23 Jan 2026: Good News: US Crime Down, Illegal Truckers Out, Factories & Growth up // TikTok Deal Goes Bad // Migrant Lies in MN // Global: Cuba Regime Change, Syria Crisis, Trump's U.N. Trick // Brain Healing!

Jan 23, 2026

Murder rates in the U.S. have plummeted to their lowest since the 1900s, while American truckers see rising wages following a crackdown on foreign drivers. Major manufacturers like GM are shifting production back to the U.S., signaling economic growth ahead. Concerns grow, however, about TikTok's lingering ties to China and the continued threat of espionage. Internationally, there are discussions about regime change in Cuba and potential troop withdrawals from Syria. Exciting innovations in brain health research are also highlighted, particularly red light therapy's promise in preventing CTE.

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Murder Rate Hits Historic Low

The U.S. murder rate fell to its lowest level since at least 1900 according to the Council on Criminal Justice.
Bryan Dean Wright credits Trump-era deployments of ICE and National Guard for driving down violence in hotspots like D.C., Memphis, and Chicago.

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Trucker Wages Rise After Foreign Removals

Removing foreign non-domiciled CDL drivers is raising wages for American-born truckers and improving road safety.
Bryan says the White House removal program pulls 300–400 foreign drivers off highways daily, tightening labor market pressure upward.

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Watch Reshoring For Local Investment

Monitor reshoring trends as manufacturers like GM move production from China and Mexico back to U.S. plants.
Expect industrial hiring and regional investment where assembly lines relocate, for example Kansas City and Spring Hill, Tennessee.

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Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this Friday Headline Brief of The Wright Report, Bryan delivers a mix of strong domestic economic news and mounting national security concerns as the country heads into the weekend.

He begins with good news at home, as murder rates fall to their lowest level on record, American-born truckers see rising wages after foreign drivers are removed from U.S. highways, and major manufacturers like GM shift production back from China and Mexico to the United States. Economic growth is revised higher, signaling momentum heading into 2026.

The mood then turns more serious with warnings about TikTok's unresolved ties to Chinese control, the failure to revive the China Initiative to counter espionage, and growing concern over Chinese ownership of American food brands and farmland.

Bryan also covers escalating clashes in Minnesota as Democrats continue to resist ICE enforcement, a judge blocks charges against Don Lemon for his role in an attack on a Christian church, and the White House signals a major shift by authorizing ICE to use administrative warrants to enter homes of illegal aliens.

Globally, the episode tracks Trump's push toward regime change in Cuba, the possible withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria amid ISIS prison breaks, the launch of Trump's new Board of Peace that could sideline the United Nations, and promising medical research showing red light therapy may prevent or reduce traumatic brain injury and CTE.

"And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32

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