--:-- Georgia Howe: I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley. It's Wednesday, July 2nd, and this is Evening Wire.
--:-- John Bickley: Sean Diddy Combs dodged his most serious charges. The music mogul was found not guilty of the RICO racketeering charge and the two sex trafficking charges.
--:-- Georgia Howe: But he was found guilty of two lesser charges of transporting women for prostitution, one for his former girlfriend Cassie Ventura and one for another victim simply referred to as Jane.
--:-- John Bickley: Each charge could result in a 10-year jail sentence. The defense has asked for Combs' release, but the prosecution says it wants jail time.
--:-- Georgia Howe: After the verdict was read, Combs got on his knees, then stood up, faced the gallery, and clapped. The audience erupted in applause.
--:-- John Bickley: Cassie Ventura's attorney praised her in a statement saying, quote, by coming forward with her experience, Cassie has left an indelible mark on both the entertainment industry and the fight for justice.
--:-- [Audio clip of Cassie Ventura's attorney]
--:-- Cassie Ventura's Attorney: We're pleased that Cassie's brought to light everything that has happened in this trial. I just spoke with her and with the U.S. Attorney's Office team, and she's in a good place. She's pleased that, again, that the jury has found him guilty of two federal crimes.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The judge will decide the sentence after considering letters from both attorneys, which are due today.
--:-- John Bickley: President Trump has settled his election interference lawsuit with CBS parent company Paramount Global. Daily Wire deputy managing editor Tim Rice has the details.
--:-- Tim Rice: Paramount has agreed to pay Trump $30 million to settle an election interference lawsuit. The president will receive $16 million up front with additional funds expected for conservative ads and public service messages.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The network has also agreed to a new editorial rule dubbed the Trump rule requiring full transcripts of candidate interviews be released.
--:-- Tim Rice: Trump sued CBS for allegedly editing a Kamala Harris interview to protect her ahead of the 2024 election. CBS denies wrongdoing and says the settlement includes no admission of guilt.
--:-- Georgia Howe: In a major victory for women's sports advocates, UPenn will revoke three swimming records held by trans-identifying male athlete Leah Thomas.
--:-- [Audio clip of Paula Scanlon]
--:-- Paula Scanlon: This ruling actually is a very historic win. I'm really excited about it. I think it shows really two things. One, that the University of Pennsylvania is admitting that they were in the wrong when they put a man, my team. But also it shows how effective the Trump administration is on delivering their promises.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The left-leaning magazine The Atlantic says liberals need to break through the quote misinformation bubble surrounding so-called gender-affirming care for minors.
--:-- [Audio clip of Mireta Lordi]
--:-- Mireta Lordi: In a piece by staff writer Helen Lewis, she notes that the common line, would you rather have a dead son than a live daughter, presents a false choice, and there is no evidence supporting a link between gender transition and suicide prevention.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Lewis points out that the ACLU admitted as much in arguments before the Supreme Court last year in the now decided case of United States v. Skrmetty.
--:-- [Audio clip of Mireta Lordi continues]
--:-- Mireta Lordi: The court announced the 6-3 decision last month, which upholds a Tennessee law banning gender transition treatments for minors.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Iran is still picking up the pieces after the U.S. hit their nuclear facilities last month. Satellite images show a new road, an excavator and cranes at the Fordow nuclear site, suggesting Tehran is inspecting underground damage caused by U.S. bunker buster bombs.
--:-- [Audio clip of an unidentified speaker]
--:-- Unidentified Speaker: The White House says the strikes obliterated Iran's nuclear capability. Iran appears to be focused on salvaging equipment and material from the site.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Hamas says it's ready for a war-ending deal with Israel, but hasn't fully endorsed President Trump's proposed 60-day ceasefire.
--:-- [Audio clip of an unidentified speaker]
--:-- Unidentified Speaker: Trump posted Tuesday that Israel accepted the terms following meetings with U.S. envoys and urged Hamas to take the deal, warning it will not get better.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The ceasefire proposal was brokered with help from Qatar and Egypt and could pause the nearly 21-month war that began with Hamas' attack.
--:-- [Audio clip of an unidentified speaker]
--:-- Unidentified Speaker: Talks with mediators are set to continue today in Cairo.
--:-- Georgia Howe: A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary protected status for over 500,000 Haitian immigrants.
--:-- [Audio clip of an unidentified speaker]
--:-- Unidentified Speaker: Judge Brian Kogan ruled today that DHS Secretary Kristi Noem acted unlawfully by failing to follow congressional guidelines when she moved to revoke the protections.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The TPS program shields immigrants from deportation due to unsafe conditions in their home countries.
--:-- [Audio clip of an unidentified speaker]
--:-- Unidentified Speaker: The ruling allows the Haitians to stay and work in the U.S., at least for now.
--:-- Georgia Howe: A Pennsylvania mortgage lender is facing backlash for targeting undocumented immigrants with home loans.
--:-- [Audio clip of Spencer Lindquist]
--:-- Spencer Lindquist: Pennsylvania Amory is marketing individual taxpayer identification number loans to non-citizens, including those who lack social security numbers.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The company says that these loans, quote, bridge the gap for immigrants seeking home ownership, citing cases of multiple illegal aliens who received the loans, like a single mother from Guatemala and a Mexican immigrant who used an ITIN to buy a home.
--:-- [Audio clip of Spencer Lindquist continues]
--:-- Spencer Lindquist: Critics, however, warn that the practice incentivizes illegal immigration and undermines federal efforts to enforce deportations.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Immigration authorities and the IRS recently signed a deal to share ITIN data, which could expose borrowers to removal proceedings.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Running a business comes with a lot of what-ifs. But luckily, there's a simple answer to them. Shopify. It's the commerce platform behind millions of businesses, including Thrive Cosmetics and Momofuku.
--:-- [Audio ad continues]
--:-- Georgia Howe: And it'll help you with everything you need. From website design and marketing, to boosting sales and expanding operations, Shopify can get the job done and make your dream a reality.
--:-- Georgia Howe: A new abortion clinic in Chicago says it's now conducting abortions in the third trimester.
--:-- [Audio clip of an unidentified speaker]
--:-- Unidentified Speaker: Hope Clinic says it will provide abortions through all trimesters. It allows abortions until fetal viability and beyond that point if necessary to protect the mother's life or health.
--:-- Georgia Howe: That includes mental health. A recent NIH study found that over 90 percent of babies born at the start of the third trimester survive.
--:-- Georgia Howe: California Governor Gavin Newsom calls on President Trump to increase federal funding for wildfire prevention.
--:-- [Audio clip of Gavin Newsom]
--:-- Gavin Newsom: Newsom noted that the state oversees only three percent of forest lands in the Golden State, while 57 percent belong to the federal government.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The governor presented a mock executive order to the public that he says would bring parity between federal and state support.
--:-- [Audio clip of Gavin Newsom continues]
--:-- Gavin Newsom: The federal government has not made the kind of investments the state's making. That's why we're asking the president of the United States to sign a simple executive order.
--:-- Georgia Howe: White House Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly pointed out that the California state legislature cut $144 million from a wildfire and forest resilience fund last year and that Newsom should, quote, own up to his failure and prepare for fire season.
--:-- Georgia Howe: California has rolled back a landmark environmental law in a move to encourage new development.
--:-- [Audio clip of Tim Pierce]
--:-- Tim Pierce: Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has more. Golden State lawmakers passed a measure on Monday that would exempt certain projects from the California Environmental Quality Act.
--:-- Georgia Howe: For over 50 years the CEQA has been used by environmental activists to block development projects and slow home building.
--:-- [Audio clip of Tim Pierce continues]
--:-- Tim Pierce: Under the new bill, some high-priority projects would be exempted from the CEQA, such as new housing in developed areas and advanced manufacturing facilities, including semiconductor factories and electric vehicle plants.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Governor Gavin Newsom threatened to pull his support from the state budget unless the environmental rollback passed, calling the bill a, quote, game changer, which will be felt for generations to come.
--:-- Georgia Howe: How proud are you to be an American? The divide between Democrats and Republicans on that question is bigger than ever.
--:-- [Audio clip of an unidentified speaker]
--:-- Unidentified Speaker: Gallup reports this week that national pride is at an all-time low, but most of that is the result of Democrat responses.
--:-- Georgia Howe: According to the survey data, Democrats accounted for the largest drop in American pride, with only 35 percent saying they were extremely or very proud, down sharply from 62 percent last year.
--:-- Georgia Howe: But Republican pride has hovered at or above 90 percent since the poll began in 2001 and increased noticeably over the past year.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Amazon warehouses may soon be more machine than man as the e-commerce giant continues to innovate.
--:-- [Audio clip of an unidentified speaker]
--:-- Unidentified Speaker: The Wall Street Journal reports that more than one million robots have been deployed to its warehouses and employees are being trained to manage them.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Seventy five percent of Amazon's global deliveries are currently robot assisted, and the company expects to reduce the size of its human workforce within the coming years.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And a main couple appears to have redefined double jeopardy. Jeopardy.
--:-- [Audio clip of Jason Singer and Susan McMillan]
--:-- Jason Singer: I told him he really needs to be on point with the buzzer timing. Everyone there knows pretty much all the information.
--:-- Susan McMillan: Just the fact of being her husband is the greatest preparation one could ever get because she's so curious and surrounds herself with such interesting and cosmopolitan things all the time that by osmosis, I almost have had to get better.
--:-- Georgia Howe: A couple says their love for trivia helped spark their relationship. And 20 years later, they're still practicing questions over lunch.
--:-- Georgia Howe: All right, those are your drive home updates. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And in case you missed it this morning, we covered some major stories, including the president's spending bill heading back to the House, Trump and DeSantis burying the hatchet at Alligator Alcatraz, and Brian Koberger avoiding the death penalty.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Thanks for tuning in. We'll be back tomorrow morning with a special edition of Morning Wire.
