John Bickley

This is Morning Wire.

And new audits put California fraud at over $100 billion, implicating everything from Medicaid to spending on homelessness.

Pam Bondi is out as attorney general.

A rising Democrat star in Florida is found dead in her home.

And Hershey's goes maha.

I'm Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe.

It's Thursday, April 2nd.

This is Evening Wire.

The House of Representatives has adjourned without passing the Senate-approved bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security.

Daily Wire homepage editor Jordan Schroeder has the details.

A seven-month-old baby girl is dead after she was struck by a stray bullet in a tragic act of violence in Brooklyn.

Daily Wire reporter Jenny Tehr reports.

New audit reports and indictments allege what many have long suspected.

California is an empire of fraud.

Daily Wire contributor Tim Pierce has the details.

A report from City Journal reveals that while California collects some of the nation's highest taxes to fuel a $300 billion annual budget, systematic fraud is siphoned off at least $180 billion during Governor Gavin Newsom's tenure.

The most documented failure occurred within the Employment Development Department during the pandemic.

According to fraud specialist Heywood Talcove and subsequent state admissions, the Newsom administration, quote, suspended all of the rules for eligibility to expedite payments.

This included over $700,000 to Memphis rapper Nuke Bizzle.

Bizzle pleaded guilty to federal charges after recording a music video bragging about exploiting the EDD.