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Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Tuesday,

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July 2nd. This is your Morning

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Wire afternoon update. Judge

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Juan Marchón has postponed former President Trump's

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sentencing in the New York hush money

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case. Daily Wire senior editor, Kabat Phillips,

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has the latest. The

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delay, granted after a request from Trump and

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with no objection from Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg,

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moved sentencing to September 18th. This

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all comes after Trump was convicted on

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all charges of falsifying business records following

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a six-week trial linked to Bragg's investigation.

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Last night, Trump's legal team sought to

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overturn his conviction entirely, citing recent Supreme

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Court rulings on presidential immunity for official

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acts. As former acting U.S. Attorney

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General Matthew Whitaker told Fox News, it'll

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be difficult to now decipher what evidence can be

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used in the trial. A lot

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of those acts have happened during President

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Trump's presidency in 2017, and

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so I think it's an appropriate

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exercise of judicial restraint to go

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through each piece of evidence

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and determine which bucket it falls in

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for presidential action. So it could add

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a lot of time, not only to

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this case, but also many of the

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other cases. Trump's sentencing

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had originally been slated for July 11th, just

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before the Republican National Convention, where he

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will be nominated as the 2024 GOP

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presidential candidate. Former

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New York Mayor and Trump

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legal adviser Rudy Giuliani has

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been disbarred in New York

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state. Giuliani's law license had

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been suspended last year before

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a Manhattan appeals court ruled

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today to formally disbar him.

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The court says Giuliani falsely

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claimed widespread voter fraud. Giuliani's

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attorney expressed disappointment but acknowledged

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the decision was expected. New

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satellite images of Cuba show worrying.

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expansion of a suspected Chinese presence,

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Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has

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the latest. A

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new report from the Center for

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Strategic and International Studies shows stunning

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progress on Cuba's array of electronic

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eavesdropping stations. Those stations are

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reportedly linked to China and target sensitive

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U.S. transmissions. The new images

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show unexpected advancements of China and

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Cuba's joint telecommunication activity, including a

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previously unreported site just 70 miles

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from the U.S. Naval Base at

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Guantanamo Bay. The discovery

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has fueled concerns over the growing presence

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of U.S. adversaries in the Americas, with

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China building a megaport in Peru and

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Russia recently sending a nuclear-powered submarine in

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a frigate to Cuba. The

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United States government will pay vaccine company Moderna

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$176 million to speed up development of

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a bird flu vaccine. Here

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with the details is Daily Wire senior editor

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Ash Short. Federal

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officials announced earlier today that funds from

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the Department of Health and Human Services

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will be given to Moderna to accelerate

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its development of an mRNA pandemic vaccine

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targeting a strain of bird flu. Moderna

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has already begun development of the

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vaccine, but government funds will help

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the biotech company complete production and

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begin testing. Three people in

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the United States have been infected with the

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bird flu since April, all with mild cases.

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According to federal health officials, there is

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little risk to the wider American population.

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Tennessee woman was awarded nearly $700,000 after

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refusing to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine

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mandate. A federal jury found

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that Tanya Bitten, who was fired from

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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee for

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not being vaccinated, proved that her decision

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was based on a sincerely held religious

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belief. Bitten worked from home and

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had a religious exemption from

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the mandate, which was eventually declined.

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According to the lawsuit, Blue Cross

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Blue Shield suggested she look for

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another job before ultimately firing her.

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Her award includes $500,000 in punitive damages. A

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Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial in

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the high-profile Karen Reed murder case.

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The jury was still deeply divided

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after days of deliberation. The case

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surrounds the death of Reed's boyfriend,

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Boston police officer John O'Keefe, during

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a blizzard in 2022. Prosecutors

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allege Reed drunkenly but intentionally hit

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O'Keefe with her SUV while the

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defense attorneys say she was framed.

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One lie begets another, and it's a malignancy

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that grows over time. And

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that, folks, is how a cover-up is

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born. I hit him, I hit

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him, I hit him, I hit him. Those

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are the words of the defendant, four times. A

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note from the jury said, quote, the

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deep division is not due to a

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lack of effort or diligence, but rather

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a sincere adherence to our individual principles

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and moral convictions. Prosecutors say

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they intend to retry the case. And

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Hurricane Beryl has become the strongest July

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Atlantic hurricane on record, reaching winds of

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165 miles per hour, as

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it's expected to hit Jamaica tomorrow.

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Beryl has already killed one person when

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it blew through the Kiryaku Island in

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Granada yesterday. The forecast

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for tomorrow has projected rainfall totals

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of four to eight inches across

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the mountainous island country, with isolated

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amounts of up to 12 inches

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possible, which could trigger flash flooding

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in vulnerable areas. All

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right, those are your drive home updates this afternoon.

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