--:-- Georgia Howe: I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley. It's Monday, September 8th, and this is Evening Wire.
--:-- John Bickley: The Supreme Court sides with Trump on immigration raids, another fatal stabbing shocks the nation, and Cracker Barrel comes under fire again.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The Pentagon is stepping up its war on drug cartels with a potentially pivotal role for Puerto Rico to play. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made an unannounced visit to the island today as the U.S. weighs launching counter-narcotics flights and even deploying fighter jets from Puerto Rico.
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--:-- Georgia Howe: The move follows last week's strike in the Caribbean that President Trump said killed 11 narco-terrorists aboard a smuggling vessel from Venezuela. The U.S. has already amassed at least eight warships in the region.
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--:-- Georgia Howe: Officials say more strikes are possible with Vice President J.D. Vance calling it the highest use of America's military.
--:-- John Bickley: The Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Trump to continue immigration raids in California. Daily Wire Washington editor Tim Rice has more.
--:-- Tim Rice: In a 6-3 decision, justices allowed federal agents to keep using their current profiling process, which allows them to consider race and ethnicity when detaining a suspect for possible deportation.
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--:-- Tim Rice: The ruling overturns a block from a lower court judge who claimed the practice likely violated constitutional protections against unreasonable searches.
--:-- John Bickley: Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented sharply, warning that the policy makes Latinos and low-wage jobs fair game.
--:-- Tim Rice: But Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote that ethnicity can be a relevant factor when combined with others.
--:-- John Bickley: The court's decision strengthens Trump's push for record deportations, even as protests and lawsuits mount in Los Angeles.
--:-- Georgia Howe: A man in Alabama is potentially facing the death penalty after he allegedly killed a beloved Auburn veterinary professor. Police say 59-year-old Dr. Julie Gard Schnelly was stabbed while out walking her dog in a nearby park on Saturday.
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--:-- Georgia Howe: Her body was later found in a wooded area. Authorities arrested a 28-year-old suspect the next morning, charging him with two counts of capital murder during a robbery and kidnapping, which carried the possibility of execution.
--:-- John Bickley: Schnelly was remembered as a bright light by Auburn colleagues and students. She leaves behind her husband, children, and a grieving university community.
--:-- Georgia Howe: After widespread outrage, GoFundMe has pulled down fundraisers for the ex seen on a video stabbing a Ukrainian refugee on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina.
--:-- Megan Basham: Daily Wire reporter Megan Basham reports. The GoFundMe legal defense pages for the suspect, DeCarlos Brown Jr., who had been arrested at least 14 times before taking out a knife and stabbing Irina Zrutska to death, prompted severe backlash against the platform.
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--:-- Megan Basham: The pages said it was raising money for Brown's legal fees in order to fight against the racism and bias against our people, a reference to the murder suspect being black.
--:-- John Bickley: Another page portrayed him as the true victim, saying he was failed categorically by the judicial system and the mental health services of North Carolina, and as such, is not entirely to blame for what happened.
--:-- Megan Basham: Meanwhile, the mayor of Charlotte, Democrat Vi Lyles, has released a statement blaming the horrific attack on a lack of social safety nets and claiming that there was no way to arrest our way out of issues such as homelessness and mental health.
--:-- John Bickley: The mayor went on to make clear that she is not villainizing those who struggle with their mental health or those who are unhoused.
--:-- Georgia Howe: New York City mayoral frontrunner Zoran Mamdani laid out a pitch for keeping the Big Apple's top earners in the boroughs. Higher taxes will directly improve your life.
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--:-- Georgia Howe: Here's the exchange between Mom Donnie and Al Sharpton on MSNBC.
--:-- Mom Donnie: How do you get them to stay?
--:-- Al Sharpton: In part by showing them that asking them to pay more in taxes would increase even their quality of life.
--:-- Mom Donnie: Because when you ask New Yorkers, what is it that is making them feel uneasy in this city? You often hear from them about the cleanliness of our city, the safety of our city, the affordability of our city.
--:-- Al Sharpton: We are not asking to raise these taxes for the sake of it, because we know that it's not just a fiscal policy that takes somebody from New York City to somewhere else.
--:-- Georgia Howe: As we covered this morning, Mamdani is leading the race in almost every poll.
--:-- John Bickley: Two Palestinian gunmen opened fire on a crowded city bus in Jerusalem this morning, killing six.
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--:-- John Bickley: The men reportedly boarded the bus and began shooting indiscriminately. At least 21 people were injured with several in critical or serious condition.
--:-- Georgia Howe: A soldier and several civilians returned fire, killing the two terrorists.
--:-- John Bickley: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the scene shortly after the attack where he praised the heroic response and declared we are in an intense war against terror on several fronts.
--:-- Georgia Howe: President Trump has issued an ultimatum to Hamas, release the remaining hostages or suffer the consequences.
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--:-- Georgia Howe: Trump issued the threat in a post on Truth Social over the weekend.
--:-- John Bickley: The president said that his post would be the last warning to the terror group to release the hostages. He declared everyone wants the hostages home. Everyone wants the war to end. The Israelis have accepted my terms. It's time for Hamas to accept as well.
--:-- Georgia Howe: I have warned Hamas about the consequences of not accepting. This is my last warning. There will not be another one.
--:-- John Bickley: The pressure from the White House comes as Israel has ramped up military operations in the enclave.
--:-- Georgia Howe: A federal appeals court today upheld the $83 million defamation damages ruling against President Trump.
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--:-- Georgia Howe: Daily Wire senior editor Joel Needler has more.
--:-- Joel Needler: A federal jury in Manhattan held the president liable for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll, claiming he damaged her reputation.
--:-- John Bickley: This came after a civil jury found Trump liable for sexually assaulting Carroll in the 1990s and awarded her $5 million.
--:-- Joel Needler: A spokesman for Trump's legal team said, The American people stand with President Trump as they demand an immediate end to the political weaponization of our justice system.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The president will reportedly ask the Supreme Court to consider his case.
--:-- John Bickley: Tensions inside the Trump administration boiled over last week as Treasury Secretary Scott Besant reportedly threatened to punch federal housing finance chief Bill Pulte during a heated exchange.
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--:-- John Bickley: Sources say Besant exploded after learning Pulte had criticized him to President Trump.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The feud highlights divisions over housing finance and the Federal Reserve, with Besant urging caution on firing Jerome Powell, while Pulte is pushing for a Fed shakeup.
--:-- John Bickley: It's not the first dust-up for Besant. He reportedly scuffled with Elon Musk earlier this year.
--:-- Georgia Howe: House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer said that those involved in the Biden auto pen scandal must face accountability after the release of a startling report.
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--:-- Georgia Howe: Daily Wire Reporter Actual has details.
--:-- Actual: According to Axios, new records revealed that people within the Biden administration were concerned with the auto pen being used to sign thousands of pardons just days before the former president left office.
--:-- John Bickley: One of those granted clemency in the final days of Biden's first term was a murderer.
--:-- Actual: Comer said the new information shed light on a historic scandal with massive repercussions. He added that the House Oversight Committee is finishing up its investigation into Biden use of the auto pen.
--:-- Georgia Howe: President Trump also blasted the Biden administration use of the auto pen calling it, one of the biggest scandals ever.
--:-- John Bickley: Cracker Barrel employees are revealing more unsettling information about the chain.
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--:-- John Bickley: According to the New York Post, the restaurant initiated a variety of cost-saving measures earlier this year, like serving reheated day-old biscuits and meatloaf.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The revelations about the downgraded food quality come just weeks after the brand weathered an embarrassing rebranding blunder.
--:-- John Bickley: Fortunately, the negative publicity prompted the restaurant giant to scrap the cost-saving measures and bring back fresh-cooked menu items as a way to lure back customers.
--:-- Georgia Howe: A 10-year-old Phillies fan found himself at the center of a viral feud over a home run ball that landed in the stands on Friday.
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--:-- Georgia Howe: Video footage shows the boy's father, Drew, felt well scrambled to retrieve the ball after it landed in an empty seat.
--:-- John Bickley: After gifting the ball to his son, Lincoln, the pair was verbally accosted by a middle-aged female Phillies fan demanding that they give her the ball.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The female fan, who has not been publicly identified, claimed that she was the rightful owner of the ball because she was sitting closest to the empty seat where it landed.
--:-- John Bickley: In a bid to de-escalate the situation, Feltwell requested his son give the woman the ball.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Philly's team members later learned of the events and invited Lincoln and his dad to meet the team and receive personalized memorabilia.
--:-- John Bickley: And a wholesome moment broke out at the Nebraska-Akron football game on Saturday night.
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--:-- John Bickley: After the Cornhuskers shut out the Akron Zips 68-0, tight end Luke Lindenmeyer proposed to his girlfriend Kaylin Storovich on the field. And she said yes.
--:-- 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 brutal Charlotte murder sparking national outrage, a new DOJ report exposing anti-Christian bias in the Biden administration, and key political races in 2025.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Thanks for tuning in. We'll be back tomorrow morning with another full edition of Morning Wire.
