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Episode Date: March 22, 2024

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This episode is brought to you by Adele Natural Cosmetics. Visit adele natural cosmetics.com and use code wire for 25% off your first order. That's ADEL Natural Cosmetics.com with code wire. I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire, editor-in-chief John Bickley. It's Friday, March 22nd, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update. Dozens of civilians have been killed or wounded in an apparent terror attack in Moscow. Several armed gunmen in military fatigues attacked the Crocus City Music Hall. It's a large venue in Russia's capital.

Video shows explosions and fleeing civilians being shot by the gunmen. The Kremlin says 40 people have been killed and over 100 more injured. Earlier this month, the U.S. and other Western nations advise their citizens to avoid large gatherings in Moscow, citing plans from extremists to target such events. This is a breaking news story and details are emerging. quickly. Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, announced today that she has cancer and is beginning chemotherapy. The announcement comes after months of concern and speculation over her whereabouts and her health. The princess released a two-minute video message from the official

Kensington Palace account in which she appeared tired but serene. She thanked her husband, Prince William, for being by her side throughout the devastating diagnosis and assured supporters that she is getting stronger every day. In January, I underwent major abdominal surgery in London. The surgery was successful. However, tests after the operation found cancer had been present. My medical team therefore advised that I should undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy and I'm now in the early stages of that treatment.

This, of course, came as a huge shock and William and I have been doing everything we can to process and manage this privately for the sake of our young family. We hope that you'll understand that as a family, family, we now need some time, space, and privacy while I complete my treatment. My work has always brought me a deep sense of joy, and I look forward to being back when I'm able. But for now, I must focus on making a full recovery. For everyone facing this disease, in whatever form, please do not lose faith or hope.

You are not alone. The House of Representatives passed a $1.2 trillion spending bill just hours before a looming, government shutdown. The bill now goes to the Senate, which was scheduled for a two-week recess, but several members have said they'll work through the weekend to pass the bill. The House Freedom Caucus was upset because Speaker Mike Johnson worked with the White House and Democrats to get the bill through. In addition, Johnson waived the rules that would have allowed 72 hours to review the bill in order to fast-track it to avoid a shutdown. This prompted Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor-Green to file a motion to vacate the Speaker. The House now has

two legislative days to address her motion, which she says is a warning. We had one day, basically, to read 1,00012 pages, breaking the 72-hour rule. This is a betrayal of the American people. This is a betrayal of Republican voters. And the bill that we were forced to vote on forced Republicans to choose between funding to pay our soldiers, and in doing so, funding late-term abortion. This bill was basically a dream and a wish list for Democrats and for the White House. It was completely led by Chuck Schumer, not our Republican Speaker of the House, not our conference,

and we weren't even allowed to put amendments to the floor to have a chance to make changes to the bill. I filed the motion to vacate today, but it's more of a warning and a pink slip. I respect our conference, and I do not wish to inflict pain on our conference and to throw the House in chaos. shareholders in the Trump Media and Technology Group, the parent company of Truth Social,

approved plans to take the company public on Friday. Donald Trump, the company's largest shareholder in the platform's most prolific user, could receive a financial windfall of about $3 billion from the deal. However, he won't be able to sell his shares in the company for six months unless the company's executive grants him a waiver. The former president has been struggling to raise bond money to appeal a $454 million civil fraud judgment and prevent the state of New York from seizing his properties. The deadline for posting the bond is Monday.

The Biden presidential campaign has a big fundraising lead over Donald Trump. Filing's released this week show Biden's campaign has $71 million on hand, while Trump's has $33.5 million. Biden raised $21 million in February, while Trump raised about half of that in the same month. Federal Election Commission filings show that Trump spent about $66 million this cycle, nearly $21 million more than the Biden campaign. The Trump camp says they'll level the playing field next month when billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson holds a fundraiser in Florida with several other high-dollar donors.

Negotiations for a ceasefire or truce continued in the Middle East this week. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has the details. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken was in Egypt Thursday. where he met with President Abdul Fatah El-Cisi in Cairo to discuss a six-week ceasefire and the release of hostages. Blinken is in Israel today. He says a hostage-release deal is getting closer. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

privately addressed a group of Republican senators this week and condemned Senator Chuck Schumer's remarks on the Senate floor. House Speaker Mike Johnson has invited Netanyahu to speak in the House. President Biden unilaterally forgave another $5.8 billion in student loan debt. Daily Wire reporter Spencer Lindquist reports. The debt forgiveness applies to 78,000 public service workers, including nurses, teachers, and firefighters. The public service loan forgiveness program was started in 2007 and was supposed to repay loans for those who entered public service. Biden has wiped out $150 billion in student loan debt since taking office.

Social media website Reddit made its stock market debut on Thursday. The stock price was initially offered at $34. a share and reached a peak of $53 later that day. The site has been around for 19 years and has an enthusiastic user base with 70 million unique visitors a day. CEO Steve Huffman was on hand at the opening bell and he defended the popular subreddit group Wall Street Betts, which was critical of the IPO and called it a money grab. I think they've helped us get here.

Reddit is nothing without our users and communities. And I think that's the beautiful thing about Reddit is they, They tell it like it is. But you have to remember, they're doing that on Reddit. And it's a platform they love. It's their home on the Internet. They really are Reddit. Elon Musk's Neurrelink live streamed its first patient playing chess using his mind.

29-year-old Nolan Arbaugh was paralyzed in a diving accident about nine years ago and agreed to take part in the Neurrelink clinical trial. He had surgery to implant the chip, which is about the size of a coin back in January. And he says he was out at the hospital in about a day. In the nine-minute live stream, Arbaugh played chess and narrated his experience. I love playing chess, and so this is one of the things that y'all have enabled me to do. I have to use, like, a mouth stick and stuff, but now it's all being done with my brain. I think it just became intuitive for me to start imagining the cursor moving.

Basically, it was like using the force on a cursor, and I could get it. able to move wherever I wanted, just stare somewhere in the screen and it would move where I wanted to, which was such a wild experience. All right, those are your drive home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to Dailywire.com and for more in-depth discussion of the biggest stories of the day, listen to our latest full episode of Morning Wire every morning.