Georgia Howe

The exact location of the operations has not been disclosed, but Hegseth confirmed that 14 smugglers were killed and one survivor was rescued.

The strikes mark a further escalation of President Trump's campaign against narco-terrorists operating in the Pacific, which has become an increasingly important smuggling corridor amid tighter border security on land.

And Microsoft founder and climate activist Bill Gates appears to be backpedaling.

In a new memo written by Gates, he says that dire warnings over climate change are overblown.

This comes despite Gates spending billions over the past decade pushing policies to curb emissions while hyping the consequences of climate change.

In fact, just four years ago, he released a book titled How to Avoid a Climate Disaster.

Now, Gates says there's been enough innovation to avoid, quote, super bad outcomes of global warming.

He says next month's climate conference in Brazil should focus more on human welfare than global temperatures.

The U.S.

ramps up its military presence in the Caribbean.

New York Attorney General Letitia James enters a plea in her federal bank fraud case.

And California surfers get their boards stolen by sea otters.

I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Executive Editor John Bickley.

It's Friday, October 24th, and this is Evening Wire.

President Trump has ordered some serious firepower to the Caribbean.

The Pentagon says the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group has been deployed to the region as part of a broader campaign to take down drug smuggling networks.

A Defense Department statement said the move follows President Trump's directive to, quote, dismantle transnational criminal organizations.

and counter narcoterrorism.

Officials say the expanded mission will boost America's ability to track and stop illegal shipments heading toward the U.S., calling it a show of force in defense of the homeland.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has officially put his support behind self-proclaimed democratic socialist Zoran Mamdani to be New York's next mayor.