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--:-- Georgia Howe: I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire editor-in-chief John Bickley. It's Wednesday, November 16th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
--:-- John Bickley: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was re-elected as Republican leader on Wednesday, defeating challenger Senator Rick Scott of Florida. The McConnell-Scott battle represents a growing clash within the party after it underperformed in the midterms.
--:-- Georgia Howe: President Biden said Wednesday that a missile that landed inside Poland was unlikely to have been fired by Russia. On Tuesday, the missile struck a farm 15 miles inside Poland, killing two people. The incident sparked discussions about convening NATO members to determine whether a military response was warranted under the organization's Article 5.
--:-- John Bickley: Former President Trump's daughter, Ivanka, who played a key role in his administration alongside her husband, Jared Kushner, was conspicuously missing from Trump presidential announcement at Mar on Tuesday. In a statement, Ivanka explained that she supports her father but quote "This time around I am choosing to prioritize my young children and the private life we are creating as a family."
--:-- Georgia Howe: The Congressional House Financial Services Committee announced a bipartisan hearing on Wednesday into the collapse of crypto exchange FTX. According to the press release, the committee expects to hear from the companies and individuals involved in the alleged scandal, including Sam Bankman-Fried, Alameda Research, Binance, FTX, and related entities.
--:-- John Bickley: In the Senate, Senator Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming said this week that there is bipartisan consensus for greater regulation of the crypto market. Kirsten Gillibrand and I have been talking to both regulators and the regulated community for almost a full year now, floating our draft, getting ideas, and getting them incorporated into our bill. That bill is now in the Senate Finance Committee. It's big and it's comprehensive. So next steps are to get that bill moving, or at least get the priority concepts in that bill moving in various Senate committees.
--:-- Georgia Howe: In the wake of the Republican Party's failure to take back the Senate, Two GOP senators are calling for an audit of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Senators Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee and Tom Tillis of North Carolina say an independent review of the committee should be held to determine how money was spent and investigate the lack of results in gaining a majority in the Senate.
--:-- John Bickley: This week the Senate voted 62 to 36 to end the COVID national state of emergency. The resolution now heads to the House, but the White House has already promised to veto it. The Biden administration would like to extend the national emergency until April of 2023.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The legislation was introduced by GOP Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas, who argued that the Biden administration is using the emergency to expand government powers. Congress must take the responsible action of reining in this massive expansion of government and restore Americans' fundamental rights by terminating the COVID-19 National Emergency Declaration. As for the elements of the pandemic response that are working and needed, let's codify them into law. Let's work with the White House and with their friends across the aisle and exercise our Article I powers and do so through the legislative process.
--:-- John Bickley: A Georgia judge overturned a state law Tuesday that bans abortion of unborn children with a heartbeat at six weeks gestational age. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney sided with Sister Song Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, ruling that some provisions of the Life Act are unconstitutional.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Arizonans have voted to offer in-state tuition rates to non-citizen students. Students must attend at least two years of high school in Arizona and graduate in order to qualify.
--:-- John Bickley: A federal judge has ruled that the Biden administration must stop using a provision known as Title 42 to expel illegal aliens from the United States.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The L mayor race has still not been called but progressive Democrat Karen Bass has lengthened her lead over businessman and moderate Democrat Rick Caruso. There are hundreds of thousands of ballots still uncounted. As of Wednesday morning, Bass led Caruso by about 36,000 votes at 52.5 percent to 47.5 percent.
--:-- John Bickley: An unknown driver crashed his car into multiple police recruits in California on Wednesday during the recruits' morning run. The crash left at least five recruits in critical condition and 22 total injured.
--:-- Georgia Howe: An Indonesian ferry transporting 271 people caught fire on Wednesday off the coast of Bali, and rescue efforts are underway as the number of casualties in those injured is unknown.
--:-- John Bickley: Well, 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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