Morning Wire - Longest J6 Sentence & Biden Vetoes Bi-Partisan Safety Bill | Afternoon Update | 5.25.23

Episode Date: May 25, 2023

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This comes as the national retailer faces a boycott from conservative and Christian groups over its controversial pride collection, featuring an array of products targeting young children. President Biden vetoed a bipartisan bill on Thursday, which would have nullified the Washington DC Council's 22 Criminal Justice Reform Act. Senate critics say the D.C. Act is soft on crime and weakens police power while endangering Americans who visit the nation's capital. The Senate recently voted 53 to 46 to nullify it and keep in certain police protections and criminal punishments. However, the president's veto now allows D.C.'s

Reform Amendment to proceed. In a statement sent to the Daily Wire, Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio, Lasted the president saying that residents, tourists, and D.C. Metro police deserve far better, while adding that the veto is a shame. Congressional Republicans have called upon FBI director Christopher Ray to brief them on the process of the investigation into the January 6th pipe bomber. The letter indicates that FBI whistleblowers believe that the Bureau has information relating to a Metro swipe card being used by the alleged bomber, as well as a potential license plate number. One former FBI agent told Congressman Jim Jordan that it doesn't add up why the federal government has not identified the man yet. The credit of the United States is in danger of being downgraded.

Two credit rating agencies placed the U.S. on a negative watch over the debt-sealing negotiations between President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Daily Wire researcher Trevor Mock has more. Fitch Ratings, considered one of the three most influential credit rating agencies in the nation, said in an Outlook Wednesday evening that the AAA, A rating currently held by the U.S. could be reconsidered because of, quote, increased political partisanship that is hindering reaching a resolution to raise or suspend the debt limit. The firm did say it anticipates that the debt ceiling will be amended before the estimated deadline. The U.S. Supreme Court issued a 9-0 decision today that restricts the power of the Environmental Protection Agency to control underground water. A couple in Idaho argued that they should have the right to construct

a home on an empty lot near a lake. After a 15-year battle with the EPA, the High Court agreed that the EPA does not control underground water and wetlands that are not contiguous with permanent standing bodies of water. This effectively ends a Biden administration definition of waterways that was first implemented by President Barack Obama, only to be repealed by the Trump administration. The founder and leader of the oathkeeper, Stuart Rhodes, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for his actions relating to the January 6th riot. Rhodes was convicted of seditious conspiracy and connection with the riot on November 22nd. Federal prosecutors originally asked for 25 years. Authorities have now charged more than 1,000 people over the riot.

The Supreme Court ruled in favor Thursday of Geraldine Tyler, a 94-year-old Minnesota grandmother who claims the state seized her condo and sold it for a profit over an unpaid tax debt. Tyler owed the government $15,000 in property taxes plus interest in penalties. The state seized and sold her home for $40,000, pocketing the proceeds, a maneuver that civil rights activists call equity theft. The court unanimously sided with Tyler. Well, those your drive home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to Dailywire.com and for more in-depth discussion of the biggest stories of the day, listen to the latest full episode of Morningwire every morning.