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--:-- John Bickley: Good evening, I'm Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Thursday, July 31st, and this is Evening Wire.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Thanks for joining us, John.
--:-- John Bickley: More Russia-Gate evidence is brought to light. Russia pummels Kiev again despite Trump's new peace deadline. And the NYPD officer killed in Monday's mass shooting is honored in the Bronx.
--:-- Georgia Howe: That's right, John. Newly declassified files allege Hillary Clinton greenlit the Russiagate smear of Trump's 2016 campaign to distract from her email scandal.
--:-- John Bickley: According to memos obtained by U.S. intelligence, false Russian collusion claims also involved Democratic operatives and groups tied to George Soros' Open Society Foundations and included disseminating information through the media and FBI-linked firms.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Special Counsel John Durham's probe found this intel likely authentic but long buried, raising renewed concerns over political weaponization of federal agencies.
--:-- John Bickley: Mexico and the U.S. have agreed to extend their current trade arrangement. President Trump says he's giving our southern neighbor 90 more days, delaying the effect of new tariffs while negotiations continue.
--:-- Georgia Howe: In a post on Truth Social, the president said, quote, Mexico will continue to pay a 25% fentanyl tariff, a blanket tariff on all goods, including 25% on cars and 50% on steel, aluminum and copper.
--:-- John Bickley: Additionally, Mexico has agreed to immediately terminate its non-tariff trade barriers. President Trump is warning Canada that recognizing a Palestinian state could damage their trade deal with the U.S.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney released a statement declaring that the country would join France and the United Kingdom in affirming Palestine as a state.
--:-- John Bickley: President Trump responded on Truth Social last night saying, That will make it very hard for us to make a trade deal. New tariffs on Canadian goods are set to take effect tomorrow, August 1st.
--:-- Georgia Howe: U.S. Special Envoy Steve Whitcoff and Ambassador Mike Huckabee are heading to Gaza in response to growing claims of a humanitarian crisis.
--:-- John Bickley: The two men will inspect aid efforts tomorrow amid conflicting claims about distribution being held up.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Here's Press Secretary Caroline Levitt.
--:-- Caroline Levitt: The Special Envoy and the Ambassador will brief the president immediately after their visit to approve a final plan for food and aid distribution into the region.
--:-- John Bickley: And we will provide more details for all of you once that plan is approved and agreed on by the president of the United States.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Israel has faced international criticism even from allies like Germany as fears of a famine escalate. The calls come despite evidence of undistributed aid and videos of Hamas feasting below ground.
--:-- John Bickley: President Trump repeated his calls for Hamas to surrender and release hostages, saying it's the fastest way to end the suffering in Gaza.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The New York Times headquarters was vandalized.
--:-- John Bickley: Daily Wire reporter Cassie Akiva has the latest.
--:-- Cassie Akiva: On Wednesday, the phrase "New York Times lies Gaza dies" was spray painted in large white letters on windows, while sizable sections of the lower level exterior were covered with red paint.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The vandalism comes a day after the paper published a major correction to a report from last week that went viral due to the use of photos of an emaciated child in Gaza.
--:-- John Bickley: The alarming condition of the child was used to accuse Israel of starving the Gazan population. But as the editor's note now explains, the child was actually emaciated due to suffering from pre-existing conditions.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The child has cerebral palsy, hypoksemia, and was born with a serious genetic disorder.
--:-- John Bickley: Russia battered Ukraine's capital overnight in another deadly attack. The assault left at least nine people dead, including a six-year-old boy, while injuring over 100 more.
--:-- Georgia Howe: A nine-story apartment building collapsed with rescue teams still searching the rubble.
--:-- John Bickley: Ukrainian officials say the barrage included over 300 drones and missiles, striking 27 sites across the capital.
--:-- Georgia Howe: President Zelensky called it a brutal answer to peace efforts urging allies to act.
--:-- John Bickley: Meanwhile, President Trump has given Russia an August 8th deadline to show progress or face new sanctions.
--:-- Georgia Howe: President Trump says he's still open to meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, despite the country's warning against denuclearization efforts.
--:-- John Bickley: The White House says Trump hopes to revive dialogue and achieve a fully denuclearized North Korea.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Kim's sister, Kim Yo-jong, says relations with Trump are not bad, but called disarmament demands a mockery.
--:-- John Bickley: Meanwhile, Kim himself says the U.S. must recognize them as a nuclear power.
--:-- Georgia Howe: North Korea claims its arsenal has expanded since the last summit.
--:-- John Bickley: Trump, who held three historic meetings with Kim during his first term, says his goal of peace on the Korean peninsula remains unchanged.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Meanwhile, Trump has announced a preliminary trade deal with South Korea, just days ahead of the August 1st tariff deadline.
--:-- John Bickley: Under the agreement, South Korea will invest $350 billion in U.S.-controlled assets and buy $100 billion in American energy.
--:-- Georgia Howe: In return, Trump says tariffs on South Korean goods will be reduced from 25% to 15%.
--:-- John Bickley: The deal also opens South Korea to more U.S. exports, including cars and agriculture.
--:-- Georgia Howe: President Trump is unloading on Fed Chair Jerome Powell after the central bank left rates unchanged for the fifth straight time.
--:-- John Bickley: Daily Wire senior editor Joel Needler has the details.
--:-- Joel Needler: In a fiery social post this morning, Trump slammed Powell as, quote, too angry, too stupid and too political to lead the central bank while blaming him for costing the country trillions of dollars and overseeing what he called a disastrous renovation project.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The Fed decision to keep rates between 4 and 4 comes amid some inflation and concerns over new tariffs set to take effect this Friday.
--:-- John Bickley: Yesterday Powell said no rate decision has been made yet for September. It seems to me and to almost the whole committee that the economy is not performing as a restrictive policy is holding it back inappropriately, and modestly restrictive policy seems appropriate.
--:-- Georgia Howe: All that said, there's also downside risk to the labor market. In coming months, we'll receive a good amount of data that will help inform our assessment of the balance of risks in the appropriate setting of the federal funds rate.
--:-- John Bickley: Meanwhile, two Fed governors broke ranks in a rare descent and called for rate cuts. Both are now rumored to be potential Powell replacements when his term ends in 2026.
--:-- Georgia Howe: U.S. Senator Bernie Moreno from Ohio posted alarming photos of the woman shown being knocked out cold by a man in the viral video of the Cincinnati brawl last weekend.
--:-- John Bickley: Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has more.
--:-- Tim Pierce: The photos show the woman with a severe black eye, bruised and swollen face, busted lip, and black and blue neck and chest.
--:-- Georgia Howe: This is Holly, Moreno wrote. She wanted to have a nice evening out with friends. Instead, she got this.
--:-- John Bickley: Along with condemning the weak response from Cincinnati's mayor, police chief, and other officials, the senator highlighted a shocking social media statement from Cincinnati's Democratic City Council President Pro Tem Victoria Parks.
--:-- Tim Pierce: In response to someone saying the victims of the mob violence did not deserve being abused like they were, Parks wrote, quote, they begged for that beatdown.
--:-- Georgia Howe: I'm grateful for the whole story. Parks has previously said she is not seeking re-election.
--:-- John Bickley: Fallen NYPD officer Dideril Islam was honored in funeral proceedings today.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Islam was killed in the mass shooting in a midtown Manhattan skyscraper on Monday.
--:-- John Bickley: Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch spoke at the funeral held at a mosque in the Bronx.
--:-- Jessica Tisch: No matter what this job threw at him, you could count on Didar to get it done and to get it done right.
--:-- John Bickley: And though his journey was cut too short, the way he lived this job with steadiness, with heart, with conviction, it reflected everything this title represents.
--:-- Georgia Howe: So today, it is my honor and my great privilege to promote police officer Diderul Islam to Detective First Grade.
--:-- John Bickley: New York City Mayor Eric Adams also spoke at the funeral and mayoral candidate Zoran Mamdani was reportedly in attendance.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Islam is survived by his wife, two young boys, and a baby on the way.
--:-- John Bickley: New York City mayoral candidate Zoran Mamdani excused his previous calls to defund the police in a presser on Wednesday and indicated support for increased gun control nationwide.
--:-- Georgia Howe: While Mamdani has walked back some of his comments, he refused to disassociate outright, saying quote, my statements in 2020 were ones made amidst a frustration that many New Yorkers felt at the murder of George Floyd.
--:-- John Bickley: He also referenced the Manhattan shooting.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Clearly, we are still home to a site of a senseless mass shooting. And so there is much work for us to do here in New York City.
--:-- John Bickley: But there is also so much work to be done at a national level. And that is why, again, I appreciate Governor Hochul taking this moment to point not only New Yorkers, but Americans towards a way in which we can ensure that history does not repeat itself.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Brown University has reached a $50 million settlement with the Trump administration.
--:-- John Bickley: The Ivy League school has agreed to fund workforce development in exchange for restored federal grants and the closure of multiple investigations.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Education Secretary Linda McMahon praised the agreement saying it will restore merit-based admissions and enforce protections against anti-Semitism and discrimination.
--:-- John Bickley: They've also agreed to get rid of the DEI and their hiring practices to make sure that it's based on merit and promotions and admissions are based on merit and not on other ideologies.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And this is no way the administration trying in any way to control what's taught on campuses.
--:-- John Bickley: Brown's president called the agreement voluntary while warning of increased federal scrutiny on academic institutions.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Meanwhile, President Trump celebrated the deal on Truth Social, declaring woke is officially dead at Brown.
--:-- John Bickley: White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt hailed the move as a major win for the administration.
--:-- Caroline Levitt: This is yet another huge win for American students and for those who love our country and want to abide by our country's laws.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And a flight traveling from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam experienced some major turbulence before nosediving for nearly 90 seconds.
--:-- John Bickley: The Delta flight eventually made an emergency landing in Minneapolis, where at least 25 people were taken to the hospital.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Passengers described seeing the beverage cart flying through the air and other people hitting the cabin ceiling.
--:-- John Bickley: One female passenger was thrown into the air multiple times, resulting in broken ribs.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Passenger Leanne Clement Nash told ABC News all about the terrifying flight.
--:-- Leanne Clement Nash: There was a moment where we thought we were going down, so I'm still shaking about it.
--:-- John Bickley: It was very scary.
--:-- Georgia Howe: One young lady in particular, I believe she got thrown up twice to the ceiling and down and landed on people.
--:-- John Bickley: I think she ended up with some fractured ribs.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Those are your drive home updates this evening. 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 Trump's economy gets some very welcome news.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The EPA rolls back the climate agenda in a historic way.
--:-- John Bickley: And ICE is swamped with new applicants.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Thanks for tuning in. We'll be back tomorrow morning with another full edition of Morning Wire.
--:-- John Bickley: Thanks for joining us this evening.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Goodnight, and we'll see you tomorrow.
