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Bill O'Reilly here. You are listening to the O'Reilly update. Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater.

Thank you, Bill. It is Friday, January 17th, 2025. Here's what's happening today in America.

Confirm them already. Annoguration, no-shows, Rubio's replacement, and chopsticks in the air.

It's all coming up, then Bill's going to be here with your message of the day. But first, Attorney Generals in 20 states are urging the U.S. Senate to quickly confirm Donald

Trump's nominees for Attorney General, Secretary of Homeland Security, and FBI director.

That's Pam Bondi, Christy Noam, and Cash Patel. Pam Bondi's hearing was on Wednesday.

Nome's confirmation hearing is today.

Cash Patel will be formally nominated on Monday and probably confirmation hearings next week.

The Democrats are indeed going to use whatever procedural delays they can use to push back the final vote on Pete Hegeseth until Wednesday or Thursday of next week.

Politico framed this as Republicans

want to ram through Pete Hegsett's vote on Monday. They want to ram it through. If the

Democrats push this back for no reason at all, then we'll be without a Secretary of Defense for

a couple of days. Well, just sour grapes in Capitol Hill.

Nancy Pelosi will be joining Michelle Obama and not attending the inauguration.

She's been to 11 presidential inaugurations in her lifetime, dating back to JFK in 1961.

But this one's just too much for her to handle.

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