{"id":1917060,"date":"2023-04-20T06:56:42","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T10:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wednesday-afternoon-update-taxpayers-funding-taliban-plus-gop-debt-ceiling-offer-and-alabama-shooting-update\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T06:57:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T10:57:15","slug":"wednesday-afternoon-update-taxpayers-funding-taliban-plus-gop-debt-ceiling-offer-and-alabama-shooting-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wednesday-afternoon-update-taxpayers-funding-taliban-plus-gop-debt-ceiling-offer-and-alabama-shooting-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Afternoon Update: Taxpayers Funding Taliban? Plus, GOP Debt Ceiling Offer And Alabama Shooting Update"},"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-taxpayers-funding-taliban-plus-gop-debt-ceiling-offer-and-alabama-shooting-update%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=1917060&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--><p><em>This article is adapted from today\u2019s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. To listen to the podcast version, click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/podcasts\/morning-wire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/em><em>.<\/em><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Taxpayers Funding Taliban?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Wednesday, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/afghanistan-inspector-general-warns-u-s-may-be-funding-taliban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko<\/a> warned before a House <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">hearing<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">that U.S. taxpayers may be aiding the Taliban in Afghanistan. Here with more is Daily Wire reporter Tim Pearce.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sopko told Congress that since the Taliban takeover in August 2021, the U.S. government has sought to support the Afghan people without providing benefits for the Taliban. Those efforts have failed, however. Sopko said, \u201cit is clear from our work that the Taliban is using various methods to divert U.S. aid dollars.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cUnfortunately as I sit here today, I cannot assure this committee or the American taxpayer we are not currently funding the Taliban,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 John Sopko, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction: &#8220;As I sit here today, I cannot assure this committee or the American taxpayer we are not currently funding the Taliban.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D4PIlzUVZ7\">pic.twitter.com\/D4PIlzUVZ7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1648698013014175746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sopko said one of the hurdles to a solution is that key U.S. Agencies, such as USAID, don\u2019t comply with oversight requests.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Inspector General John Sopko torches the Biden administration for their &#8220;unprecedented&#8221; refusal to cooperate with investigators over Biden&#8217;s botched Afghanistan withdrawal <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nkbTCW6ndy\">pic.twitter.com\/nkbTCW6ndy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1648699560892702722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>GOP Debt Ceiling Offer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The U.S. House Republicans will propose lifting the debt limit by $1.5 trillion or until March 31, 2024, whichever comes first. The proposal comes after months of stalemate between Congress and the Biden White House. The president has demanded that the GOP offer a compromise, but has refused to meet with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to discuss any potential action to prevent the U.S. from defaulting on its debt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a class=\"c-link c-link--focus-visible\" href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pentagon Throws Cold Water On Critics Of Classified Docs Leaker\u2019s Age<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin threw cold water on critics who question why the alleged classified documents leaker, National Guard Airman Jack Teixeira, would have access to U.S. secrets, given that he\u2019s only 21\u00a0 years old. Austin said that age is not a concern, as evidenced by the average age of military members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe vast majority of our military is young,\u201d he said,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/videos\/defense-sec-austin-age-suspect-pentagon-leaks-case-not-issue?utm_source=mux&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=tw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to Just The News. \u201cIt\u2019s not exceptional that young people are doing important things in our military. That\u2019s really not the issue.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Teixeira was arrested last week in Massachusetts after being identified by The New York Times and The Washington Post as the Discord leaker. He has been charged on two counts, and now a U.S. court is determining whether the Airman should be kept in jail as he awaits trial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Alabama Shooting Update<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Authorities have arrested two suspects <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/dadeville-alabama-shooting-birthday-sweet-16-a1ec4438d75a19dd2d36ca88eb28dc2f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">charged<\/a> with killing four and leaving 32 injured at an Alabama Sweet 16 party Saturday night in Dadeville. The two suspects are ages 16 and 17 and will be tried as adults. The two teenagers from Tuskegee are charged with four counts of reckless murder each. Dadeville\u2019s Police Chief promised justice for the victims while speaking to the press.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>New York City Parking Garage Collapse Kills One Person<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Manhattan parking garage <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/parking-garage-collapse-pace-university-financial-district-lower-manhattan\/13153122\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">collapsed<\/a> on Tuesday, killing one person and injuring five others. According to the City Department of Buildings records, the financial district area garage had six open building violations, three of which were classified as \u201chazardous.\u201d Officials say they believe it was a structural collapse, but the local district attorney has not confirmed.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> A witness says she first thought the noise was coming from a freight elevator.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Florida Bans Sexuality And Gender Identity Teaching For All Grades<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The state of Florida has expanded its ban on teaching about sexuality and gender identity to all grade levels in public schools. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The decision comes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/04\/19\/politics\/florida-bans-teaching-gender-identity-sexual-orientation\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">after<\/a> a law signed last year by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis banned such topics for K through third-grade students. The board <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/education\/2023\/04\/19\/florida-bans-teaching-gender-identity-sexuality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voted<\/a> Wednesday to adopt a new rule that says Florida teachers in grades 4 through 12 \u201cshall not intentionally provide classroom instruction \u2026 on sexual orientation or gender identity\u201d unless it is required by the state or a part of a sexual education course that requires parental permission, according to The Washington Post.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article is adapted from today\u2019s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. To listen to the podcast version, click\u00a0here. Taxpayers Funding Taliban? On Wednesday, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko warned before a House hearing that U.S. taxpayers may be aiding the Taliban in Afghanistan. Here with more is Daily Wire reporter Tim Pearce. 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