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Evening Wire: Iran Comes Back Online & Is Pope Leo Right About AI? | 5.26.26
26 May 2026
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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Iran threatens retaliation against the U.S., Democrats trigger backlash with their Memorial Day messaging, and a new Star Wars film hits theaters for the first time in seven years. I'm Daily Wire Executive Editor John Bickley with Georgia Howell. It's Tuesday, May 26th. This is Evening Wire.
The internet has been restored in Iran just as the regime threatens retaliation on the United States. Daily Wire Foreign Affairs Reporter Cassia Kiva has the latest.
Amid ceasefire negotiations, Iran's supreme leader, Mosjaba Khomeini, is escalating threats against the United States, warning that America will no longer have secure military footholds in the Middle East. In a statement, Khomeini said countries in the region will no longer act as, quote, a shield for U.S. military bases. This comes as Iran accused the U.S.
of violating the ceasefire by launching overnight strikes. According to U.S. Central Command, the strikes were defensive and targeted Iran's missile infrastructure and vessels preparing to deploy sea mines. Despite this, Secretary of State Marco Rubio says negotiations to end the conflict are now focused on the wording of a final agreement.
And internet access in Iran is finally starting to come back after three months of near total blackout conditions, making it one of the longest internet shutdowns in modern history.
The regime first imposed the restrictions in January during mass anti-government protests in which thousands of civilians were reportedly killed, briefly eased them, and then shut down the internet again in February as tensions with the United States grew.
President Trump is calling for more Muslim-majority countries to join the Abraham Accords, even Iran. Daily Wire contributor Tim Pierce says more. The president said that taking part in the peace deal to end the war in Iran should be contingent on joining the accords and normalizing relations with Israel. Failure to do so, the president said, would show bad intention.
In a True Social post, Trump specifically mentioned Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, and Jordan, and added that their leaders have already said that they support Iran joining the accords as soon as a peace deal is signed.
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Chapter 2: What are Iran's recent threats against the U.S.?
The California chemical spill crisis is now under control. Last week, a chemical tank at an aerospace facility in Garden Grove, California, overheated, raising concerns about toxic chemical leakage or even a major explosion. 50,000 residents evacuated their Orange County homes for several days. This morning, officials confirmed that the risk...
had been mitigated, though a smaller area of 16,000 residents still can't return to their homes due to lingering concerns about the possibility of a smaller explosion. The cause of the overheating is still under investigation, but a class action lawsuit against the GKN Aerospace Facility has been filed.
President Trump has closed a major loophole used by illegal immigrants. Daily Wire immigration reporter Ginny Ter explains.
According to a new federal rule, foreigners roaming the United States and wanting a green card must return to their home country to apply. This closes a major loophole that contributed to the growth of the illegal immigrant population in the country.
Before the new rule came into play, immigrants who were in the United States for temporary work, tourism, or school could stay in the country while applying for a green card. As a result, the illegal immigrant population grew since many stayed in the country after being denied permanent residency.
Their failure to depart forced federal authorities to hunt them down for deportation, according to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. A spokesman for the agency said Friday that the move shows how the United States is, quote, returning to the original intent of the law to ensure aliens navigate our nation's immigration system properly.
Exemptions will remain in place for, quote, extraordinary circumstances, but immigrants who come to the United States under temporary terms will will no longer be able to use the visit as the first step in getting a green card.
Democrats triggered outrage online for their Memorial Day messages. Daily Wire reporter Amanda Prestigiacomo has the details.
It began with the Democratic National Committee. The DNC's official X account posted a message to remember 13 US service members who have, quote, died in Trump's war with Iran. The post received immediate blowback, including from some Democrats. For instance, Senator Tammy Duckworth said that it was incredibly distasteful to use our heroic dead for a political attack on Memorial Day.
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Chapter 3: How is the internet restoration in Iran related to geopolitical tensions?
His encyclical focusing on the warning of the disruptive effects of AI. Poplio is calling for a future with government regulations around AI development and for the safeguarding of current workers' human dignity, along with training for new roles as old ones become obsolete. He's also warning specifically about AI's rapidly increasing use in weapons.
artificial intelligence now demands to be disarmed, freed from logics that turn it into an instrument of domination, exclusion, and death. Decisions about technology must never be separated from conscience and responsibility.
Pope Leo entitled his encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, or Magnificent Humanity, with the hopes of it resonating on a similar level as the Rerum Novarum, which shaped Catholic teaching during the Industrial Revolution and was written by the last Pope Leo, Pope Leo XIII.
But especially as artificial intelligence continues to impact the dignity of the human person, particularly as we understand its relevance in modern day slavery with human trafficking and other forms of degrading humanity itself, the fact that the church is paying such close attention to the role of this new and emerging technology is hugely important as we go through not just an industrial revolution in how AI and technology is changing the workplace,
but really a digital revolution that is redefining what human interactions and experiences are going to look like in the next several decades and centuries.
California is paying to provide solar panels, energy-efficient windows, and refrigerators to illegal immigrants. A new report from City Journal's Chris Ruffo examined the low-income weatherization program and found a provision for farmworkers, which are 50 to 75 percent illegal. That farmworker segment of the initiative has received $49 million since 2019, despite only servicing 2,000 homes.
That means the average recipient received more than $23,000 of equipment. Experts say the West Coast may be in store for a powerful El Nino event this year. Daily Wire assistant editor Andy Valdez has the story.
Warm winds from the Pacific Ocean are expected to bring heavy rains to California, but could also make for other weather patterns such as drier conditions in the South. Some of the most powerful El Nino events in history have been associated with massive changes to humanity, though modern resiliency measures have done a lot to curb the worst impacts.
Experts say that the next El Nino phenomenon could be another strong system that will put modern systems and structures to the test. But at the very least, California beachgoers will soon enjoy warmer than usual waters.
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