Morning Wire - Evening Wire: Another Swalwell Allegation & Lebanon, Israel Talk Peace | 4.14.26

Episode Date: April 14, 2026

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The Navy continues to blockade Iranian ports. Another woman accuses Eric Swalwell of sexual assault, and the State Department hosts historic peace negotiations between Lebanon and Israel. I'm Daily Wire, Executive Editor John Bickley, with Georgia Howe. It's Tuesday, April 14th. This is Evening Wire. As the naval blockade of Iran continues, U.S. Central Command confirmed that no ships breached the blockade in its first 24 hours.

Sentcom added that so far six merchant ships have complied with U.S. directives and turned back to Iranian ports. The blockade involves over a dozen warships, hundreds of aircraft, and more than 10,000 American service members. Saudi Arabia is reportedly pressuring the U.S. to end its blockade out of concern that Iran could retaliate and close another key waterway. Meanwhile, President Trump told the New York Post that negotiations between the U.S. and Iran could resume within the next two days in Pakistan. Eric Swalwell's newest accuser alleges that he drugged and raped her in 2018. Here's Lana Drewis, a model who owned a fashion software company at the time,

alongside her attorneys at a press conference today. I believe he drugged my drink. I only had one glass of wine. We were supposed to go to a political event, and he said he needed to get paperwork from his hotel room. When I arrived at his hotel room, I was already incapacitated, and I couldn't move my arms or my body. He raped me and he choked me.

And while he was choking me, I lost consciousness. And I thought I died. I did not consent to any sexual activity, although I did not undergo a rape kit. At the time, I disclosed the assault to the people closest to me. I also recorded these events and my handwritten calendar, the assault, and its impact were later documented during my therapy sessions. This is the latest in a growing number of accusations against the Democrat, who recently

announced that he would step down from Congress and suspend its campaign for governor. Swalwell has denied the allegations and says he will fight them. A new report found that Iran doubled its executions in 2025, marking the highest total in more than three decades. Daily Wire Foreign Affairs reporter Cassia Akiva has the gruesome details. The reported execution count for 2025 was 1,639, which averages out to roughly four deaths per day. According to the findings from the organization, Iran Human Rights and Together Against the Death Penalty. The data shows sharp increases in executions tied to drug-related offenses, up 58% in murder convictions up 79% while authorities also issued death sentences from vague charges such as, quote,

waging war against God and quote, corruption on earth. The report states that courts handed down many of these sentences after, quote, grossly unfair trials and without due processed, with ethnic and religious minorities disproportionately targeted. At least 48 women were executed, the highest figure in 20 years, while early 2026 figures suggest the pace will continue. It should also be noted that this number does not include those slaughtered during recent anti-regime protests, with at least 7,000 lives ended, while many sources claim that figure is much higher. Diplomats from Israel and Lebanon met in Washington, D.C. today for ceasefire talks, the first direct talks between the two sides in over three decades.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosted the meeting with the aim of finding a solution to the terror group Hezbollah, which operates in and controls a political problem. party in Lebanon. Rubio addressed reporters ahead of the talks. This is about bringing a permanent end. The 20 or 30 years has the lost influence in this part of the world. And not just damage it's inflicted on Israel. The damage is inflicted on Lebanon's people. This will take time, but we believe it's worth this endeavor. And the hope today is that we can outline the framework upon which a permanent and lasting peace can be developed. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has secured a pure majority in Parliament.

Daily Wire Senior Editor Joel Needler reports. While Carney's liberals previously held the largest share of seats in Parliament, they were short of a pure majority forcing them to make coalition deals with smaller parties to advance their agenda. Now, two special election wins and a surprising string of political defections have given the liberals a majority. In a shocking move, five conservative MPs have crossed the line, joining the Liberal Party over the past few weeks. Some expect there may be more defection soon. Carney's rise to popularity has turned Canadian politics on its head.

Conservative leader Pierre Poliev, who once seemed to be a lock for prime minister, is now at the head of a party in shambles. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskyy announced Monday that Ukrainian forces have captured a Russian position using nothing but robots. In a speech to Ukraine's defense industry, Zelensky said, quote, the future is here on the battlefield and Ukraine is creating it. He did not reveal the location of the battle, but instead praised the expanding use of AI and robotics in Ukraine's military and its impact on the overall war effort. In an explosive report released today, the Trump administration reveals how the Justice Department under President Biden targeted religious

Americans who opposed abortion. Daily Wire Culture reporter Megan Basham has more. The report from the Trump DOJ's weaponization work group is based on a review of more than 700,000 internal records. It concludes that the Biden administration misapplied the face act to prosecute peaceful pro-life protesters while at the same time offering support to abortion clinics and minimizing attacks on pro-life groups and religious institutions. It also alleges serious prosecutorial misconduct, including withholding evidence, misleading the court and failing to screen out jurors with a bias against religious and conservative views. And to make this story wilder, Joe Biden's administration relied on information

gathered from radical pro-abortion groups to track, prosecute, and snoop on peaceful pro-life protesters. Look for our full report tomorrow on Morning Wire. Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard released declassified documents this week that she says reveals the flimsy basis of President Trump's first impeachment. Daily Wire political reporter Cameron Arcane has the story. The document trove contains evidence that was reviewed by former intelligence community inspector general Michael Atkinson before he reported to Congress of alleged corruption in Trump's dealings with Ukraine. In part, the Inspector General failed to interview even one witness with firsthand knowledge of a phone call between Trump and Ukraine President Zelensky

before handing a whistleblower report to Congress. And his statement, Gabbard said Atkinson placed, quote, political motivations over the truth. according to her, Atkinson, and other, quote, deep state actors in the intelligence community concocted a false narrative to usurp the will of the American people and impeach President Trump. The Trump administration broke ground in New York City today on a new natural gas pipeline for the area. The Northeast supply enhancement pipeline will stretch from Pennsylvania to Staten Island and will help power about 2.3 million homes in the New York City area. It's expected to reduce electricity costs by $6 billion over 15 years.

The project was furiously resisted by green groups for years, but New York Governor Kathy Hokel agreed to approve it after meeting with Trump. Meanwhile, New York mayor, Soron Mondani has picked out the first location for a city-owned grocery store plan, but the price tag is leaving residents in shock. Union construction estimates show that a standard-sized grocery store in New York City averages around $15 million to build. Maandani's first government grocery store will be smaller than average, but expected to cost twice as much, 30 million. Residents are now raising questions about where exactly the money is going.

The mayor plans to erect five groceries to launch the program and is still seeking independent operators to run the stores. While those third-party operators would theoretically manage the stores, the government would control pricing and employee wages. Authorities say a man threw a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's house in San Francisco. Francisco. And there's a hint to his motives online. 20-year-old Daniel Moreno Gama raged against Altman and AI in a substack post titled AI existential risk. Morino Gama claimed that Altman, quote, raped his own sister, assassinated an open AI whistleblower, and lied to Congress. In the same post, Moreno Gama also said that AI and those who build it are, quote, gambling with your future and the lives of your children. Authorities say that Moreno Gama was arrested with a manifest

and a list of tech CEOs and investors with their addresses. Brian Hooker, the American man who claims his wife fell overboard while the two were sailing in the Bahamas, has been released from police custody. His wife, Lynette, has been missing since April 4th. Brian claims she was bounced overboard by rough seas, but her family expressed immediate skepticism about his account, citing a history of domestic violence.

Here's a clip of Lynette's mom describing a prior incident on the Drop Dead Serious podcast. They were on the boat, both drinking, and they got in a fight, and he threw her down on this bench. And he was on top of her, choking her, and she felt something cracked in her neck. And she was so stiff-necked for a long time. And she came home to me for a while. But one of the conversations that they had while they were on the boat the next morning is he told her that he wished he had. finished the job and thrown her overboard.

The Bahamian government has not charged Hooker in Lynette's death, but he remains a person of interest. For his part, he has forcefully denied any involvement in her death. Those are your drive home updates this evening. To learn more about these stories, go to Dailywire.com. And in case you missed it earlier today, we covered some major stories, including President Trump and his team taking control of the Strait of Hormuz, the Pope and the President publicly sparring over the war in Iran, and Congress roaring back into session with fresh scandals. Thanks for tuning in.

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