Morning Wire - Evening Wire: Troops Hold For Ceasefire & Russian Sub Plot Foiled | 4.9.26

Episode Date: April 9, 2026

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American troops are set to remain stationed around Iran until compliance is assured. The U.S. threatens to pull assets from some NATO members, and the U.K. foils a Russian submarine operation. I'm Daily Wire, executive editor John Bickley, with Georgia Howe. It's Thursday, April 9th. This is the evening wire. President Trump says that U.S. troops will remain stationed around Iran until Iran has, quote, fully complied with the U.S. Iran ceasefire deal. The president said in a late-night truth social post that if the agreement is violated, quote, the shooting starts bigger and better and stronger than anyone has ever seen before.

Under the current ceasefire agreement, the president said that Iran has already agreed to abandon its nuclear program and open the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, Trump is apparently exploring punishments for NATO allies that haven't supported the Iran war. The proposal involves removing U.S. assets from uncooperative European nations and moving them to nations that have assisted in the war effort. The move still in early stages underscores the growing tension between Trump and European allies. White House press secretary Caroline Levitt addressed the issue on Wednesday. It's quite sad that NATO turned their backs on the American people

over the course of the last six weeks when it's the American people who have been defunding their defense. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu authorized direct negotiations with Lebanon, quote, as soon as possible, with aims to disarm Hezbollah. Daily Wire political reporter Cameron Arcand has more. Officials expect talks to begin next week at the U.S. State Department in Washington, though Lebanese representatives have not yet been confirmed. The announcement follows intense Israeli strikes on Beirut that killed hundreds, marking the deadliest day in the current Middle East conflict,

even as disputes continue over whether the current ceasefire applies to fighting in Lebanon. Israel has continued military operations against Hezbollah, when Netanyahu stating the country, will strike the group, quote, with force, precision, and determination, while Iranian officials warn of, quote, strong responses if attacks persist. The FBI has arrested a former army employee on charges related to leaking classified information to a journalist. Daily Wire contributor Tim Pierce has the details. Courtney Williams previously held a top secret security clearance and served in a support role for the Special Operations Unit Delta Force. She worked out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina,

from 2010 to 2016. Prosecutors say that from 2022 to 2025, Williams gave sensitive and classified information to an investigative journalist over 10 hours of phone calls and dozens of texts. Announcing the arrest, FBI director Cash Patel warned other would-be leakers that this FBI will not tolerate those who seek to betray our country and put Americans in harm's way. 60% of the vans on Amazon, come to vander independent, like sack magic. Hello, here Camille, of Sac Magic.

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submarine operation. Daily Wire Senior Editor Joel Needler has more. British

Defense Secretary John Haley announced on Thursday that they have been monitoring three Russian subs that encroached on critical undersea infrastructure, including pipelines and information cables. One of the subs, according to Healy, was meant to act as a decoy to conceal the other two. Healy claims that Russia intended to map undersea infrastructure, hoping that instability in the Middle East had left Britain distracted. Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, Russia has shown increased aggression toward European allies, including Britain. The operation follows a string of incidents involving seabed infrastructure,

including the suspicious severing of two British undersea cables by Chinese and Russian merchant ships, which were ostensibly called accidents, as well as the destruction of the Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Israel says it killed the top secretary of Hezbollah's leader in fresh strikes on the terror group. Daily Wire Assistant editor Andy Valdez has more. Israel's military said that the secretary and nephew

of the terror group's chief died in airstrikes on Beirut on Thursday. Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that the attacks on his blow will continue this despite Iranian attempts to pressure the U.S. to intervene. Iran has claimed that Israeli strikes in Lebanon should be stopped under the ceasefire agreement between Washington and Tehran, which U.S. officials have rejected. Vice President J.D. Vance said Wednesday that the ceasefire did not extend to Lebanon. I actually think that is a reasonable misunderstanding, but neither us nor the Israeli. said that that was going to be part of the ceasefire.

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A press conference today featured angel families who lost loved ones to illegal immigrant violence. Daily Wire immigration reporter Jenny Tare has the story. One of the angel mothers at the event, Jennifer Boss, slammed sanctuary officials in Illinois, and the Biden administration, which closed the office for victims of illegal immigrant crime. Her daughter Megan was murdered by an illegal immigrant who stuffed her body in a trash can and doused her in bleach before walking free until he was arrested by ICE agents in Chicago. Ice director Todd Lyons spoke at the event saying these families are why his agency does what it does, despite being vilified by left-wing critics.

When ICE officers and special agents are demonized called Nazis, you know, hated this violence against it. We do it for these individuals, these families who are no longer with their loved ones because they didn't get the justice they deserved. And that's the mean reason why ICE and our law enforcement partners are out there. According to court filings from his attorneys, DeCarlos Brown Jr., the homeless man who allegedly murdered Ukrainian refugee Arena Zarutzka, cannot stand trial. Daily Wire homepage managing editor Jordan Schroeder has more. Brown, accused of slashing Zeruka's throat on a Charlotte train in August 2025,

failed a psychiatric evaluation in December, leading a psychiatrist to declare him unfit to face the state murder charges. Lawyers have asked to judge to delay hearings, noting Brown cannot undergo a separate psychiatric evaluation while in custody. Zeruka, who fled Ukraine seeking safety, had only recently arrived in the U.S. before the brutal killing, which was captured on surveillance footage and widely shared on social media. Brown had a long criminal history, including armed robbery and assault and had been released on a written promise by North Carolina magistrate judge Teresa Stokes just seven months before Zeruka's murder. The man behind the Gilgo Beach murders testified Wednesday in front of the relatives of his

victims. Daily Wire reporter Zach Jule has more. 32 relatives of the victims gathered in a New York courthouse Wednesday to witness 62-year-old Rex Hoyerman publicly admit his guilt. Many of the loved ones had waited decades for that moment. Hoyerman, a previously respected architect and married father, was convicted of killing seven young women between 1993 and 2010. But in a shock moment Wednesday, Hoyerman also admitted to killing an eighth woman named Karen Vergata's case had been cold since 1996. Hoyerman evaded detection for years, but was finally arrested in 2023 after investigators honed in one small witness detail in the file that was overlooked during the initial investigation. He has been

sentenced to three life terms in prison. First Lady Melania Trump shot down accusations of being connected to Jeffrey Epstein. Daily Wire lifestyle reporter Lauren Baer has more. The First Lady released a brief statement from the White House Thursday morning and denounced any connection to Epstein, despite having replied once by email to Galane Maxwell, which Melania called a, quote, polite reply and trivial note. The lies linking me with a disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein need to end today. To be clear, I never had a relationship with Epstein or his accomplice, Maxwell.

I am not Epstein's victim. My attorneys and I have fought this unfound and baseless lies with success and will continue to maintain my sound reputation without hesitation. Trump also called for action to bring victim testimony into the open and into the congressional record. Now is the time for Congress. to act. Epstein was not alone. I call on Congress to provide the women who have been victimized by Epstein, with a public hearing specifically centered around the survivors. Give these victims their opportunity to testify under oath in front of Congress, and only then we will have the truth.

And the first American to Summit Everest has died at the age of 97. Jim Woodrow, of Towns in Washington completed the feat in 1963. That was 10 years after New Zealand-born Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepali Shurpa, Tinseng, Norgae, were the first to reach the 29,000-foot peak. Whitaker's overnight fame catapulted him into elite circles that included Bobby Kennedy, who himself was an avid climber. But Whitaker's proudest achievement was guiding 10 climbers with disabilities to the summit of Mount Reneer in 1981, which he called his personal Everest.

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 Iran and the U.S. negotiating amid the nascent ceasefire, rising political stakes at home from the war, and optimism for gas prices to come down. Thanks for tuning in. We'll be back tomorrow morning with another full edition of Morning Wire.