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The decision which came on the final day of the high court's term greatly reduces the chance that special counsel jack smith's federal trial against trump will occur before november trumps lawyers filed to dismiss his federal election interference case back in october of last year by asserting that the former president's actions were quote within his official duties. Federal prosecutors argued that the defense's immunity argument threatened to give presidents quote license to commit crimes while in office. Here's constitutional law attorney jonathan turley explaining why this is a win for trump. The court here is saying that we do need lines here drawn to protect president so they have some breathing room and you have to sort of wonder how the context affected the justices. I mean if they want to look at the implications of leaving presidents without protection they just need to look around the country even though manhattan was not a federal case it was a political prosecution in the view of many of us that was rather raw and open. facebook parent company meta is being accused of hiring bias against american workers a us court of appeals ruled two to one that a law barring discrimination based on alienage extends to bias against us citizens a meta engineer claims that the company favors less costly foreign visa holders though meta denies wrongdoing the decision could prompt more similar lawsuits challenging tech industry hiring practices and the case may reach the supreme court if appealed. Several us military bases in europe were put on alert over the weekend due to terrorist concerns in the region here are the details is daily wire reporter tim pierce. The united states military raised its security level for bases across europe including the us european command headquarters in germany they are now operating at force protection condition charlie the second highest level of alarm which indicates the threat of terrorism against us personnel or facilities officials have not elaborated on the change but one source told fox news that it likely indicates an active reliable threat the move underscores concerns of terrorist activity in europe france raised its national security alert to the highest level ahead of the paris summer olympics and germany deployed almost 600 international police officers to help with security while it hosts the european football championship. 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The Biden administration appears to have walked back its stance on transgender surgery for minors after receiving backlash and media attention here with morris daily wire senior editor ash short the white house sent a memo to the new york times last week detailing its stance on various transgender procedures in it the biden administration explicitly stated it opposes transgender surgeries for minors the statement only mentions surgeries it stops short of condemning other treatments like cross sex hormones and puberty blockers the move comes in response to the new york times reporting last week that rachel laveen the assistant secretary of the department of health and human services pressured an international group to remove its age minimums for transgender treatment former trump white house advisor steve bannon arrived at a federal prison today to begin a four month sentence bannon was convicted on two counts of contempt of congress in 2022 after refusing to comply with a subpoena issued by the house january six committee he called himself a political prisoner and asserted that he has no regrets defying the order here's bannon in connecticut earlier today i am proud to go to prison if this is what it takes the stand-up to tyranny if this is what it takes to stand up to the garland corrupt criminal DOJ and the future of iconic movie rental service red box is in jeopardy red box is parent company chicken soup for the sole entertainment has filed for bankruptcy after months of financial problems it bought red box in 2022 taking on 325 million dollars of debt with hopes to partner the dvd rental service with streaming services the plan never materialized and the entertainment company now carries almost one billion dollars in debt all right there's your drive home updates this afternoon to learn more about these stories go to dailywire.com and for more in-depth discussion of the biggest stories of the day listen to the latest full episode of morning wire every morning
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