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31 Mar 2026
Chapter 1: What threats are posed by Iran's Revolutionary Guard to American companies?
Iran's Revolutionary Guard threatens American companies across the Middle East. Pete Hegseth reveals his secret trip to meet the troops. And AOC faces an ethics complaint over campaign spending. I'm Daily Wire Executive Editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Tuesday, March 31st. This is Evening Wire.
The Iran conflict widens beyond the battlefield with new threats against American interests across the region.
Chapter 2: What details did Pete Hegseth reveal about his secret trip to meet troops?
Host of Wired and Live, Cabot Phillips, has more.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps is now threatening to target U.S. companies across the Middle East starting April 1st, warning employees to leave and telling civilians living nearby to evacuate.
Chapter 3: What ethics complaint is AOC facing regarding her campaign spending?
The threat comes as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the war is aimed at stopping Iran from developing nuclear weapons and the long-range missiles to deliver them, arguing Tehran is pursuing the ability to threaten not just Israel but eventually the U.S. as well. The U.N. Security Council is also meeting today over Lebanon as three U.N.
peacekeepers have been killed there since the conflict began. War Secretary Pete Hegseth revealed today that he visited troops in the Middle East. The secret trip involved Hegseth meeting with service members involved in Operation Epic Fury, from the pilots' flying strike missions into Iran to the operators tasked with intercepting Iranian missiles and drones.
Hegseth described the experience in a press conference this morning.
The trip was an honor. I had a chance to bear witness, and I witnessed the best of America. I witness warriors, a brotherhood of men and women, warriors all, and their commitment to the mission.
The Pentagon is weighing a new layer of defense right in the nation's capital. Daily Wire reporter Zach Jewell has more.
Officials are considering deploying an anti-drone laser system near Fort McNair in Washington, D.C., where top officials including War Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio reside. The move comes after reports of unusual drone activity in the area, raising concerns about potential surveillance during a time of heightened tensions with Iran.
But the plan is not without controversy. Aviation officials warn the powerful laser system could pose risks in the already crowded airspace near Reagan National Airport. For now, discussions are ongoing. as the U.S. looks to counter a growing drone threat on its own doorstep.
President Trump is slamming France over the country's refusal to allow U.S. planes to fly through French airspace. Daily Wire contributor Tim Pierce has the details. In a post on True Social today, the president wrote that France had been, quote, very unhelpful with respect to the butcher of Iran. But then Trump warned that the USA will remember.
Another reminder from the president that Europe should not take U.S. assistance for granted. French President Emmanuel Macron has ruled out French involvement in Iran or the Strait of Hormuz. In response to French obstruction, Israel's government has announced it will stop all new defense purchases from the country.
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Chapter 4: How is the U.S. responding to drone threats in Washington, D.C.?
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A case over two middle schoolers in Let's Go Brandon sweatshirts will head to the Supreme Court. The case involves two Michigan brothers who were told to remove their hoodies for allegedly breaking the school dress code. The brothers then sued, arguing that the school had violated their First Amendment rights.
Earlier this year, the Sixth Circuit ruled in favor of the school, finding that the phrase Let's Go Brandon fell under the First Amendment exception to vulgarity. The phrase is a popular euphemism for an explicit insult against Joe Biden.
George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley has called the Sixth Circuit's decision one of the worst free speech decisions to come out of the appellate courts in years.
The Supreme Court handed down a major conservative win in a near-unanimous decision today. Daily Wire homepage editor Jordan Schroeder has more.
The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Tuesday in favor of a Christian counselor, Kaylee Chiles, who challenged a Colorado law she said could punish her for helping gender-confused children become comfortable with their own bodies instead of pursuing irreversible transgender medical procedures.
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