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| DATE: MONDAY, 02.24.25
LAST UPDATE: 09:04 AM ET
PREPARED BY: CB, RR, JB, SK, BM |
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We have the following scheduled for today's program:
TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Jon Erwin
TOPIC: The story of one of history's greatest kings is being brought to life this week. |
| Here are some highlights from this day on previous shows:
Feb 24, 2004 - 'The Passion of the Christ'... Tim Robbins speech... Poll says 30% of Americans want televised execution of bin Laden... Bush calls for constitutional amendment to protect marriage... Glenn struggles with the argument for and against gay marriage...
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HEADLINES - RAW & UNVERIFIED |
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Pam Bondi says Epstein client list is sitting on her desk 'right now' and being reviewed for release
"It's sitting on my desk right now to review," she said to Fox News host John Roberts. "That's been a directive by President Trump." New FBI director Kash Patel planning to relocate up to 1,500 employees from Washington: Report
Under the plan, about 1,000 employees would move from Washington to FBI field offices around the nation, while an additional 500 would be relocated to an FBI facility in Huntsville, Alabama. Democrats reject decades of policy as they fight against Hegseth’s Pentagon cuts
Amid the war on terror and the many military conflicts of the past two decades, Democrats were often critics of foreign adventurism and military spending, pointing to the bloated Pentagon budget as an obvious target for cuts to balance the budget. DOJ launches probe into billing practices of UnitedHealth's Medicare: Report
The WSJ reports the probe is a civil fraud investigation that will look into whether the billing practices have led to resulting in extra payments to Medicare Advantage plans for recording diagnoses. Los Angeles mayor fires LAFD chief who blamed officials' incompetence for disastrous wildfire response
Critics said Mayor Bass was tossing the fire chief under the bus in order to escape responsibility. Wisconsin governor backs bill replacing ‘mother’ with ‘inseminated person’
Democrat Gov. Tony Evers is supporting a proposed law that would strip gendered terms like "mother," "husband," and "wife" from state statutes, replacing them with terms like "inseminated person" and "spouse." American Airlines flight from JFK diverts, escorted to Rome by fighters after bomb threat on board
The 199 passengers and 15 crew members on American Airlines Flight 292 endured nearly 15 hours stuck on the plane as a result of the scare. Blue state releases cannibal killer from prison
Tyree Smith, who confessed to the 2011 killing of a homeless man in Connecticut in which he ate the victim's brain and eye in a cemetery, has been given a conditional release. |
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Zelenskyy says he is ‘ready’ to resign as Ukraine president in exchange for NATO membership
“If to achieve peace, you really need me to give up my post, I’m ready,” Zelenskyy said at a news conference, according to the Associated Press. “I can trade it for NATO.” Zelenskyy balks at mineral deal if it’s repayment for Biden-era US aid
“I do not recognize [that Kyiv owes the U.S.] even $100 billion,” Zelenskyy told reporters. “We agreed with Biden that this was a grant. A grant is not a debt,” Zelenskyy said. WaPo: Zelenskyy seeks Trump meeting, questions terms of US mineral deal
“I’m not signing something that will have to be repaid by generations and generations of Ukrainians,” Zelenskyy said. Flashback: Britain Resented WWII Loan Terms, Expected US Bailout
Britain assumed the U.S. would write off the WW2 debt at the end of the war. Instead the U.S. offered a loan with interest. U.K. politicians were outraged, believing their sacrifices had earned them a bailout, but with bankruptcy looming, they accepted the loan, which wasn't repaid until 2006.
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