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--:-- John Bickley: I'm Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Monday, June 10th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
--:-- John Bickley: The jury has entered deliberations in Hunter Biden's federal gun trial after closing arguments wrapped up today. Here with Morris Daily Wire senior editor Joel Needler.
--:-- Joel Needler: Thanks for having me on the show, John.
--:-- John Bickley: Closing remarks from prosecutor Leo Wise focused on demonstrating that Hunter was in fact addicted to drugs at the time of his firearm purchase and that he knew it. Wise displayed a form that Hunter filled out which showed that he checked the box asking whether he was an illegal drug user before purchasing a firearm. Wise then said the selection Hunter made on the form was false and the evidence proves it.
--:-- Joel Needler: Meanwhile, the defense pushed back claiming the high burden of proof has not yet been met. Hunter declined to testify but faces up to 25 years behind bars if convicted on all counts.
--:-- John Bickley: The Biden administration may negotiate their own hostage deal with Hamas to secure the release of five Americans being held. As two current senior U.S. officials tell NBC, these negotiations would not include Israel and would be conducted through Qatar.
--:-- John Bickley: Secretary of State Antony Blinken made the following remarks after landing in the Middle East today.
--:-- Antony Blinken: My number one priority as Secretary of State is to ensure the well-being of Americans who are in harm's way anywhere in the world, including those who are being unjustly detained or were being held hostage.
--:-- John Bickley: The most effective way to get everyone home, including the American hostages, is through this proposal, is through the ceasefire deal that's on the table right now.
--:-- John Bickley: Meanwhile, White House officials declined to comment.
--:-- John Bickley: The foundation of the European Union has been shaken after right-wing parties made tremendous gains in recent elections. Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips has the latest.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Thanks for having me on the show, John.
--:-- John Bickley: The results likely mean looming gridlock in the EU parliament as the 27 member bloc shifted largely to the right. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Maloney roughly doubled her seats in the body while in Germany the right party there grabbed enough seats to sweep the Social Democrats of Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: The most surprising and perhaps humiliating defeat came in France, where the National Rally Party of Marine Le Pen dominated the polls. That led to French President Emmanuel Macron immediately dissolving the national parliament and calling for new elections.
--:-- John Bickley: Many view that move as a huge risk as it could lead Macron to suffer yet more losses.
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--:-- John Bickley: Nearly 10,000 fast food employees in California have been fired following the state's new $20 minimum wage hike. Since the law was signed, several major chains, including McDonald's, Burger King, and even low-cost favorite In-N-Out Burger, have jacked up prices to offset the mandated higher wages.
--:-- John Bickley: Meanwhile, other chains have sped up their transition to automation or entirely shut down stores. Rubio's Coastal Grill closed 48 of its 134 California locations late last month.
--:-- John Bickley: Supporters of the wage hike hoped it would give fast food workers more financial freedom, but critics say fast food jobs are meant as stepping stones for young workers.
--:-- John Bickley: One restaurant franchise owner told Fox Business he's taking his business out of the Golden State. "As people move on in their careers our employees we're not refilling those positions. And ultimately myself, I'm not growing anymore in this state. I'm not expanding any new locations. I'm doing a different franchise in Nevada, and that's where I'm taking those new jobs versus California."
--:-- John Bickley: And a bull jumped the fence at an Oregon rodeo over the weekend. Officials say it injured a few spectators on impact, but also ran loose on the rodeo grounds.
--:-- John Bickley: Video shows the bull goring at least one unsuspecting person and trampling another. A total of four people were injured by the raging bull.
--:-- John Bickley: A representative for Sisters Rodeo says it's a rarity that something like this happens, but fortunately they were prepared.
--:-- John Bickley: "We've never had it here at Sisters Rodeo. It does happen, but what we do, we plan for it. Fortunately, we just had a great response from our rodeo pickup men, as well as a lot of the security staff and medical folks to really prevent a lot of other injuries."
--:-- John Bickley: Rodeo officials said the bull eventually made it back to the livestock holding pens.
--:-- John Bickley: 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 the latest full episode of Morning Wire every morning.
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