Unvaccinated Troops Reinstated & Super Bowl LIX Matchup | Afternoon Update | 1.27.25
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I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Monday, January 27th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
Military service members who were discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine may soon join the ranks again. Daily Wire reporter Amanda Prestigiacomo has the latest.
President Trump is set to sign an executive order today that will restore over 8,000 troops back to their previous rank with full back pay and benefits. This comes after the troops were removed under the Biden administration's vaccine mandate between 2021 and 2023. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the move while calling it a step toward rebuilding military readiness and morale. Trump is also set to sign orders banning diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in the military and reversing policies allowing transgender individuals to serve openly. President Trump has signed an executive order today that will restore over 8,000 troops back to their previous rank with full back pay and benefits.
Meanwhile, the CIA is taking a closer look at the origins of COVID-19. Over the weekend, CIA Director John Ratcliffe revealed in an interview that the agency now assesses a lab-related incident in Wuhan as the most likely cause of the outbreak. He emphasized that the findings, based on an assessment conducted during the Biden administration, aim to rebuild public trust and avoid political controversy. Ratcliffe was asked if the virus was released intentionally, and here's what he said.
I think we'll get to the point where every intelligence agency in the United States will agree with the CIA's assessment that the most likely outcome was from a lab in Wuhan. And we'll get more intelligence as time goes by. And we'll be transparent with the American people about what that intelligence says.
Days after withdrawing from the World Health Organization, President Trump says he's open to rejoining it, but there would need to be some significant reform. Daily Wire Deputy Managing Editor Tim Rice reports.
Speaking at a rally in Las Vegas, Trump criticized the WHO for unfair financial contributions, pointing out that the United States previously paid $500 million annually, while China contributed just $39 million. Here's Trump. He knows what the hell we have. Does anyone know? We have so many people pouring in, we have no idea. We go up, but we're going down a little bit now. You don't mind that, do you? Gonna take some bad ones out. I was there four years ago, but Biden immediately went back for even more money. Trump says the WHO offered to reinstate U.S. membership at the lower rate, but he initially declined. However, he suggested the possibility of rejoining if the organization implements reforms. Trump's remarks echo his calls for NATO allies to increase their defense spending, saying the U.S. should reconsider its financial commitments if other countries don't contribute fairly.
The president withdrew from the WHO with an executive order soon after taking office.
Tensions are on the rise between the US and the Taliban. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called for bounties to be placed on the heads of Taliban leaders as long as they're holding Americans as prisoners. This comes as two Americans remain in Taliban custody and follows a deal that sent two home in the beginning hours of Trump's presidency. The Taliban's ambassador to Qatar warned Rubio against threats while saying that the Taliban prefer resolving issues through dialogue, pointing to Cutter's role in securing the recent release of a Canadian prisoner. TV host Dr. Phil McGraw witnessed ICE arrests on a weekend ride along with agents in Chicago. Among them was the arrest of a Thai national convicted of child sex crimes.
Dr. Phil was embedded with ICE and Trump's border czar, Tom Holman. The suspect smugly brushed off questions but admitted he was in the U.S. illegally.
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