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[0] I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor -in -Chief John Bickley.
[1] It's Friday, October 7th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
[2] Over 150 House Republicans are calling on President Biden to reject California's new radical green car regulations as the state looks to electrify its citizens' fleet.
[3] California's new regulations requires car sellers to phase out gas -powered engines.
[4] A federal judge in New York temporarily blocked parts of a new gun law in the state.
[5] state, allowing for the advocacy group gun owners of America to pursue a lawsuit challenging it.
[6] The law, which took effect on September 1st, creates new requirements for obtaining a license, including submitting social media accounts for review, and designates a long list of public and private places where carrying a gun became a felony, even if the holder has a license.
[7] The race for New York governor has tightened.
[8] Republican Representative Lee Zeldin is Catherine Kathy Hokel, according to a new poll by Trafalgar Group.
[9] Hokel is the unelected governor who replaced Andrew Cuomo after his resignation.
[10] Kevin Spacey was in court Thursday to defend himself in a lawsuit filed by Anthony Rapp, the actor who in 2017 made the first in a string of sexual misconduct allegations against Spacey.
[11] The federal trial is expected to last less than two weeks.
[12] The House Committee investigating the events of January 6th announced this week that its next hearing will be held on October.
[13] 13th.
[14] The panel postponed a hearing scheduled last week due to Hurricane Ian nearing Florida.
[15] Hollywood producer Eric Weinberg was charged with 18 felony counts of sexual assault, including rape this week.
[16] The writer for the hit show Scrubs is accused of luring women to photo shoots and then assaulting them.
[17] He was released on $5 million bond.
[18] A growing share of car buyers are signing up for monthly loan payments of $1 ,000 or more amid rising interest rates and elevated auto prices.
[19] New research shows.
[20] Overall, around 14 % of consumers who financed a new vehicle in the third quarter committed to payments at or above that amount, up from 8 % during the same period in 2021.
[21] For buyers of electric vehicles, the share is 26%.
[22] For hybrids, 24%.
[23] And buses of illegal migrants keep arriving in deep blue cities.
[24] Texas Governor Greg Abbott's busing program released a bus of migrants who say they're from Venezuela near the Naval Observatory in Washington, D .C. on Thursday.
[25] Vice President Kamala Harris lives nearby.
[26] Volunteers from a humanitarian nonprofit arrived to assist the migrants.
[27] Well, those are your drive home updates this afternoon.
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