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--:-- John Bickley: Dozens are arrested in a raid on Colony Ridge. The House moves to vote on Trump's big, beautiful bill. And the AP won't be returning to press briefings anytime soon. I'm Daily Wire editor-in-chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Tuesday, February 25th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Dozens of illegal immigrants were arrested in yesterday's Colony Ridge ice operation. Daily Wire reporter Spencer Lindquist has more.
--:-- Spencer Lindquist: The raid of the Colony Ridge development in Texas resulted in the capture of roughly 90 illegal aliens. Border Czar Tom Homan says that criminals and violent child sex offenders were among those arrested in the operation. Holman also referred to the operation as Phase 1, an indication that there could be more raids to come.
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--:-- Spencer Lindquist: Here's the borders are on Fox News. It's a larger criminal investigation into a network, and a lot of the people we're interested in were located in that area. I know for a fact there were several sexual predators I mean child predators that were arrested for sexual misconduct with a child There were several of them I know there one that was convicted of either homicide or murder One of the individuals captured yesterday was a member of MS who had been deported from the United States seven different times. He allegedly stabbed and killed a man yesterday before leading authorities on a seven-hour manhunt that resulted in his arrest.
--:-- Georgia Howe: A massive House budget plan that extends the Trump tax cuts is headed for a full vote, But does Speaker Johnson have the votes for it to pass? Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips has the details.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: The GOP's sprawling budget resolution cleared the House Rules Committee late Monday along party lines, setting up a chamber-wide vote, possibly as early as this evening. Speaker Mike Johnson can only afford to lose one Republican vote without any Democratic support. The Speaker met with potential holdouts last night, calling it a very productive conversation. But a handful of Republicans, led by Kentucky's Thomas Massey, say they'll vote no. Johnson, however, said today that he remains optimistic. The deficits have ballooned. We have to change that trajectory. Now, you don't turn an aircraft carrier on a dime. It takes miles of open ocean to turn an aircraft carrier because it's such a large vessel. I think the metaphor is obvious here. We can't do it all at once. But we're going to take a big bite out of that. We are going to make a big course correction in this process. The bill includes $4.5 trillion to extend Trump-era tax cuts and boost spending on border security and defense while seeking up to $2 trillion in cuts elsewhere, potentially including Medicaid.
--:-- Georgia Howe: A new bill aims to keep federal judges from blocking presidential policies. GOP Congressman Daryl Issa has introduced the No Rogue Rulings Act, or NORA. It would rein in judges and limit their ability to pause executive actions beyond the direct parties involved in the case. With over 50 lawsuits since Trump return to office Issa says the bill is much needed citing a continuing pattern of what he calls judicial tyranny Issa office says Nora has strong Republican support and momentum to pass
--:-- Tim Rice: Federal employees are getting a second chance to explain what they've accomplished over the past week or face being fired. The Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency initially set a Monday deadline for workers to report their five accomplishments, but now says they'll have another opportunity at the discretion of President Trump. The Office of Personnel Management had previously said responses were voluntary, but Musk insists failure to reply could be seen as a resignation. Trump calls the effort a way to cut government waste, saying, quote, if people don't respond, maybe they're not working.
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--:-- Georgia Howe: An anti-ICE activist group in Southern California has placed posters doxing the personal information of local agents. The posters are written in Spanish and accuse the agents of supposedly terrorizing immigrants. They also include ICE agents' names, photos, and phone numbers. Federal agents say identifying agents is dangerous and puts ICE and Homeland Security agents at risk. DHS says activists are protecting criminal gangs and vows to hold them accountable. The FBI also warns that interfering with law enforcement could lead to prosecution.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The Supreme Court has granted a new trial to Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossop. In her writing for the majority, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said prosecutors failed to correct false testimony from their key witness, ruling that they violated Glossop due process rights Glossop was convicted in 2004 for orchestrating his employer murder but two independent investigations have cast doubt on his guilt Oklahoma's attorney general had urged the court to overturn the conviction. With the ruling, Glossop will get another chance to fight for his freedom.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Businessman and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is officially running for governor of Ohio. I will lead Ohio to be the top state in the country where patriots across America actually flock to instead of Florida and Texas. I will lead Ohio to be the state of excellence in America. A strong supporter of Donald Trump, Ramaswamy has already secured the former president's complete and total endorsement. He joins a competitive race to replace term limited Governor Mike DeWine with Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and former health director Amy Acton also running.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And White House press access is set to undergo some major changes. Here's White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt.
--:-- Caroline Levitt: I am proud to announce that we are going to give the power back to the people who read your papers, who watch your television shows, and who listen to your radio stations. Moving forward, the White House press pool will be determined by the White House press team. These decisions used to be made by the White House Correspondent Association, which is calling the decision a threat to press independence. The move follows a court ruling upholding the administration's ban on the Associated Press from the press pool. The outlet was banned by President Trump for using Gulf of Mexico in its reporting.
--:-- Georgia Howe: All right, this is your drive home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com. And in case you missed it this morning, we covered some major stories, including Trump's Ukraine meeting with Macron, the raid on Colony Ridge and Apple's battle with the UK. Thanks for tuning in. We'll be back tomorrow morning with another full edition of Morning Wire.
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