump's cabinet. Daily Wire White House correspondent Mary Margaret Olihan has more.
The former Florida senator was sworn in by Vice President J.D. Vance as the new Secretary of State. Rubio says his focus will be on strengthening, securing, and prospering the United States. He also emphasized that any State Department actions must align with these goals. Today, confirmation hearings have picked back up with several of Trump's cabinet picks inching closer to confirmation.
Scott Besant, Trump's Treasury Secretary nominee, as well as Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick for defense secretary, have both made it through their respective committees. They will both face floor votes in the coming days. Meanwhile, VA Secretary-Picked Doug Collins and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. nominee Elise Stefanik face questioning today.
Here's a bit from Stefanik saying no American taxpayer dollars should go towards funding terrorism.
I think we can look to organizations within the UN system, such as UNHCR, such as the World Food Program, working with USAID, which are proven organizations. They still need reform efforts and modernization, but don't have the terrorist ties that UNRWA had, particularly that were exposed during the October 7th Hamas attack against Israel.
Oath Keepers leader Stuart Rhodes and ex-Proud Boys chief Enrique Tarrio are free from prison after Trump pardoned more than 1,500 people connected to J6. Daily Wire reporter Amanda Prestigiacomo reports.
Rhodes and Tarrio were convicted of seditious conspiracy, though neither of them actually entered the Capitol building. Tarrio was serving out a 22-year sentence, and Rhodes was nearly two years into his 18-year term. Trump defended the pardons, saying that these individuals had been destroyed.
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