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More Ukraine Defense Aid & Homelessness Skyrockets | Afternoon Update | 12.30.24
Mon, 30 Dec 2024
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I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Monday, December 30th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update. President Biden announced today that he's now offering another $2.5 billion in defense assistance to Ukraine.
In a statement Monday, the outgoing president said, "...at my direction, the United States will continue to work relentlessly to strengthen Ukraine's position in this war over the remainder of my time in office."
The new military aid will include a $1.25 billion drawdown package for Ukraine's military, as well as another $1.22 billion authorization through the Defense Department's Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. The billions in additional aid come as the Biden administration scrambles to direct as much money as it can to Ukraine before Trump takes office.
Fulton County District Attorney Fannie Willis has suffered yet another legal blow. The Superior Court ruled that Georgia lawmakers can subpoena her for information related to her Donald Trump election case. Lawmakers are looking into whether Willis engaged in misconduct during her prosecution of the president-elect.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Shakira Ingram has given Willis until January 13th to file a list of claimed privileges and objections. But Willis' team plans to appeal the decision, calling it wrong. Willis was recently removed from the case by an appeals court, which cited the appearance of impropriety amid a scandal with one of her prosecutors.
Trump has blasted her case as a disgrace to justice.
Homelessness in the U.S. skyrocketed in 2024, jumping 18%. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pearce has the numbers.
Most of the rise was driven by a lack of affordable housing, natural disasters, and an influx of immigrants. A January count by the Department of Housing and Urban Development found over 770,000 people homeless, a number that is almost certainly an undercount. The sharp 18% increase followed a 12% increase the previous year.
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