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--:-- Georgia Howe: Welcome to Morning Wire. I'm Georgia Howe.
--:-- John Bickley: And I'm John Bickley, Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Wire.
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--:-- Georgia Howe: The trade war between the U.S. and China escalates while the U.S. economy gets some positive news, and the commander of the U.S. space base in Greenland is removed.
--:-- John Bickley: I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire editor-in-chief John Bickley. It's Friday, April 11th, and this is your MorningWire afternoon update.
--:-- Georgia Howe: China raised tariffs on U.S. goods again today, this time to 125%. The move sent the U.S. dollar lower for a fifth straight day, while gold surged to new highs.
--:-- John Bickley: The intensifying trade war continues to shake global markets. Major stock indexes have fallen as much as 7% since President Trump's tariff announcement.
--:-- Georgia Howe: European and Asian markets have also seen declines as officials brace for more fallout and prepare potential countermeasures.
--:-- John Bickley: Meanwhile, the U.S. economy continues to show signs of strength. The producer price index dropped by 0.4 percent month over month to 2.7 percent annually, beating expectations.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Economists had forecast an increase of 0 percent monthly and 3 percent annually The producer price index is a bellwether for inflation
--:-- John Bickley: The commander of the U space base in Greenland has been relieved of her duties The Pentagon cited a loss of confidence in her ability to lead that follows Vice President J.D. Vance's recent visit to the U.S. military outpost.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Colonel Susanna Myers had pushed back on comments made by Vance during his March trip. Defense officials said actions seen as undermining the chain of command or the president's agenda would not be tolerated.
--:-- John Bickley: Colonel Sean Lee has been appointed to take over leadership as the U.S. continues to strengthen its strategic posture in Greenland.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The ousted commander wrote in an email, quote, I do not presume to understand current politics, but what I do know is the concerns of the U.S. administration discussed by Vice President Vance on Friday are not reflective of Potovac's space base.
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--:-- Georgia Howe: Robert Kennedy Jr. gave his first interview this week since becoming Health and Human Services Secretary.
--:-- John Bickley: In the sit-down, he urged Americans to get the measles vaccine, pledged to push food manufacturers to eliminate artificial dyes, and laid out possible changes for insurance coverage for GLP-1 weight loss drugs.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Kennedy said Medicare and Medicaid coverage may come after patients try monitored diet and exercise.
--:-- John Bickley: He also addressed public health cuts and the layoff of thousands of HHS employees.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Our agency grew by 38% over the past four years. We have 100 communication departments. We have 40 procurement departments. We have 40 IT departments. We have nine HR departments, and many of them have computer systems that can't talk to each other, that are incompatible. Or that are faxing to each other, right?
--:-- John Bickley: And then we also had 28 different institutes or sub-agencies, and many of them were redundant.
--:-- Georgia Howe: What this reorganization is meant to do is to eliminate the redundancies, to streamline the agency, and to reorient it so that we are trying to make America healthy. because a lot of times people, when they live in silos, their mission comes to accomplish a very, very narrow task.
--:-- John Bickley: And I want everybody at that agency to wake up every morning like I do and say, what do I need to do today to make America healthy again?
--:-- Georgia Howe: Tragedy has struck the Dominican Republic, where a roof collapse has left more than 200 people dead
--:-- John Bickley: Daily Wire reporter Amanda Presta has the details recovery efforts continue at the Jet Set nightclub in the Dominican Republic A roof collapse during a concert has killed at least 221 people with more than 150 others injured
--:-- Georgia Howe: The incident occurred early Tuesday during a performance by merengue singer Ruby Perez, who was among the dead. At least two former Major League Baseball players were also killed, Octavio Dottel and Tony Blanco.
--:-- John Bickley: Rescue teams continued search efforts as officials confirmed several prominent victims, including a provincial governor and a U.S. citizen.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Authorities are investigating the cause, noting the club had substantial fire damage back in 2023.
--:-- John Bickley: And golf's most iconic major is underway.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Crane & Company co-host David Cohn has more.
--:-- David Cohn: The 2025 Masters opened play Thursday at Augusta National. 95 of the world's best golfers are chasing the season's first major title.
--:-- John Bickley: World number one and defending champion Scotty Scheffler looks to add a third green jacket while Roy McIlroy enters with momentum and hopes to finally complete the career Grand Slam.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Tiger Woods will sit this one out, but the field remains stacked with elite names, including Bryson DeChambeau and rising star Ludwig A. Berg.
--:-- John Bickley: Fans can catch wall-to-wall coverage all weekend, including live streaming.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Those are your drive home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com.
--:-- John Bickley: And in case you missed it, we covered some big stories this morning, including Trump's win on the budget, the FBI's warning about sexploitation online, and activist judges granting dubious disability payments.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Thanks for tuning in. We'll be back tomorrow morning with another full edition of Morning Wire.
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