Ep. 116 - Nikki Haley Expected To Announce Presidential Run, Democrats Demand Removal Of Lincoln Statue, U.S. Shoots Down Chinese Surveillance Balloon, And More!

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00:45 -  Nikki Haley is expected to announce her presidential run in Charleston on February 15

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is expected to announce she’s running for president on February 15 in Charleston, according to a person familiar with her plans.

Haley would be the first Republican to jump into the 2024 presidential race this year, facing only former President Donald Trump, who launched his bid last year, as her competition out of the gates.

24:30 -  Democrats demand removal of Lincoln Emancipation Memorial in DC

House Democrats proposed legislation Wednesday to remove the Emancipation Memorial from Lincoln Park in Washington, D.C., which they said portrays a racially insensitive image of President Abraham Lincoln freeing an enslaved man.

39:30 -  U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance balloon

The U.S. military on Saturday shot down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that had been transiting across the country for several days.

President Biden told reporters that he had instructed officials to "shoot it down" on Wednesday, but that they wanted to wait until it was as safe as possible. "They successfully took it down, and I want to complement our aviators who did it," Biden said. "And we'll have more to report on this a little later."

46:40 -   FBI searched Biden's Delaware vacation home as part of a classified document probe

Federal investigators conducted a search Wednesday of President Joe Biden’s vacation home in Rehoboth, Delaware, as part of their ongoing probe into his handling of classified documents, officials said.

This new information has brought fresh frustration among some Democrats and many Republicans, where they have raised questions on why these searches weren’t conducted sooner and more thoroughly.

1:02:00 -  Fed interest rate decision: Central bank hikes by 0.25 percentage point to tame inflation

The Federal Reserve is easing its foot a bit further off the brake. But it appears far from ready to step on the economy’s accelerator.

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