Morning Wire - Evening Wire: Iran Cracks Down & Diddy’s Trial Winds Down | 6.26.25

Episode Date: June 26, 2025

 Iran cracks down on alleged dissidents, the Supreme Court rules against Planned Parenthood, and the Abrego Garcia saga continues. Get the facts first on Evening Wire.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Thursday, June 26th, and this is Evening Wire. Iran is cracking down with mass arrests and executions following the 12-day war with Israel. Human rights groups say over 700 people have been detained on political or security charges, with many being accused of having ties to Israel. State media reports that three alleged Israeli agents have already been executed, with more likely facing the same fate.

Armed police have flooded the streets in Tehran, even as some Iranians quietly express anger over the regime's role in the conflict. Iran's supreme leader briefly came out of hiding today to claim victory. This comes despite the severe damage of the regime's nuclear sites and their failed strikes on a U.S. base. Daily Wire's senior editor, Cabot Phillips, has the latest. Speaking publicly for the first time since the conflict began, Ayatollah Khomeini insisted Iran, quote, delivered a hand slap to America's face. Even as satellite images show widespread damage nuclear facilities that were struck.

On top of those images, CIA director John Rackcliffe now says, intelligence confirms the facilities were decimated, setting the regime's nuclear program back years. The statement comes as President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegeseth blasted media coverage with the Defense Secretary on a war path in a press briefing this morning. The DIA that put that report out says this is a preliminary, low confidence report and will continue to be refined as additional intelligence becomes available. How about the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission? The devastating U.S. strikes on Fordo destroyed the site's critical infrastructure and rendered the enrichment facility inoperable.

Have any of these quotes made their way into the New York Times or the Washington Post? MSNBC, CNN? While outlets like CNN in the New York Times say they stand by their reporting, Trump took to Truth Social to call the reports, quote, fake and claimed that, quote, layoffs are coming. The Trump administration has reportedly told Iran that it must surrender its remaining enriched. uranium. Earlier this month, the International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed that Iran had stockpiled more than 400 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60%. If enriched to 90%, it could be used to create several nuclear bombs. According to a report from an Israeli news outlet, quote, the U.S. intends to present Iran with three baseline demands for reentering negotiations. A total ban on uranium enrichment on

Iranian soil, the removal of all highly enriched uranium Iran has already stockpile. and limitations on future missile production. President Trump's big, beautiful bill has hit a snag in the Senate, as some Republican cuts to Medicaid mean the bill cannot be fast-tracked for approval. The Senate parliamentarian ruled that the proposed changes to Medicaid funding render the bill ineligible for the budget reconciliation process. That process would allow the bill to bypass the 60-vote requirement to end a filibuster and pass with a simple majority.

Republicans currently hold a slim, 53,000. 347 majority in the Senate. Senator Roger Marshall, a Republican from Kansas, told this to Morning Wire. When we present her with our budget reconciliation plan, she's to figure out, are we trying to change policy or is the bigger impact on the budget? And in this particular case, over the last 48 hours, we've seen her clip probably $500, $600 billion of policies that she wants to gut this one big, beautiful bill. I think it's wrong to have one person being able to do all that. And that's why I'm introducing just term limits. I think that this person shouldn't be in there for any longer than six years.

The Supreme Court ruled earlier today that state governments can block the flow of Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood. Daily Wire reporter, Marade Allorty, has the details on the decision. In a six to three vote along ideological lines, the court ruled that South Carolina is allowed to exclude plant parenthood from receiving Medicaid funds. Justice Neil Gorsuch authored the court's opinion, noting that states have have the authority to decide which health care providers are, quote, qualified and can participate in Medicaid. The decision paves the way for other states that may want to exclude plant parenthood

from their Medicaid programs. New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced his bid for re-election today following the surprise victory of Democratic socialist Zoran Mamdani in the Democratic primary. The incumbent Adams was elected as a Democrat in 2021, but he's now running as an independent this year amid low approval ratings and has since dropped federal corruption charges. Tracked me when I wanted to study and move up through the ranks in the police department. They try to distract me when I became a state senator. They tried to distract me when I became the mayor. And no matter what distraction they threw at me, God has made the past break.

You can call me all in that. But I'm going to answer to only one, Mayor Adams. The saga of Kilmar, A Break. Gregor Garcia continues. Daily Wire Deputy Managing Editor Tim Rice says more. Abrago Garcia's lawyers filed an emergency motion this morning to prevent his deportation and keep him out of federal custody. The motion asks the judge to order Abrago Garcia back to Maryland immediately upon his release in Tennessee. The motion would block ICE officials from detaining and deporting while he faces federal charges for human smuggling.

Attorney General Pam Bondi described the charges against the Brago Garcia in a press conference last month. The grand jury found that over the past nine years of Rego Garcia has played a significant role in an alien smuggling ring. They found this was his full-time job, not a contractor. He was a smuggler of humans and children and women. The Trump administration announced restrictions on three Mexican banks accused of laundering money for the cartels. Daily Wire reporter Spencer Lindquist has more. The Treasury Department identified three Mexican financial institutions, Cibonco, Intercam, and Vector,

as complicit in laundering millions of dollars on behalf of criminal cartels that traffic fentanyl into the United States, as well as facilitating payments for the precursor chemicals for fentanyl. The announcement yesterday prohibits American financial institutions from engaging in certain transactions with these three banks, marking another step in the Treasury's campaign to choke off funds from the criminal cartels. These restrictions are the first enforcement actions enabled by two relatively new laws related to fentanyl,

which empower the Treasury to target money laundering associated with the trafficking of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. Closing arguments kicked off today in the trial of disgraced rapper Sean Diddy Combs, who faces charges including sex trafficking and racketeering. The week's long trial has garnered media attention due to the salacious details surrounding Combs' so-called freak-off parties. While prosecutors recently dropped two of the charges, for attempted arson and kidnapping, the other charges remain. Prosecutors reportedly told the jury this morning that even if one freak-off was coerced, Combs would be considered guilty of sex trafficking.

RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel has recommended a new shot for infants. Daily Wire reporter Amanda Prestiakamo has the latest. Today, a CDC vaccine panel approved Merck's new vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus known as RSV. The panel also voted to include the show. to include the shot on the government's list of recommended childhood vaccines. The approval allows the vaccine to launch before RSV season. RSV is a leading cause of hospitalizations and infants. The vote comes after RFK replaced all 17 members of the panel.

Some had worried he would fill the panel with so-called anti-vaxers. Only two of the seven panel members voted against the vaccine. Meanwhile, RFK has scored another win as more companies climb aboard the Maha train. Nestle and ConAgra will remove synthetic dyes from their foods over the next two years. Kennedy thanked the companies and says he urges others to join the Make America Healthy Again agenda. The move comes as more and more states pass laws aimed at curbing the use of synthetic dyes. No more pain at the pump. Gas prices have hit their lowest point since 2021. The national average price of gasoline is about $3.20 a gallon now.

Here's press secretary Caroline Levitt. Despite all the doom casting from liberal pundits, oil prices on Tuesday were lower than before the Israel-Iran conflict began. As President Trump continues to unleash American energy, our country will have even more efficient, reliable, and affordable energy to protect our national security and fuel our people. Microsoft is being sued by multiple authors who say the company stole their books to train its AI model, Megatron. The lawsuit comes just a day after California rules. that Anthropic, an AI startup, can fairly use copyrighted material to train its systems. Tech companies argue that it is fair use to create new content based off copyrighted content. Still, the authors claim that Microsoft used nearly 200,000 pirated books to train Megatron,

which will be able to mimic their writing style, including tone and syntax. They've requested damages of up to $150,000 for each work the company allegedly stole. And today, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson honored U.S. Army Rangers who served in World War II with the Congressional Medal of Honor, something he said is long overdue. They formed the spearhead of American Special Operations in the Second World War. And today we express our most profound gratitude for their courage and contributions with the highest honor that this body can bestow. And that is the Congressional Gold Medal. Those are your drive home updates this evening. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com.

And in case you missed it this morning, we covered some major stories, including Trump's NATO Victory Lab, the battle over the big beautiful bill, and alarming claims about the therapy industry. Thanks for tuning in. We'll be back tomorrow morning with another full edition of Morning Wire.