The Pour Over Today - Super Bowl LIX Highlights, USAID, DOGE, NIH Updates from Washington, & More I 2.10.25

Episode Date: February 10, 2025

Today, we’re talking about the highlights from Super Bowl LIX, federal judges blocking USAID and DOGE efforts, while the NIH announced a new policy and other top news for Monday, February, 10th. Stay informed while remaining focused on Christ with The Pour Over Today. Please support our TPO sponsors! The Voice of the Martyrs: vom.org/TPO Parenting with Ginger Hubbard: https://links.thepourover.org/ParentingwithGingerHubbard The Bulletin: MoreCT.com/BulletinPodcast Upside: https://links.thepourover.org/Upside Cru: give.cru.org/pour LMNT: https://links.thepourover.org/LMNT_Podcast HelloFresh: hellofresh.com/tpo10fm One Year Bible: https://links.thepourover.org/OneYearBible_Pod

Today's episode is brought to you by our lead sponsor, Crew. Today, we're talking about the highlights of Super Bowl 59, federal judges blocking USAID and DOGE efforts, while the NIH announced a new policy, and other top news for Monday, February 10th. Stay informed while remaining focused on Christ with the poor over today. Here's the verse of the day. Let's get started with some espresso shots. Let's get started with some espresso shots. The Philadelphia Eagles are going to Disney World after winning Super Bowl LIX 59 for

non-Romans. It was a blowout. The Eagles dominated from kickoff to Gatorade dump, ending the Kansas City Chiefs' 3-peat hopes in a 40-22 victory. It's the Eagles' second Lombardi Trophy in seven years. QB Jalen Hurts won his first Super Bowl MVP and his first Super Bowl. Running back Saquon Barkley celebrated his 28th birthday with 97 yards. 57 were on the ground, earning him a single-season record total of 2,504 rushing yards in his

first year with the Eagles. Meanwhile, rookie cornerback Cooper DeGing celebrated his 22nd birthday with a six-pack. Enough football. How are the commercials? Stars studded. Post Malone learned you can't actually drink beer in a beer ad. Famous Bostonians Ben Affleck and Matt Damon returned to promote Dunkin' Donuts, and Harry and Sally reunited over lunch

in a Hellman's Mayo commercial. Several ads took on the rise of AI, with companies like Google and Salesforce announcing new AI-driven features. Google's originally-slated cheesy ad had to be re-cut after its AI program, Gemini, inaccurately claimed that Gouda accounts for half of the world's cheese consumption.

What else? Emmy, Grammy, and Oscar winner and New Orleans native John Battiste gave a jazzy performance of the national anthem at NOLA's Caesar Superdome. Then, at halftime, Kendrick Lamar performed with guest appearances from SZA, Serena Williams, and Uncle Sam-u-ol L. Jackson. Caesar's Superdome attendees ranged from Taylor Swift to Paul McCartney to President Trump, who became the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl. Whether you watched the Super Bowl, the Puppy Bowl, or maybe curled up with a good book

last night, we can agree that God's call on our lives today is to live in a manner that reflects His undeserved love displayed on the cross. Pray that you will do that today. Ephesians 4.1 says, Therefore I, the prisoner and the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling you have received. Some Trump administration initiatives have hit judicial roadblocks. On Friday, a federal judge temporarily blocked efforts to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID, pausing plans to recall nearly all agency workers abroad and put 2,200 employees on paid administrative leave.

Another hearing is set for Wednesday. Early Saturday, a different federal judge blocked the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, from accessing Treasury payment systems over security concerns. Officials who gained access since January 20 must delete any downloaded records. While those efforts slowed, others began. The National Institutes of Health, NIH, announced a new policy limiting indirect costs on medical grants, which cover things like equipment, personnel, accounting, etc. to 15%. Universities warned it could upend medical research. The NIH called it vital to prioritize funding

for direct scientific research. Here's a risk to consider when it feels like you take one step forward, three steps back. A person's heart plans his way, but the Lord determines his steps. Proverbs 16, 9. With over 1,000 translations and every type of decorative edition, it's easy to forget how many people can't even get their hands on a single copy of the Bible in their native language. That's why we've partnered with Cru. Cru has missionaries in almost every country,

but they need more Bibles. One missionary said, I've never seen such a thirst for the word of God in my country. Let's quench that thirst. For just $24 a month, you can provide three people with Bibles every month. As a bonus, Crew will provide meals to 12 hungry individuals through their humanitarian ministry and send you a free TPO coffee mug. text POUR to 71326 or visit give.crew.org slash POUR. Again, that's texting POUR to 71326 or give.cru.org slash POUR. Message and data rates may apply. Available to U.S. addresses only. In other brews, here's a wrap around of updates.

Uncle Sam added an unspectacular 143,000 jobs in January. Rigid weather and the LA wildfires slowed hiring, but healthcare 44,000, retail 34,000, and government sectors 32,000 all saw gains. Wages rose a better than expected 4.1% year over year, and unemployment dropped to 4% and eight months low. With the economy holding steady, a Fed rate cut isn't likely anytime soon.

The wreckage of a missing passenger plane in Alaska was found Friday. The small, single-engine aircraft was found on ocean ice in the Bering Sea after a 24-hour search. It was flying in poor weather from Unalakleet to Nome to small cities inaccessible by land when it rapidly lost altitude. The cause is not yet known. All 10 on board are presumed dead. Hamas exchanged three hostages for 183 Palestinian prisoners on Saturday. The pale, gaunt hostages were compelled to thank their captors during the handover, a move Hamas said confirms the Palestinian people and the resistance have the upper hand. Israel said their serious condition won't go unaddressed.

The released prisoners included wartime captives from the strip plus pre-wartime life sentence terrorists. President Trump has levied financial sanctions and visa restrictions against officials from the International Criminal Court for targeting America and our close ally Israel. The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu last fall. Nearly 80 countries released a joint statement disapproving of the sanctions, saying they threatened to erode the international rule of law. Joysticks went still around the world on Friday when a major PlayStation Network outage locked

gamers out of online services, stores, and apps. Sony confirmed that some outages were offline and apologized for the inconvenience, but didn't explain the outage. Systems were back online by Saturday night. And that's all we have for today. Thanks so much for listening. If you're listening on the Apple Podcasts app, us a five star rating and drop a review. If you're listening on Spotify, give us a follow and hit the notification bell to never miss a new episode. We appreciate your support and hope you have a great day. We'll see on Wednesday.

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