Budget Battles, Billion-Dollar Bets & ICE Busts | 5.15.25

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🗓️ 15 May 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Congress clashes over the budget bill that could cut Medicaid and extend Trump-era tax cuts, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy pushes major FAA reforms, and nearly 200 criminal illegal aliens are arrested in an ICE raid in Nashville, sparking a political firestorm. Get the facts first with Morning Wire. Fast Growing Trees: Get 15% off your first purchase when using the code WIRE at checkout or by visiting https://fastgrowingtrees.com/wire Kikoff: Start building credit with Kikoff today, and you can get your first month for as little as $1 when you go to https://getkikoff.com/wire

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0:00.0	President Trump deepens U.S. ties in the Middle East with historic economic partnerships,
0:08.9	while domestic battles over tax cuts and Medicaid rage on in Congress.
0:13.1	Less government lower taxes so we can allow the free market to flourish. I think that's
0:17.1	what we're going to achieve in this bill. I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Executive Editor John Bickley.
0:22.8	It's Thursday, May 15th, and this is Morning Wire.
0:32.3	The FAA calls an urgent meeting with airlines to address critical staff, shortages, and faulty equipment at major travel hubs.
0:40.2	And a sweeping ice raid in Nashville nets nearly 200 criminal illegal aliens,
0:45.9	sparking backlash from the city's Democrat mayor and a larger national debate on DHS protocols.
0:51.4	If anyone's breaking the law in this situation, it's not members of Congress.
0:56.5	It's the Department of Homeland Security.
0:58.8	You lay a finger on them, we are going to have a problem.
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