Morning Wire - Migrant Hotel Money & Philly’s Chaotic Celebrations | Afternoon Update | 2.10.25

Episode Date: February 10, 2025

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This episode is brought to you by Black Rifle Coffee. Head to BlackRifelcoffee.com and use code DailyWire for 20% off your purchase. That's BlackRifelCoffee.com code DailyWire. I'm Georgia Howe with DailyWire editor-in-chief John Bickley. It's Monday, February 10th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update. Elon Musk says FEMA spent millions of taxpayer dollars on luxury hotels for migrants in New York City. Daily Wire reporter Amanda Presta Giacomo has more. In a post on X, Musk called the $59 million FEMA payout a violation of federal law and blatant insubordination to President Trump's executive order.

The revelation comes as the Trump administration pushes to overhaul or even dismantle FEMA. The president, while speaking at a roundtable, blasted the agency's handling of emergency relief, and he suggested that disaster age should go directly to states. Musk says that a formal demand will be issued today to claw back those funds as the debate over FEMA's future. future intensifies. Lawmakers are cracking down on non-governmental organizations for allegedly undermining U.S. immigration laws. Senator Bill Haggerty and Representative Lance Guden introduced separate measures aimed at cutting tax-exempt status and federal funding for NGOs aiding illegal immigrants. DHS Secretary Christy Noem says funding has already been frozen, calling these groups

facilitators of illegal immigration. Meanwhile, President Trump has ordered a federal review of all funds going to NGOs. Texas representative Lance Guden told Morningwire that his bill is about one thing, stopping human trafficking. NGOs are acting as the middleman in a mass migration pipeline, using your tax dollars to transport house and assist illegal aliens as they flood across our border. That stops the second this bill to come to law. And if passed, this legislation will cut off all federal funding to NGOs engaged in illegal immigration. No more government-funded plane tickets, hotel stays, or prepaid debit cards for border crossers. This bill forces transparency and accountability. If an NGO lies to us, they lose their 501c3 status. The Guantanamo Bay

transfer of three Venezuelan migrants has been blocked. Lawyers say the detainees were falsely accused of ties to the gang Tren de Aragua and argue the move violates their rights. A New Mexico judge granted a restraining order pausing the transfer. Meanwhile, the administration has already sent flights of detained migrants to Guantanamo. with Trump vowing to expand the facility. Immigration groups are now demanding legal access to detainees. The stage has been set for a major legal battle over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has the latest.

After the agency's acting director Russell Vote moved to shut CFPB down, a federal union filed not one but two lawsuits against them. One of the suits aims to stop the shutdown and the other to block Doge from accessing employee records. The National Treasury Employees Union says votes work freeze is unlawful and accuses the administration of sidelining staff without proper leave. The union also claims Doge is violating the Privacy Act by accessing CFPB employee records without consent. The lawsuits are headed to federal court in Washington, D.C. This episode is brought to you by Old Glory Bank. Co-founded in 2022 by Dr. Ben Carson, Larry Elder, and John Rich, Old Glory Bank now serves tens of thousands of customers in all 50 states.

Go to Old Glorybank.com slash wire today to open your account and put your money in the hands of people you can actually trust. Eagles victory celebrations in Philly turned chaotic despite city officials' warning against reckless behavior. Fireworks lit up the sky, champagne popped, and videos on social media even show crazed fans toppling over traffic lights and utility poles. In other instances, people jumped onto a police van and danced on an ambulance. After past tragic incidents, Mayor Shirel Parker urged fans to stay safe. Police had all hands on deck, but the celebrations still went a little crazy. That said, no major injuries have been reported so far, but officials are still reviewing last night's events.

Hamas is holding off on releasing hostages originally set to be freed this weekend. A spokesman for the terrorist group says hostages won't be freed until Israel compensates them for allegedly violating the ceasefire deal. Meanwhile, Israel denies the claims, with Defense Minister Israel Katz calling the move a violation of the ceasefire. Aid deliveries remain a flashpoint as Hamas says supplies to northern Gaza aren't enough. Israeli forces are now on high alert preparing for possible escalation. A Canadian women's college basketball team faces a league suspension after disputes regarding a trans-identifying male player.

Daily Wire senior editor Ash Short has more. Columbia Bible College is challenging its suspension from PAC West. League officials are accusing the team of abuse towards trans-identifying athlete Harriet McKenzie. McKenzie claims he was purposefully fouled on the court and claims CBC's head coach Taylor Claggett cornered him to say he shouldn't be allowed to compete. Clagget denies wrongdoing, saying her concerns were about player safety, not identity. This comes after President Trump's recent executive order in the U.S. banning the participation of men in federally funded women's sports. Meanwhile, Canada protects such participation.

And it may be time to say goodbye to pennies. President Trump has ordered the end of new penny production to cut costs. Trump announced the move last night, citing the high cost of minting pennies over three cents per coin. His Department of Government Efficiency, led by Elon Musk, says this wasted $179 million in 2023 alone. The Treasury Department will now decide how to phase out production. All right, those are your drive home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to Dailywire.com. And in case you missed it this morning, we covered some major stories, including Trump's big game interview, the rise of new media in his administration, and the origins of Doge.

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