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[0] I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor -in -Chief John Bickley.
[1] It's Wednesday, August 21st, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
[2] Vice President Kamala Harris's running mate, Tim Walls, will accept the Democratic nomination for Vice President at the convention tonight.
[3] Ahead of Walls, several big -name Democrats are expected to take the stage, including Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and former President Bill Clinton.
[4] Former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Senator J .D. Vance of Ohio, will appear together in Ashboro, North Carolina to give remarks about national security.
[5] Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reportedly set to drop out of the presidential race this week.
[6] And according to ABC News, is leaning toward endorsing Trump.
[7] This comes after former President Trump suggested he's open to including RFK in his administration if he wins in November.
[8] Trump praised Kennedy in an interview with CNN yesterday, calling him brilliant and a very small, guy.
[9] Would you also consider putting him in the administration?
[10] You're asking me a very unusual question.
[11] I haven't been asked that question yet.
[12] I like him a lot.
[13] I respect him a lot.
[14] I probably would if something like that would happen.
[15] Just yesterday, Kennedy's running mate, Nicole Shanahan, suggested in an interview that they had been considering dropping out and backing Trump.
[16] According to ABC, Kennedy has not made a final decision regarding any potential endorsements.
[17] A new job growth report shows job number members representing the last year and a half have been significantly inflated.
[18] Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce is here to break down the shocking report.
[19] The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today that job growth could be revised downward by 818 ,000 jobs for the 12 months ending in March.
[20] This adjustment would mark the largest revision in 15 years, reducing the average monthly job growth from 242 ,000 to 174 ,000.
[21] The revisions are part of an annual review process that will be finalized next year.
[22] Critics have pointed to the timing of the announcement, alleging political motivations behind the data release.
[23] Here's how DailyWire's editor emeritus Ben Shapiro put it.
[24] Now, why is that coming out right now?
[25] Because the goal is to jog the Federal Reserve, to lower the interest rates and thus to blow more money into the economy, recapitulating inflation.
[26] And to do that off the basis of weak job growth.
[27] So that is the game.
[28] The game is you hide the job failures until now.
[29] Then you let that news out of the back just early enough that the Federal Reserve, can lower the interest rate and then artificially boost spending in the economy.
[30] The Biden -Harris administration's attempt to push EVs on Americans hit yet another setback.
[31] Ford Motor has just revealed that it's canceling plans for a large electric SUV.
[32] The automaker also says it anticipates taking $1 .9 billion in write -downs and special charges.
[33] The problem, softer than expected demand.
[34] Along with giving up on the new SUV, Ford is pushing back the last.
[35] launch of its new electric pickup by two years to 27.
[36] Voters in Arizona and Montana will decide this November whether or not to enshrine abortion access in their state constitutions.
[37] The Arizona Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday to keep an abortion measure on the ballot.
[38] Meanwhile, Montana Secretary of State Christy Jacobson certified a similar initiative.
[39] Both measures would allow abortion until fetal viability around 24 weeks, or later in order to quote, protect the mother's life or health.
[40] And the on -again -off -again relationship of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez appears to be officially over.
[41] Lopez filed for divorce on Tuesday, ending a two -decade relationship between the two that included two weddings and the infamous celebrity nickname Benefer.
[42] All right, those are your drive -home updates this afternoon and be sure to tune in again tonight to Election Wire's live coverage of the DNC.
[43] The show goes live at 7 .45 p .m. Central and will be hosted by Cabot Phillips and Michelle Tafoya.
[44] Watch speeches by former President Bill Clinton and VP candidate Tim Walls.
[45] Plus, we'll have some live fact -checking and expert analysis.
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