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I'm Daily Wire, editor-in-chief John Bickley. It's Thursday, April 18th, and this is your

morning wire afternoon update.

The third day of former President Donald Trump's hush money trial began with seven seated jurors,

but two have since been removed.

Juror number two was excused after saying that upon sleeping on it,

she wasn't sure if she could be fair and impartial in the case.

Prosecutors also raised concerns that juror number four

may not have told the truth about his previous criminal activity. The former president has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of

falsifying business records connected to his $130,000 payment made to Stormy Daniels.

The U.S. and UK have applied a new round of

sanctions on Iran. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has the latest.

The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control has zeroed in on 16 individuals and two Iranian drone engine producers.

It's believed that the entities being sanctioned contributed to the drones used in the April 13th attack.

OFAC sanctions also targeted a handful of firms involved in steel production and three divisions

of Iranian automaker Baumen group, accused of materially supporting Iran's military.

The UK has issued sanctions as well targeting several Iranian military organizations, individuals

and entities involved in Iran's drone and ballistic missile industries.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Commerce Department is cutting off the flow of commercial-grade

microelectronics. Congress is also quickly pushing forward legislation that would

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