Jill Wagner
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257 appearances
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first heard Jan 2025
last heard Jan 2025
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The audience broke into applause and Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and the world's richest man, was spotted giving two enthusiastic thumbs up. Musk has been a longstanding proponent of trying to colonize Mars. And finally, Trump said he plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America, an idea that he first floated a couple of weeks ago.
Yeah, the map companies have to be happy.
He also plans to revert Alaska's Denali Mountain back to Mount McKinley. In 2015, President Obama restored the name Denali, which was the title used by Alaskan Native tribes for centuries. Before that, it had been referred to as Mount McKinley since 1917, when it was renamed to honor the former President William McKinley.
And this from CNN, Joe Biden making some controversial last minute news as he left office and headed into Trump's inauguration. The former president issued some unprecedented preemptive pardons for five members of his family. His team cited his concerns about politically motivated attacks and investigations from incoming President Donald Trump.
In his last statement as president, Biden said, quote, My family has been subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats motivated solely by a desire to hurt me, the worst kind of partisan politics. Unfortunately, I have no reason to believe that these attacks will end. The pardons were granted to his brother, James Biden, James's wife, Sarah Jones Biden, Biden's sister, Valerie Biden Owens.
and Valerie's husband, John Owens, also Francis Biden. That's another one of Biden's brothers. The White House announced the pardons with less than 20 minutes left in Biden's presidency. The announcement came as Biden entered the Capitol Rotunda to witness Trump swearing in before departing the Capitol for the last time as president.
So most of the networks were reporting it basically as Trump was getting sworn in.
Right. And is this just going to be the new norm that any president can feel?
Forget it. Not even their family members, like members of their administration, like their cabinet.
That's right. He also issued preemptive pardons for General Mark Milley, Dr. Fauci, members of Congress who served on the January 6th, the 2021 committee. This move is aimed, he says, at protecting these individuals from potential revenge by Trump. Among those pardoned, former Republican Representative Liz Cheney, who is a vocal Trump critic. She has been targeted in his calls for retribution.
General Milley retired as chairman of the Joint Chiefs in 2023 and has faced GOP criticism over the Afghanistan withdrawal. Dr. Fauci, a longtime government scientist, became a polarizing figure because of the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
I remember then New York City Mayor de Blasio being like, New York is fine. Nothing to see here. Take the subway.
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All right. Bye, everyone.
And I'm Jill Wagner, a longtime journalist and TV anchor. And we are the hosts of Mo News, a daily nonpartisan podcast where we break down the news headlines and bring you just the facts.
Each day we'll be sharing the latest episode of Mo News right here in the Money Rehab feed. So you get the news you need to know. Here is today's episode.
And I'm Jill Wagner. This is the place where we bring you just the facts.
Yeah, it's a holiday weekend. So if you were surprised to see us pop up in your feed, because normally we do take these federal holidays off. We had to make an exception because it is a big news day.
All right, so that gets us to our top story. Let's get to the headlines here. The big story today, Donald Trump will officially become the 47th president of the United States this afternoon. His inauguration was moved, as most just mentioned, indoors because of freezing temperatures expected in Washington, D.C. We're going to have a look at what to expect from his first day in office.
Plus, TikTok went dark and then it came back. The company restored service after less than a day, giving thanks to Donald Trump in a message to all of its users.
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