Democrats’ DOGE Tantrum, Hegseth’s Ukraine Conditions, Trump v. Judges | Feb. 12, 2025

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🗓️ 12 February 2025

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On today’s Top News in 10, we cover: The House of Representatives’ newly created DOGE Subcommittee held its first hearing Wednesday with a focus on the “War on Waste.” The subcommittee is running parallel to President Trump and Elon Musk’s audit of the federal government. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spent Wednesday in Brussels, where he told members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to have a dose of realism about the outcome for Ukraine in its war with Russia. The White House is turning up the pressure on federal judges who have blocked many of Trump’s executive actions. White House press secretary Karoline Levitt spoke about the so-called constitutional crisis between the two branches of government at Wednesday’s briefing. Plus, our news flash: The U.S. Senate confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence in a 52-48 vote Wednesday with Sen. Mitch McConnell as the sole Republican in opposition. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem retrieved the $59 million that FEMA allocated last week to house illegal aliens in New York City. Sen. Joni Ernst and Rep. Scott Perry introduced Protecting Taxpayers’ Wallet Act to rein in the amount of time federal employees spend on union business. Keep Up With The Daily Signal Sign up for our email newsletters: https://www.dailysignal.com/email Subscribe to our other shows: The Tony Kinnett Cast: https://www.dailysignal.com/the-tony-kinnett-cast Problematic Women: https://www.dailysignal.com/problematic-women The Signal Sitdown: https://www.dailysignal.com/the-signal-sitdown Follow The Daily Signal: X: https://x.com/DailySignal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedailysignal/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDailySignalNews/ Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@DailySignal YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/DailySignal Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/TheDailySignal Thanks for making The Daily Signal Podcast your trusted source for the day’s top news. Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and never miss an episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Congress's first hearing on Doge was full of fireworks and theatrics.
0:04.8	I'm your host, Rob Bluey, and this is the Daily Signal Top News in 10 for Wednesday, February 12, 2025.
0:15.5	The House of Representatives newly created Doge subcommittee held its first hearing Wednesday with a focus on the war on waste.
0:27.4	Officially known in Congress as delivering on government efficiency, the subcommittee is running parallel to President Trump and Elon Musk's audit of the federal government.
0:37.4	The Daily Signals George Caldwell reports that chairwoman Marjorie Taylor Green... to President Trump and Elon Musk's audit of the federal government.
0:41.4	The Daily Signals George Caldwell reports that chairwoman Marjorie Taylor Green opened the hearing by emphasizing the Trump administration's government efficiency initiatives
0:46.3	as tools to address the ever-increasing national debt.
0:50.4	We as a country are $36 trillion in debt.
0:56.1	That is such a stunning amount of money.
0:59.4	It's absolutely staggering to even comprehend how we as a people, we as a country, found ourselves here.
1:06.9	This is not a Democrat problem.
1:09.8	This is not a Republican problem. This is an American problem.
1:15.2	The committee assembled four witnesses to speak under oath about fraudulent payments and waste in entitlement programs.
1:21.9	Harry Wood Talcob, the CEO of Lexis Nexas Risk Solution, said that since 2003, federal agencies have reported approximately $2.7 trillion in cumulative improper payments.
1:35.2	He called it a staggering figure that underscores the persistent vulnerabilities across government programs.
1:41.7	He also said that ghosts from federal countries use fake identities
1:45.7	to rob money from U.S. taxpayers. Democrats indicated their desire to root out waste, but used the
1:52.2	hearing to attack Trump and Musk. Congressman Robert Garcia went on a rant about Musk's influence,
1:58.2	making a crude joke at one point. But Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett stole the show.
2:03.6	He sat there in the Oval Office yesterday and he admitted that he was lying and he was using his
2:10.1	propaganda machine to do it when he said that we sent millions of dollars to Gaza for condoms.
2:16.3	That was a lie. So let me tell you something.
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