Hey, this is Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley.

It's Thursday, September 22.

This is your morning wire, afternoon update.

Protests have erupted in Russia after Vladimir Putin announced Wednesday that he would

mobilize as many as 1 million veterans in an attempt to shore up his faltering invasion

of Ukraine.

Over 1,000 protesters were reportedly arrested Wednesday night.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke at the United Nations today asking members of

the Security Council to put Russia on notice over its thinly veiled nuclear threats.

Every council member should send a clear message that these reckless nuclear threats must

stop immediately.

Over 1 million people in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic still do not have electricity

or running water after Hurricane Fiona devastated the region.

The UK government confirmed Thursday that it will lift the national ban on fracking.

England's new prime minister announced within days of taking office that she would resume

fracking in order to boost the nation's power resources.

Former President Donald Trump addressed the FBI's raid on his Florida home at Mar-a-Lago

during a Fox News interview Wednesday night, in which he maintained that he had the authority

to declassify material on his own.

It doesn't have to be a process, as I understand it.

You know, there's different people say different things, but as I understand it doesn't have

to be.

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