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Evening Wire: Birthright Citizenship On Trial & Artemis II On Track | 4.1.26
01 Apr 2026
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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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The Supreme Court hears arguments on birthright citizenship. The Artemis II launch is still a go. And President Trump addresses the nation tonight. I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley. It's Wednesday, April 1st, and this is Evening Wire.
President Trump, who's set to give a primetime speech tonight on Epic Fury, says Iran is asking for a ceasefire, but he's not letting up just yet. Daily Wire contributor Tim Pierce has the latest. In a true social post this morning, the president said Tehran has begged for a pause in fighting, but made clear the U.S.
will only consider it if Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz, a key artery for global oil. Until then, Trump says we will continue blasting Iran into oblivion or, as they say, back to the Stone Ages. Officials say the U.S. is nearing its objectives, with thousands of targets struck and Iran's military significantly weakened.
For now, the White House is signaling no ceasefire without concessions while maintaining pressure on the regime until they come.
Stocks continued to surge when the markets opened this morning. The Dow Jones, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all climbed after President Trump signaled that military operations in Iran could end in the next few weeks. On Tuesday, the president told the New York Post that the U.S. has accomplished its goal and destroyed Iran's capacity to make a nuclear weapon.
He added that the Strait of Hormuz, a choke point for 20% of the world's oil, would reopen as soon as the U.S. leaves Iran. Crude prices fell after Trump's comments today, signaling that an end was in sight. The international benchmark Brent crude fell over 2% Wednesday morning, while the U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate dropped 1.2%.
President Trump says he's strongly considering pulling the U.S. out of NATO over their hesitation to engage in the Iran conflict. Daily Wire reporter Lyndon Blake has more. Trump called the transatlantic alliance a, quote, paper tiger and argued that the U.S.
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Chapter 2: What are the Supreme Court's arguments on birthright citizenship?
has consistently supported its allies, including over Ukraine, which he said was, quote, not our problem. Meanwhile, NATO did not support America, quote, when it mattered. Trump said Europe failed a test and warned that Washington would remember that refusal.
Chapter 3: What updates are there on the Artemis II launch?
The president took aim at UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, especially calling him, quote, no Churchill.
In a landmark free speech case, the State Department has settled a lawsuit brought by The Daily Wire agreeing to end the department's involvement in efforts to censor certain media outlets, including by labeling them disinformation. The agreement not only shuts down those practices, but puts the plaintiffs, both The Daily Wire and The Federalist,
in a monitoring role over the government agency to check their compliance through 2036. The case centered on a Biden-era program that funded third-party groups that were found targeting conservative outlets by influencing advertisers. Tune into Morning Wire tomorrow for the full report.
An American journalist has been kidnapped in Baghdad by an Iranian-backed Iraqi group. Daily Wire reporter Zach Jewell has the details. The U.S. State Department says that it's working to ensure the release of American Shelley Kittleson, quote, as soon as possible. Kittleson is a longtime freelancer in the Middle East who's reported on stories from Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon.
Dylan Johnson, the Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs, said in a statement Tuesday that an individual with ties to the Iranian-aligned militia group Khatib Hezbollah is believed to be involved in the kidnapping. and has been taken into custody by Iraqi authorities.
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Chapter 4: What did President Trump say about Iran and military operations?
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The Supreme Court appeared skeptical of Trump's executive order proposing to limit the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship for anyone born on U.S. soil. Daily Wire homepage editor Jordan Schroeder has more.
President Trump himself attended arguments today and took to Truth Social with his reaction saying, we're the only country in the world stupid enough to allow birthright citizenship. The president's team argues that the 14th Amendment has been abused to include people it was never meant to apply to. Specifically, the children of illegal immigrants in so-called birth tourism.
Meanwhile, the ACLU claims the 14th Amendment is clear. In one sharp moment, Justice Samuel Alito questioned whether immigration laws are being effectively enforced, suggesting current policies have allowed individuals facing removal to establish long-term residence in the country.
He went on to point out how the reality intersects with legal definitions of domicile and the broader implications for birthright citizenship. He also raised concern over national security. A boy is born here to an Iranian father who has entered the country illegally. That boy is automatically an Iranian national at birth. And he has a duty to provide military service to the Iranian government.
Is he not? subject to any foreign power. What I said about a boy born to an Iranian father is true of children born here to parents who are nationals of other countries. If I'm correct, it's true to a child who's born here to Russian parents. It's true to a child who's born here to Mexican parents. They're automatically citizens or nationals of those countries and have a duty of military service.
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Chapter 5: What is the latest on the U.S. stock market and its response to military actions?
Daily Wire senior editor Joel Needler has the details.
U.S. District Judge Alison Burroughs issued a ruling Tuesday that prevents the Department of Homeland Security from canceling the legal status of hundreds of thousands of migrants who entered the country under a controversial Biden-era program. The ruling is a significant blow to the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle the CBP1 app system.
Launched in 2023, the app allowed nearly one million non-citizens from countries like Venezuela, Cuba, and Haiti to receive humanitarian parole. This status allowed them to live and work in the United States indefinitely while awaiting asylum hearings that are often scheduled years into the future.
In April of 2025, the Trump administration notified approximately 900,000 CBP-1 users that the parole had been terminated. But Burroughs sided with the Venezuelan Association of Massachusetts and the liberal legal group Democracy Forward. She ruled that DHS failed to provide individualized records proving that purposes of parole had been served for each migrant before revoking their status.
And before you go, The Daily Wire has a new show called Be A Man With Me, in which our fearless director of production operations walks a mile in the shoes of rough-and-tumble American men, including ranchers, police officers, and MMA fighters.
Pavel Wadowski's putting the man hours into discovering what real grit looks like, and in several cases, the bruises it leaves behind, like when he got tased.
Here's the man himself. I learned that there's a lot to be a real man. It really doesn't mean that having multiple cars, multiple girlfriends, multiple apartments, millions of dollars in the bank, that does not make you a real man. Far from it. I think the real heroes and the real men are the people who are doing what's right silently. I call them silent heroes.
They're just doing what needs to be done every single day and nobody hears about them. So I want to bring them up. I want to celebrate them.
You can watch Pavel's journey on Daily Wire Plus. And speaking of watching, you can also watch this evening on the DW platform, the live stream of the Artemis 2 launch, which is still a go for 6.24 p.m. Eastern. If successful, we'll see human beings travel the farthest we've ever been from Earth in an orbit around the moon. So tune in to watch with us.
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