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Episode Date: June 24, 2025

Trump works to keep the ceasefire in place, Democrats in New York City vote for their candidate for mayor, and can AI find quality job applicants? Get the facts first on Evening Wire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump works to keep the ceasefire in place. Democrats in New York City vote for their candidate for mayor, and can AI find quality job applicants? I'm Daily Wire, executive editor John Bickley, with Georgia Howe. It's Tuesday, June 24th, and this is Evening Wire. Overnight, Israel and Iran traded blows just hours after the president announced a ceasefire between the two countries. Hours after the deal was announced, Israel accused Iran of violating the deal. What follows was a series of strikes and counts. counter strikes, including some after the official ceasefire deadline. Trump responded by publicly demanding that the two countries stand down. And while speaking with reporters, he expressed anger over their attacks, which threatened the fragile U.S. brokered ceasefire. You know what? We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they

don't know what the fuck they're doing. Do you understand that? Trump says Iran will never rebuild its nuclear facilities. Daily Wire's senior editor, Cabot Phillips, says more. Trump declared the mission a, quote, bullseye and double down, saying to Iran's nuclear program is finished. But Muhammad Islami, Iran's nuclear chief, says damage assessments are still underway, and the plans are already in place to restore the sites that were hit. Meanwhile, House Speaker Mike Johnson also weighed in telling Fox News that he believes reality is starting to set in for the regime. We have decimated the upper echelon of their military command as well as their nuclear scientist.

I mean, there's not much left for them to rebuild upon, but the idea that they would put out a statement like that at this fragile moment is very frustrating. It goes to show you why Iran has always been an irrational actor. They're not to be trusted, but we've got to use force. I mean, this is what peace through strength really means. You've got to forge the peace through the exercise of strength. Trump arrived at the NATO summit today. Ahead of his arrival, NATO Secretary Mark Rout praised Trump's recent airstrikes on Iran. Trump posted a screenshot of a message from Root in which the Secretary General calls

the move extraordinary, saying it makes us all safer. Root said Trump had done what no one else had dared to do and credited him with reshaping global security. Here's the Secretary General. NATO has said Iran should not, and this is a consistent position of NATO, Iran should not have its hands on a nuclear weapon. So, and I would not agree that. this is against international law, what the U.S. did. Also at the summit, leaders are expected to back a new goal of spending 5% of GDP on defense. Root says there are no exceptions, despite pushback from allies like Spain and Belgium. The Federal Trade Commission has approved a multi-billion dollar merger between advertisement giants Omnicom and IPG. The approval, however, comes with strict

conditions. Daily Wire Deputy Managing editor Tim Rice has the breakdown. As part of the 13.5 billion dollar merger. FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson says the companies agreed to stop all coordination aimed at steering ad dollars away from media outlets based on their political viewpoints. The move follows a congressional probe into GARM, an industry group that Ferguson said was organized to destroy publishers of content of which they disapproved. One of those publishers, internal email showed, was the Daily Wire. Ferguson says Omnicom and IPG must submit to compliance reviews and cooperate with his active investigation into past collusion.

This merger will create the world's largest ever advertising firm and marks a major shift in how viewpoint discrimination is handled across the industry. Tune in to Saturday's episode for a full interview with the FTC chairman. Democrat voters in New York City will select a mayoral candidate today as a heat wave hits the city. Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and self-declared Democratic socialist Zeran Mammani lead the pack, with Mombani having a slight edge according to the latest poll.

Today's high temperatures could dampen turnout for Cuomo, who is popular with older voters. Mamdani, a member of the State Assembly, has been a vocal critic of Trump, claiming he's the president's worst nightmare. I don't think there's any question that there's any mayor here that will be free from being attacked by Donald Trump. What's more important, however, is that we have a mayor who will actually fight back, and that's what I will do. The difference between myself and Andrew Cuomo is that my campaign is not funded by the very billionaires who put Donald Trump in D.C. Also in New York, Governor Kathy Hokel announced an expansion of nuclear power capabilities in the state. The directive would increase the state's nuclear power generation capacity by at least one gigawatt and build the first major new U.S. plant in over 15 years.

Here's the governor at the Niagara power plant on Monday. If we don't increase our capacity over the next decade, we will see rolling blackouts and other disruptions. You see them in other states. We must radically increase supplies starting now and do it in a way that does not threaten our commitment to clean air and a clean environment. Down in Florida, construction on an immigrant detention facility on an air strip in the Everglades is underway. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed Monday that the federal government will help fund the new facility dubbed Alligator Alcatraz, as well as other detention locations in the state. A significant portion of the funding will come from a FEMA program related to immigration. Speaking of immigration, over the weekend, ICE arrested 11 Iranian nationals illegally in the U.S., including an individual with admitted ties to Hezbollah.

Those arrested included convictions for grand larceny threatening a law enforcement officer and various drug crimes. DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement, quote, we've been saying we are getting the worst of the worst, and we are. In other immigration news, the Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday that a wanted few, is in custody. Orlando Diaz Sabada, who was twice deported from the U.S., was arrested for allegedly beating a member of Mexican law enforcement to death. Diaz Sabada was a member of the Los Pochos gang, which is known to traffic drugs for the powerful Sinaloa cartel. U.S. Marshals in Florida rescued 60 critically missing children as part of a massive sting operation involving 20

agencies. We're excited to announce the successful completion of the largest rescue operation, not just in Florida's history, but in United States history. Florida State Attorney General James Utmire praised the effort named Operation Dragon Eye in a joint press conference Monday. This is what it's all about. This is why we do the job. I've been on the job now several months. I've got three little kids, and I've made clear protecting our kids and keeping Florida the safest state to raise a family is our number one priority. A wilderness Manhunt takes a grim turn. Authorities say they have deployed a cadaver dog in search for Travis Decker.

Decker is accused of killing his three daughters. He's been on the run in Washington for more than three weeks. Decker was a trained survivalist in the military, but authorities say there is no certain evidence that he remains alive in the area. The manhunt began when Decker failed to return his daughters to his ex-wife after a custody visit. The bodies of the girls were later found in Decker's truck at a campsite. Decker's ex-wife spoke. at a memorial service for her daughters. Thank you, everyone, for being here tonight in the outport of love that you've shown me and their family over the past few weeks.

I truly hope that the legacy of the girls' lives lived in everyone's heart forever. They were incredible. Three years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and a landmark decision, abortions are on the rise. According to a new report, 1.14 million abortions took place in 2024, defying expectations that numbers would fall post row. Meanwhile, Trump's big, beautiful bill would strip Planned Parenthood of Medicaid funds for a decade. The bill, which has passed the House, is set for a Senate vote this week.

Democrats warn that the decision could shutter clinics and harm patients. They held a forum today to mark what they call the disastrous Dobbs ruling. Here's Washington Senator Patty Murray. Three years in, it's clear that the heartbreak and damage being caused by Republicans' war on abortion is only growing. but so is the public opposition. Republicans are sneaking fetal personhood language into everything from state laws to Trump's executive orders. On the other side, pro-life advocates have called it a long-awaited victory. Can AI be trusted to find job applicants? A recent study suggested it can't. Leading AI models consistently demonstrate racial and gender preferences. They tend to favor

minorities over white candidates and females over males. Even if resumes are exactly the same, the models still discriminate against stereotypically white names. A spokesman for OpenAI said AI tools can be biased and should not replace humans in the hiring process. But nearly half of companies have, admitting they use AI for hiring. Tesla shares jumped an incredible 10% after the first driving robotaxies finally hit the road. Passengers in Austin, Texas could ride for a flat fee of $4 dollars and 20 cents, which marks the first time the company's cars have carried civilians without a driver. Passengers testified that their rides were safe and personalized, with some saying it easily navigated tight and busy roads. Elon Musk says the new robotaxies are a key driver

of the company's large valuation. If the share gains hold, Tesla will add almost $100 billion to its already huge market value of $1 trillion. And a new program at the Secret Service is training dogs to sniff out data storage devices. This program helps investigators find cell phones, hard drives, and thumb drives that might expose criminal suspects. These devices often contain crucial evidence in homicide investigations and even child sexual abuse material. As such, the dogs are also used as comfort animals for victims of these crimes. I know I said it in one if you if you have one device, if a dog finds one device and has 200,000 images on it, as a child, that's what I do. All right, is 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 continued fallout in the Middle East and Trump getting some big legal wins. Thanks for tuning in. We'll be back tomorrow morning with another full edition of Morning Wire.