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USAID Cuts & Superbowl Preview | Afternoon Update | 2.7.25

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🗓️ 7 February 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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0:00.0

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0:07.5

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0:13.2

I'm Georgia Howe with DailyWire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley.

0:17.3

It's Friday, February 7th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.

0:22.3

Amid intense scrutiny on USAID, the Trump administration is making deep cuts, now reducing

0:28.3

staff from more than 10,000 to under 300. Most employees are being put on administrative leave

0:34.0

or terminated, and at the same time, hundreds of aid contracts are being

0:38.1

canceled. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is now overseeing USAID and says the move is necessary

0:43.9

to regain control of the agency, which he claims is full of, quote, rank and subordination.

0:50.0

The U.S. economy added 143,000 jobs in January, and the unemployment rate ticked down to 4%, signaling a slowdown but continued strength in the economy.

1:01.2

These will be the last job numbers attributed to the Biden administration.

1:05.1

Just weeks after the collision of a passenger jet with a Black Hawk helicopter, the Trump administration is pushing for an

1:11.3

overhaul of the nation's air traffic control system.

1:14.6

DailyWire Senior Editor Ash Short has details.

1:17.7

President Donald Trump is blaming last week's deadly mid-air collision near Washington, D.C.,

1:22.6

on what he calls an obsolete air traffic control system.

1:26.8

Speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast, Trump vowed to push for a complete overhaul,

1:31.5

saying the U.S. has spent billions trying to fix a broken system instead of replacing it.

1:37.1

Federal officials have long warned about air traffic controller shortages and aging technology.

1:42.9

Now, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Elon Musk

1:46.4

say a government task force will work to rapidly upgrade aviation safety. Cash Patel didn't get

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