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Episode Date: July 1, 2025

Trump’s Big, Beautiful bill moves one step closer to becoming the Large, Lovely Law, Trump and DeSantis tour Alligator Alcatraz, and Lululemon sues Costco. Get the facts first on Evening Wire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump's Big Beautiful Bill moves one step closer to becoming the large, lovely law. Trump and DeSantis tour alligator Alcatraz and bro it up and Lulu Lemon sues Costco. I'm Daily Wire Executive Editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Tuesday, July 1st, and this is Evening Wire. The Big Beautiful Bill has passed the Senate. Daily Wire senior editor, Cabot Phillips has the details. After an all-night legislative debate, President Trump's signature spending package squeaked through the Senate with a 50-50 vote. as Vice President J.D. Vance served as the tiebreaker.

The bill will go back to the House for Reconciliation and a final vote. If all goes according to plan, it will reach the president's desk on Friday, where it'll then be signed into law. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer blasted Republicans, claiming when people start losing their Medicaid, they'll remember this vote. The American people will remember the Republican betrayal, and Americans will pay the price for this perfidy for generations. Meanwhile, Republican members of the chamber say the bill will say,

save Americans money and avoid a 68% tax increase. Here's Senate Majority Leader John Thune. With this legislation, we're fulfilling the mandate we were entrusted with last November and setting our country and the American people up to be safer, stronger, and more prosperous. President Trump visited the newly opened ICE detention facility deep in the Florida Everglades, nicknamed Alligator Alcatraz. officials say the site built on a remote former airfield will hold up to 5,000 migrants and is nearly impossible to escape. That's due to harsh terrain and wildlife.

The facility is surrounded by swamps, forests, and predators like alligators and pythons. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and White House officials say its isolation adds natural security. During his visit to the Everglades, Trump voiced support for a bill that would require a U.S. census redo that only counts citizens. about it now. We want to bring our elections back. The election in 2020, we've made billions and millions of votes. It had to do with government. It really had to do with that good at the Democrats, very good at that's why I said too big. The bill, which was authored by Representative Marjorie Taylor Green, seeks to weed out non-citizens from the population count used to draw House districts. The Trump-Musk bromances once again on the rocks, and the two are trading blows over the president's

sweeping spending bill. Daily Wire Deputy Managing editor Tim Rice has the latest. President Trump appears to have threatened the South Africa-born billionaire with deportation, while Musk says he plans to back primary challenges against Republicans who support the bill, which he says will cause insane debt. The president hit back, suggesting Musk was upset about the bill killing electric vehicle mandates, and hinted that federal subsidies and contracts for Tesla and SpaceX could be at risk. Musk later replied online, saying he would refer to, for now from escalating the feud. Trump also commented on the feud while visiting the facility that's been dubbed Alligator Alcatraz. I think what's going to happen is Doge is going to look at

Musk. And if Doge looks at Musk, we're going to save a fortune. Thank you very much, everybody. I don't think you should be playing that game with me. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says a July rate cut is not out of the question. Speaking at a European Central Bank Forum, Powell said decisions will depend on how the data evolve and added that the Fed remains 100% focused on controlling inflation and jobs while brushing off Trump's criticism. A majority of us do feel that will be appropriate in the remaining four meetings of the year to begin to reduce rates.

President Trump has demanded steep cuts, saying rates should drop to 1% or lower. The Fed's next meeting is July 29th and 30th. Trump is lifting sanctions on Syria in a sweeping policy shift. A new executive order will end various sanctions programs on the country beginning on January 1st, the announcement came after Trump met with Syria's new president, Ahmed al-Shara, whose forces overthrew the Russian and Iranian-backed Assad regime last year. Shara, also known by the al-Bahmahmahmahmad al-Jalani, is a former member of al-Qaeda and the Islamic State who fought against the American forces in Iraq.

He has since attempted to rebrand himself as a moderate whose priority is reuniting a war-torn Syrian nation. USAID has officially been shut down. On Tuesday, July 1st, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that USAID will no longer administer any foreign aid, noting in a memo that, quote, foreign assistance programs that align with administration policies and which advance American interests will be administered by the State Department, where they will be delivered with more accountability, strategy, and efficiency. USAID was one of the early targets of the Department of Government efficiency. Doge blasted the organization, accusing it of corruption and blatantly wasteful spending. 60% of the Vance on

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SACA. CNN Monday for promoting an ICE tracking app. After Daily Wire White House correspondent, Mary Margaret Ollahan asked the press secretary about the app earlier in the day, Homan unloaded on the left-wing network. It's only a matter of time for all these days are ambushed by some nut, like what happened in LA, throwing a mountalop cocktail, throwing bricks of these officers. This is just disgusting at every level. So I hope DOJ dives in this deeply because, you know, ICE is concentrating on public safety threats

and national security threats. Two Chinese nationals were arrested on Friday for allegedly spying on U.S. Navy personnel and bases. The two suspects have been charged with gathering intelligence and recruiting spies within the American military on behalf of China's Ministry of State Security. The FBI with the aid of the Naval Criminal Investigation Services tracked down and arrested the accused spies. FBI director Cash Patel told Fox Business that the two suspects were, quote, acting on behalf of a hostile foreign intelligence service, part of the Chinese Communist Party's broader effort to infiltrate and undermine our institutions. Patel added the U.S. will not tolerate espionage on American soil.

We could be on the verge of being screwwormed. A flesh-eating parasite has crossed over the biological barrier posed by the treacherous Darian Gap, which separates North and South America. Daily Wire researcher Michael Whitaker has more. The New World Screwworm has rapidly advanced out of its native habitat. and cases are now being reported as far north as Veracruz, Mexico, which is about 700 miles south of the U.S. border. On Sunday, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rawlins, announced an immediate embargo on all livestock coming from Mexico in an effort to prevent the blight from spreading.

The screwworm's adult form, a fly, typically lays hundreds of its eggs in the wounds of warm-blooded mammals, including humans. Infestation can cause severe soft tissue damage and even death. It looks about as pretty as it sounds. The alleged murderer of four University of Idaho undergrads has pleaded guilty. Brian Koberger accepted a plea deal just weeks before his trial was set to begin. He had previously maintained his innocence. He will avoid the death penalty and will instead serve life in prison. He will also waive his right to an appeal.

The father of one victim said the plea deal is not justice. This is anything but justice. This is the opposite of our will. there was no majority believing that this was acceptable. 100% fault is in leadership and the people that you place this evidence upon, they were weak. They decided to play God and decide what this man's decision should be, and not a jury, not a peers, not his peers.

The Mexican Navy ship that hit the Brooklyn Bridge apparently went backwards before crashing. NTSB officials say the ship sped up and ignored orders to stop as it approached the bridge. The preliminary report says both pilots and the captain of a tugboat tested negative for alcohol and drugs. The ship was leaving New York City when it crashed into the bridge in May. It carried hundreds of cadets and crew who were on a months-long training exercise. The crash killed two crew members and injured 19 others. The investigation is ongoing. And Lulu Lemon is suing Costco for allegedly making illegal knockoffs of their athletic clothing and selling them for a cheaper price.

For example, Scuba Hoodies, one of Lulu Lemon's most popular pieces, retail for $118. However, the company says that Costco's private label, Kirkland's signature, sells a copycat version for just $8. The lawsuit says Costco is misleading customers by making them think the products are from the authentic manufacturers. According to the suit, Costco removed some of the products from their stores, yet later began selling similar versions. All right, those are your drive home updates. To learn more about these stories, go to DailyWire.com, and in case you missed it this morning, we covered some major stories, including the DOJ suing LA over its sanctuary laws, Trump taking aim at Jerome Powell and Harvard, and the congressional spending bill battle reaching a crescendo.

Thanks for tuning in. We'll be back tomorrow morning with another edition of Morning Wire.