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[0] This is Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor -in -Chief John Bickley.
[1] It's Wednesday, September 21st, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
[2] The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate Wednesday by 75 basis points for the third straight month, as it tries to get a grip on inflation.
[3] The move threatens to slow U .S. economic growth and exacerbate financial pain for millions of households and businesses.
[4] President Biden addressed the United Nations on Wednesday.
[5] Wednesday, covering a number of global challenges.
[6] He emphasized the importance of global support for Ukraine.
[7] This war is about extinguishing Ukraine's right to exist as a state, plain and simple.
[8] And Ukraine's right to exist as a people.
[9] Biden then turned his attention to what he called the growing climate crisis.
[10] This is the human cost of climate change.
[11] Families are facing impossible choices, choosing which child to feed.
[12] We don't have much time.
[13] No one seems to doubt it after this past year.
[14] New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a civil fraud lawsuit against former President Donald Trump and three of his children, Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Eric Trump.
[15] The complaint demonstrates that Donald Trump falsely inflated his net worth by billions of dollars to unjustly enrich himself and to cheat this system.
[16] Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a mobilization of hundreds of thousands of reservists, Wednesday, to aid in his invasion of Ukraine.
[17] In his seven -minute televised address, he warned that Russia will use whatever means necessary to win in Ukraine.
[18] Vanderbilt University Medical Center released a statement Wednesday, saying the hospital is being misrepresented in various social media posts and videos regarding their transgender policies.
[19] Daily Wire uncovered a video of Vanderbilt Dr. Ellen Clayton saying there would be consequences.
[20] if doctors conscientiously object to participating in trans surgeries or treatments.
[21] If you don't want to do this kind of work, don't work at Vanderbilt.
[22] In response to the controversial video, the hospital released a statement saying, quote, our policies allow employees to decline to participate in care they find morally objectionable and do not permit discrimination against employees who choose to do so.
[23] This includes employees whose personal or religious beliefs do not support gender -affirming care for transgender persons.
[24] Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee released a letter sent to FBI director Christopher Ray this week, claiming agents were moved off of sex abuse cases to pursue political investigations.
[25] The letter states that new whistleblowers have come forward, alleging that the Bureau is deliberately manipulating the way case files related to January 6 investigations are maintained in order to create a false and misleading narrative that domestic violence extremism is increasing around the country.
[26] Congressman Jim Jordan told Fox News that he finds the whistle.
[27] Whistleblower's claims, credible.
[28] Well, we think he's, we think he's being straightforward.
[29] We think he's as honest.
[30] We think he's a brave guy for coming forward.
[31] And I think the way I view in my mind is they're juicing the numbers and they're cooking the books.
[32] The exodus from the Empire State continues.
[33] As a monthly record of 5 ,833 New Yorkers changed their driver's licenses to Florida last month, according to an analysis of data from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
[34] That brought the year's total to over 41 ,000 New Yorkers leaving the United States.
[35] the state for the South.
[36] Authorities in Minnesota have charged 47 individuals with stealing $250 million from U .S. taxpayers from funds that were meant to go to meals for low -income children during the COVID -19 pandemic.
[37] The mayor of Wilmar, Minnesota, slammed the alleged criminals.
[38] And the official song of the United States Space Force was revealed Tuesday.
[39] The song is named after Space Force's motto, Semper Supra, or Always Above.
[40] Well, those are your drive -home updates this afternoon.
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