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Unvaccinated Troops Reinstated & Super Bowl LIX Matchup | Afternoon Update | 1.27.25
Mon, 27 Jan 2025
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I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Monday, January 27th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
Military service members who were discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine may soon join the ranks again. Daily Wire reporter Amanda Prestigiacomo has the latest.
President Trump is set to sign an executive order today that will restore over 8,000 troops back to their previous rank with full back pay and benefits. This comes after the troops were removed under the Biden administration's vaccine mandate between 2021 and 2023. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the move while calling it a step toward rebuilding military readiness and morale.
Trump is also set to sign orders banning diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in the military and reversing policies allowing transgender individuals to serve openly. President Trump has signed an executive order today that will restore over 8,000 troops back to their previous rank with full back pay and benefits.
Meanwhile, the CIA is taking a closer look at the origins of COVID-19. Over the weekend, CIA Director John Ratcliffe revealed in an interview that the agency now assesses a lab-related incident in Wuhan as the most likely cause of the outbreak.
He emphasized that the findings, based on an assessment conducted during the Biden administration, aim to rebuild public trust and avoid political controversy. Ratcliffe was asked if the virus was released intentionally, and here's what he said.
I think we'll get to the point where every intelligence agency in the United States will agree with the CIA's assessment that the most likely outcome was from a lab in Wuhan. And we'll get more intelligence as time goes by. And we'll be transparent with the American people about what that intelligence says.
Days after withdrawing from the World Health Organization, President Trump says he's open to rejoining it, but there would need to be some significant reform. Daily Wire Deputy Managing Editor Tim Rice reports.
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