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--:-- John Bickley: 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.
--:-- Georgia Howe: 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 counterstrikes, including some after the official ceasefire deadline.
--:-- John Bickley: 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.
--:-- Georgia Howe: You know what? We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don't know what the f*** they're doing. Do you understand that?
--:-- John Bickley: Trump says Iran will never rebuild its nuclear facilities.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Trump declared the mission a, quote, bullseye and doubled down, saying Tehran's nuclear program is finished. But Mohammed 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.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Meanwhile, House Speaker Mike Johnson also weighed in, telling Fox News that he believes reality is starting to set in for the regime.
--:-- Mike Johnson: We have decimated the upper echelon of their military command as well as their nuclear scientists. 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. This is 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.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Trump arrived at the NATO summit today. Ahead of his arrival, NATO Secretary Mark Root credited Trump's recent airstrikes on Iran.
--:-- Mark Root: Trump had done what no one else had dared to do and credited him with reshaping global security. Here 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.
--:-- Georgia Howe: 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.
--:-- Tim Rice: The Federal Trade Commission has approved a multi-billion dollar merger between advertisement giants Omnicom and IPG. The approval, however, comes with strict conditions.
--:-- Andrew Ferguson: As part of the $13.5 billion merger, 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.
--:-- Tim Rice: 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.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Tune in to Saturday's episode for a full interview with the FTC chairman.
--:-- Georgia Howe: 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 Mamdani lead the pack, with Mamdani having a slight edge, according to the latest poll.
--:-- Zeran Mamdani: 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.
--:-- Georgia Howe: 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.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Also in New York, Governor Kathy Hochul 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.
--:-- Kathy Hochul: 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 supply starting now and do it in a way that does not threaten our commitment to clean air and a clean environment
--:-- Georgia Howe: Down in Florida construction on an immigrant detention facility on an airstrip 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.
--:-- Kristi Noem: A significant portion of the funding will come from a FEMA program related to immigration.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Speaking of immigration, over the weekend, ICE arrested 11 Iranian nationals illegally in the U.S., including an individual with admitted ties to Hezbollah.
--:-- Tricia McLaughlin: Those arrested included convictions for grand larceny threatening a law enforcement officer and various drug crimes. We've been saying we are getting the worst of the worst, and we are.
--:-- Georgia Howe: In other immigration news, the Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday that a wanted fugitive is in custody. Orlando Diaz Cebada, who was twice deported from the U.S., was arrested for allegedly beating a member of Mexican law enforcement to death.
--:-- James Utmeyer: We are excited to announce the successful completion of the largest child rescue operation, not just in Florida's history, but in United States history.
--:-- Georgia Howe: 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.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Three years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade in a landmark decision abortions are on the rise According to a new report 1 million abortions took place in 2024 defying expectations that numbers would fall post Meanwhile Trump big beautiful bill would strip Planned Parenthood of Medicaid funds for a decade.
--:-- 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.
--:-- Georgia Howe: 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.
--:-- Georgia Howe: 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.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Tesla shares jumped an incredible 10% after the first driving robo-taxis finally hit the road. Passengers in Austin, Texas could ride for a flat fee of $4.20, which marks the first time the company's cars have carried civilians without a driver.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Passengers testified that their rides were safe and personalized, with some saying it easily navigated tight and busy roads. Elon Musk says the new robo-taxis 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.
--:-- Georgia Howe: 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.
--:-- Georgia Howe: 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.
--:-- Georgia Howe: I know I said it in one. If you have one device, the dog finds one device and has 200,000 images on it as a child. That's what I do.
--:-- Georgia Howe: All right, those are your drive home updates. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com.
--:-- John Bickley: 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.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Thanks for tuning in. We'll be back tomorrow morning with another full edition of Morning Wire.
