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--:-- Georgia Howe: Welcome to Evening Wire, I'm Georgia Howe.
--:-- John Bickley: And I'm John Bickley, executive editor of Daily Wire. It's Friday, November 14th.
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--:-- John Bickley: President Trump calls for investigations into Democrats' ties to Epstein. War Secretary Hegseth announces Operation Southern Spear. And yet another illegal sports gambling case drops.
--:-- Georgia Howe: President Trump is calling for the DOJ to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's ties to several high-profile Democrats and major banks.
--:-- Andy Valdez: In a series of posts, Trump said Democrats are using what he called the Epstein hoax to distract from the government shutdown, accusing them of ignoring Epstein's long-standing connections to figures like Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, and tech billionaire Reid Hoffman.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Meanwhile, Democrats released newly unearthed Epstein emails that referenced Trump, prompting the White House to accuse them of selectively leaking documents to smear the president.
--:-- Caroline Levitt: These emails prove absolutely nothing other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong. And what President Trump has always said is that he was from Palm Beach and so was Jeffrey Epstein. Jeffrey Epstein was a member at Mar-a-Lago until President Trump kicked him out because Jeffrey Epstein was a pedophile and he was a creep.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The fight comes as both parties demand the release of all Epstein files and as the political fallout from the shutdown continues to grow.
--:-- Cameron Arcand: The BBC issued an official apology to President Trump on Thursday for a grossly misleading edit of his January 6th speech, but it denied his allegation of defamation.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The BBC said that it's splicing together portions of Trump's January 6th speech in a way that made it appear that he was calling for violence was an error.
--:-- Cameron Arcand: The apology comes after Trump threatened to file a $1 billion defamation suit against the outlet over its Trump a second chance documentary.
--:-- Georgia Howe: In a statement posted on its correction page, the BBC said that the editing quote gave the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action.
--:-- Cameron Arcand: The BBC would like to apologize to President Trump for that error of judgment. In a separate letter to the White House, BBC Chair Samir Shah again apologized to Trump, but stopped sure of saying they defamed him, right in quote.
--:-- Georgia Howe: While the BBC sincerely regrets the manner in which the video clip was edited, we strongly disagree there is basis for a defamation claim.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: A new prosecutor is taking the lead on Georgia's high-profile election interference case against President Trump.
--:-- Georgia Howe: After Fulton County District Attorney Fannie Willis was disqualified from the due to her romantic relationship with a top prosecutor the state prosecuting attorney counsel was ordered to find a replacement After every outside prosecutor declined, Director Peter Skandalakis appointed himself just hours before the judge's deadline.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: Skandalakis now has full authority to push the case forward or even seek dismissal.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Trump's attorneys say the prosecution is politically driven and it should end.
--:-- Tim Pierce: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has announced Operation Southern Spear, a mission designed to defend the U.S. against narco-terrorism.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The announcement comes as tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela mount over the Trump administration's ongoing operations against drug cartels in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.
--:-- Tim Pierce: Hegseth announced the operation in a statement Thursday saying, quote, Led by Joint Task Force Southern Spear and U.S. Southern Command, this mission defends our homeland, removes narco-terrorists from our hemisphere, and secures our homeland from the drugs that are killing our people.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The Western Hemisphere is America's neighborhood, and we will protect it.
--:-- Tim Pierce: The war secretary said that the operation was ordered by President Donald Trump.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The Justice Department has officially stepped into California's redistricting fight.
--:-- Zach Jewell: The DOJ is backing a lawsuit that challenges Governor Gavin Newsom's push to redraw the state's congressional map ahead of the 2026 midterms.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Federal civil rights lawyers argue California uses race as a proxy to craft districts favoring Democrats, including efforts to build a new Latino majority seat to counter GOP gains in Texas.
--:-- Zach Jewell: Meanwhile, AG Pam Bondi told this to Fox. They're trying to create seats based on race and they can't do it.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And we're going to hold them accountable just like any other state.
--:-- Zach Jewell: I mean, they very publicly said, Sean, what they're trying to do and it's illegal gerrymandering.
--:-- Georgia Howe: They cannot do it.
--:-- Zach Jewell: So, yeah, we sued them today. We're going to continue suing California until they start complying with the laws of our country.
--:-- Nathan Gay: A new report reveals that Chinese hackers unleashed the first autonomous AI cyberattack against dozens of U.S. companies and government agencies earlier this fall.
--:-- Georgia Howe: AI executed some 80 to 90 percent of operations at physically impossible speeds, the report says.
--:-- Nathan Gay: According to a detailed report published by the AI company Anthropic, hackers, believed to be sponsored by the Chinese state, manipulated the company's AI coding tool, Claude, to target roughly 30 entities, That included major technology corporations, financial institutions, chemical manufacturing companies, and U.S. government agencies.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The hackers bypassed Claude's safeguards by claiming to be part of a credible cybersecurity firm conducting defensive testing.
--:-- Nathan Gay: The hackers were able to evade detection by the company for months.
--:-- Georgia Howe: It's what Anthropik calls the first documented case of a large-scale cyber attack executed without substantial human intervention.
--:-- Lyndon Blake: Texas A is taking action to rein in what critics call ideological overreach.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Regents voted unanimously to restrict courses from promoting race or gender ideology without explicit approval from campus leadership.
--:-- Lyndon Blake: Supporters say the reforms will restore accountability and protect students from taxpayer-funded indoctrination, citing cases where instructors pushed material far outside of their approved syllabi.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Some faculty pushed back, warning of limits on academic freedom, but university leaders argue the policy simply ensures courses stick to established curriculum.
--:-- Zach Jewell: California Democrat Congressman Eric Swalwell faces a potential federal investigation after a housing official referred him to the DOJ over alleged mortgage and tax fraud on Thursday.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Swalwell is accused of making false statements on loan documents related to a house in D.C.
--:-- Zach Jewell: That's according to a letter sent by the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency to Attorney General Pam Bondi.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The allegations stem from Swalwell's purchase of a $1.2 million home in Washington that he reportedly claimed as his primary residence.
--:-- Zach Jewell: In so doing, Swalwell qualified for millions of dollars worth of loans and refinancing, according to the New York Post.
--:-- Georgia Howe: His campaign has also faced scrutiny over payments made to a Haitian-American staffer that totaled over $360,000 and for expenditures on luxury hotels and car services.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Chaos broke out outside an ICE processing center near Chicago as anti-enforcement agitators clashed with federal agents and Illinois state police.
--:-- Georgia Howe: I believe that we are away! I believe that we are away!
--:-- Georgia Howe: On Thursday, demonstrators blocked traffic, ignored dispersal orders, and scuffled with officers before multiple arrests were made.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The processing center has long been a magnet for activist protests, but tensions surged as a federal judge ordered the release of 13 detainees, with hundreds more potentially eligible for home confinement, undercutting the Trump administration's operation Midway Blitz.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Authorities say they will continue enforcement efforts despite increasingly confrontational demonstrations.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Oregon Democrats are expressing outrage over reports that the Trump administration may build a new ICE detention facility near Portland.
--:-- Georgia Howe: After meeting with state officials, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said this week that she may have to take more drastic steps to make sure federal immigration law is being enforced in Oregon.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Her department, she said, is doubling down and looking to possibly purchase new facilities in the state.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Officials in Newport have since told ABC that they've spoken with state and federal lawmakers about reported plans to convert a municipal airport in Newport into an ICE facility.
--:-- Georgia Howe: American energy is poised to see a major boost after the Trump administration cleared the way for new oil and gas drilling in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Interior Secretary Doug Burgum says the move, which reverses a Biden-era restriction in the region, will create North Slope jobs and restore longstanding regulations dating back to the 1970s.
--:-- Georgia Howe: While environmental groups vow legal challenges, Alaska lawmakers are praising the decision as a major win for U.S. energy dominance.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The administration argues it's essential for lowering costs and strengthening America's position abroad
--:-- Joel Needler: At least one Chinese company has found a way to access restricted American semiconductors and it seems to be perfectly legal.
--:-- Georgia Howe: A Wall Street Journal investigation traced the path of coveted Blackwell chips from AI powerhouse NVIDIA to a U.S.-based server manufacturer to the workflow of a Chinese company.
--:-- Joel Needler: In short, an American-based company can buy Blackwell chips even if that company is partially owned by a Chinese firm.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The chips can then change hands to a company in Indonesia, which rents out cloud space using the Blackwell chips to a company in China.
--:-- Joel Needler: As long as the chips are being used for non-military applications, this process does not violate export control laws.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Advocates for export controls say the overlap between China's private and military sectors is cause for concern, as civilian technology can readily be recruited for military use.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Blue Origin notched another major milestone in its bid to compete with SpaceX.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The company successfully launched its new Glenn orbital rocket and landed the booster for the first time.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The towering 321-foot vehicle lifted off from Cape Canaveral, carrying two NASA satellites bound for Mars to study the planet's atmosphere.
--:-- Georgia Howe: About 10 minutes later, the booster touched down on a barge in the Atlantic, a recovery the company failed to pull off during January's debut flight.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Jeff Bezos, watching for Mission Control, celebrated the win as Blue Origin pushes to ramp up launches and reuse hardware.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And in yet another illegal sports gambling case, 14 people have been charged in connection to a nationwide sports betting ring that involved college athletes and the mafia.
--:-- Lyndon Blake: New Jersey authorities announced Thursday that Lucchese crime family member Joseph Little Joe Perna and his associates were running an illegal network of bookies using offshore websites.
--:-- Georgia Howe: As detailed by ESPN, the network facilitated approximately two million in bets between 2022 and 2024.
--:-- Lyndon Blake: New Jersey's attorney general says several college athletes operated sports books at the direction of Perna's organization.
--:-- Georgia Howe: That's according to ESPN.
--:-- Lyndon Blake: The outlet reported Perna allegedly acted as the financier, while his son, Joseph R. Perna, conducted the daily operations and facilitated dozens of subordinate agents.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The NCAA is aware of the charges and they're looking into it.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Those are your drive home updates this evening.
--:-- Georgia Howe: To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And in case you missed it earlier today, we covered some major stories, including the fight over the fate of Obamacare, Hollywood's monstrous October slump, and the fraud claims leveled at a federal DEI contracting program.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Thanks for tuning in.
--:-- Georgia Howe: We'll be back tomorrow morning with a weekend edition of Morning Wire.
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