{"id":1824137,"date":"2023-01-25T18:49:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T23:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1824137"},"modified":"2023-01-25T18:50:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T23:50:38","slug":"wednesday-afternoon-update-u-s-sends-tanks-to-ukraine-mccarthy-smacks-down-schiff-walmart-increases-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wednesday-afternoon-update-u-s-sends-tanks-to-ukraine-mccarthy-smacks-down-schiff-walmart-increases-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Afternoon Update: U.S. Sends Tanks To Ukraine, McCarthy Smacks Down Schiff, Walmart Increases Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwednesday-afternoon-update-u-s-sends-tanks-to-ukraine-mccarthy-smacks-down-schiff-walmart-increases-pay%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1824137&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p><em>This article is a companion piece to today\u2019s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. Click to listen to the podcast version.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/podcasts\/morning-wire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>U.S. U.S. Sends Tanks to Ukraine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/after-ukraine-scores-u-s-tanks-kyiv-plans-push-for-modern-fighter-jets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> The United States has sent 31 Abrams tanks from the United States to Ukraine today. The U.S. also provides the necessary supplies and training to operate these tanks. Biden stressed that the 31 tanks were equivalent to one Ukrainian tank brigade in his announcement of the move.<\/p>\n<p><strong>McCarthy Slams Down Schiff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kevin McCarthy (R. CA) is the Republican Speaker in the House. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mccarthy-formally-kicks-schiff-and-swalwell-from-house-intel-integrity-matters-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fired<\/a> Responding to reporters&#8217; questions about why he had removed Adam Schiff, Democratic Congressman, from the House Intel committee he claimed that Schiff had used the position previously for partisan gain. McCarthy also removed Eric Swalwell from California from the Committee.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Santos Could be Removed from Congress<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>McCarthy also announced that George Santos, a New York Republican Representative, will be expelled from Congress if found guilty by the Ethics Committee. Santos was accused of lying about a number of things, including cross-dressing as a woman to steal thousands from a charity that was meant for veterans and sick dogs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pelosi launches another perfect-timed stock trade<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nancy Pelosi, a Democratic-CA Congresswoman, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pelosi-dumped-google-stock-weeks-before-justice-department-unveiled-antitrust-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">being criticized<\/a> for a conspicuously timed stock move after it was revealed on Wednesday that she dumped stocks in Google\u2019s parent company Alphabet just weeks before the DOJ announced an anti-trust lawsuit against the platform. Pelosi and her husband Paul have regularly outperformed the market, but have claimed that they do not use intelligence gained from Pelosi\u2019s position for their financial decisions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pope Francis says homosexuality is a sin, but not a crime<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis stated that homosexuality is not a crime and that it is a sin in an exclusive interview with AP. Pope Francis also asked bishops to openly welcome LGBT people into their churches.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Malibu Earthquake Rocks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This morning, a 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck about 10 miles south-east of Malibu in California. Despite several aftershocks, the quake was not felt offshore. There were no reports of any injuries or damage. The National Weather Service states that it does not expect a tsunami.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Asylum-Seeker from Triple-Murderer Asylum Who Lied About Age Was Sentenced To Prison In U.K.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A U.K. court sentenced a 21 year old who sought asylum for the murder of an aspiring Royal Marine last March. The man \u2014 an Afghani migrant who was allowed into the country after falsely claiming to be 14 at the time \u2014 was also convicted in his absence of committing two additional murders in Serbia. Lawmakers now want to see changes to the asylum system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arkansas designates drag shows as adult-oriented businesses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arkansas senators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/arkansas-senate-bill-classifies-drag-shows-as-adult-oriented-businesses-in-effort-to-protect-children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">passed a bill on Tuesday<\/a> Drag shows would be classified as \u201cadult-oriented businesses,\u201d This would prevent children from attending events such as drag queen story hour and drag brunch, among others. The Arkansas House will now be considering the bill.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Walmart Increases Pay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And, Walmart <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/walmart-raises-minimum-wages-as-worker-shortages-crunch-labor-market\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> This week, it will increase its pay for many reasons. \u201cassociates.\u201d It\u2019s anticipated that workers at the mega-chain will make on average above $17.50 an hour in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><em>Listen to the podcast audio version\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/morning-wire\/id1576594336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>. For more discussion on the top stories of each day, listen to Morning Wire every Morning for the complete episode.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article is a companion piece to today\u2019s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. To listen to the podcast version, click\u00a0here. U.S. Sends Tanks To Ukraine President Joe Biden announced today that the United States is sending 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine. The U.S. will also provide the necessary training and supplies needed to operate and run &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":1749911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[7449,8489,3663,5280,5159,5774,16497,12824,7238,6991,5002,11489,9172],"class_list":["post-1824137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-afternoon","tag-increases","tag-mccarthy","tag-pay","tag-schiff","tag-sends","tag-smacks","tag-tanks","tag-u-s","tag-ukraine","tag-update","tag-walmart","tag-wednesday"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1824137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1824137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1824137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1749911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1824137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1824137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1824137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}