This is Georgia Howe with daily wire editor-in-chief John Bickley.

It's Wednesday, September 21st, and this is your morning wire afternoon update.

The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate Wednesday by 75 basis points for the

third straight month as it tries to get a grip on inflation.

The move threatens to slow U.S. economic growth and exacerbate financial pain for millions

of households and businesses.

President Biden addressed the United Nations on Wednesday covering a number of global challenges.

He emphasized the importance of global support for Ukraine.

This war is about extinguishing Ukraine's right to exist as a state, plan and simple.

The Ukraine's right to exist as a people.

Biden then turned his attention to what he called the growing climate crisis.

This is the human cost of climate change.

The countries are facing impossible choices.

Choosing which child to feed we don't have much time.

No one seems to doubt it after this past year.

New York Attorney General Latisha James announced a civil fraud lawsuit against former President

Donald Trump and three of his children, Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump.

The complaint demonstrates that Donald Trump falsely inflated his net worth by billions

of dollars to unjustly enrich himself and to cheat the system.

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a mobilization of hundreds of thousands of

reservists Wednesday to aid in his invasion of Ukraine.

In his seven minute televised address, he warned that Russia will use whatever means necessary

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