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--:-- John Bickley: Welcome to Morning Wire, I'm John Bickley.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And I'm Georgia Howe.
--:-- John Bickley: It's Tuesday, December 13th.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
--:-- John Bickley: In a health roundtable Tuesday morning, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced he is requesting a grand jury investigation into vaccines and the companies who made them to look into whether the manufacturers misled Florida citizens.
--:-- Georgia Howe: He also announced the creation of the Public Health Integrity Committee which he said may act as a replacement for the CDC.
--:-- John Bickley: Today I'm announcing a petition with the Supreme Court of Florida to impanel a statewide grand jury to investigate any and all wrongdoing in Florida with respect to COVID vaccines. And that will come with legal processes and to bring legal accountability for those who committed misconduct.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Disgraced crypto founder Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested late Monday evening on charges of wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy, securities fraud, securities fraud conspiracy and money laundering.
--:-- John Bickley: The charges brought by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York follow the bankruptcy of Bankman-Fried's crypto trading firm FTX.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Famed football coach Mike Leach passed away Monday night after suffering a major heart attack Sunday evening.
--:-- John Bickley: He was 61 years old and had been the head football coach at Mississippi State for three years.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Leach's signature air raid offense helped shape college football over the course of his career.
--:-- John Bickley: The Consumer Price Index rose 7.1 percent between November 2021 and November 2022, showing that inflation has continued to slow amid harsh contractionary policy from the Federal Reserve.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The rate while historically high is slower than the previous months.
--:-- John Bickley: President Biden said on Tuesday that Americans can expect relief by 2024.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Would you say when you expect prices to get back to normal, Mr. President?
--:-- John Bickley: I hope by the end of next year, I'm convinced they're not gonna go up.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The Department of Energy confirmed on Tuesday that a team from DOE's Livermore Laboratory made history by achieving fusion ignition.
--:-- John Bickley: The department said, quote, This breakthrough will change the future of clean power in America's national defense forever.
--:-- Georgia Howe: At the direction of outgoing Republican Governor Doug Ducey, work crews in Arizona have double-stacked miles of shipping containers topped with razor wire along the state's eastern boundary with Mexico.
--:-- John Bickley: What Governor-elect Katie Hobbs intends to do with the makeshift border after she takes office in January remains unclear.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The FDA says that around 11,000 COVID tests made by Detect Incorporated are being recalled because there is an increased likelihood they'll provide false negatives.
--:-- John Bickley: The company says it has not heard of any false negatives yet.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Congressional leaders and the White House are struggling to reach a deal on a massive government funding package, warning that they almost certainly will need to pass a short-term measure to avert a shutdown by the end of the week.
--:-- John Bickley: Colorado Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert won her bid for re after a tight race decided by roughly 550 votes a recount confirmed on Monday.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The Cambridge Dictionary has recently updated its definition of man and woman to include people whose gender identity doesn't correspond with their biological sex.
--:-- John Bickley: The Department of Energy has fired top nuclear waste official Sam Brinton after multiple cases of alleged luggage thefts.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The DOE said in a statement, Sam Brinton is no longer a DOE employee. By law, the Department of Energy cannot comment further on the matter.
--:-- John Bickley: United Airlines is buying at least 100 787 Dreamliner wide-body jets from Boeing.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The Dreamliner will fly United's longest routes.
--:-- John Bickley: The airline says it is upgrading its fleet and it will take delivery of up to 700 new planes by 2032.
--:-- Georgia Howe: This is the largest order in Boeing history.
--:-- John Bickley: And finally, President Biden threw a celebration of the recently passed Respect for Marriage Act at the White House with thousands of musicians, activists and at least one drag queen.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Those are your drive home updates this afternoon.
--:-- John Bickley: To learn more about these stories, go to DailyWire.com.
--:-- Georgia Howe: 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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