As a potential government shut down looms, lawmakers in the House are scrambling to come to terms on a continuing resolution.

The fact is, is that, look, this is a sandwich. I don't know how to say that. We're being forced into this position.

What are the sticking points and is a solution on the horizon?

I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire, editor-in-chief John Bickley.

It's Thursday, December 19th, and this is Morning Wire.

Suspected members of Venezuelan gang Trende Aragua are behind bars in Colorado

after allegedly breaking into an apartment and torturing its

residents.

They were beaten.

They were pistol-wipped.

The man was stabbed multiple times in his leg, and they held the woman down, and they

ripped out her fingernail.

And suspected CEO killer Luigi Mangione is set to be extradited to New York

today where he faces murder and terrorism charges. There is no heroism in what Mangione did.

This was a senseless act of violence. Thanks for waking up with Morning Wire. Stay tuned. We have the

news you need to know.

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