Evening Wire: Marty Makary Resigns & Venezuela the 51st State? | 5.12.26
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What Cuban threat to national security is discussed?
Pete Hexess sounds the alarm over a Cuban threat to national security. Maha favorite Marty McCary resigns from the FDA. And President Trump moves beyond Canada and teases making Venezuela the 51st state. I'm Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Tuesday, May 12th. This is Evening Wire.
FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty McCary is reportedly resigning today after weeks of mounting political pressure and internal clashes within the Trump administration.
Why did Marty Makary resign from the FDA?
This follows reports that Trump had already signed off on a plan to remove him. McCary had drawn criticisms from Republicans, anti-abortion groups, and even the Wall Street Journal editorial board over several controversial FDA decisions, including disputes over flavored vapes, abortion pill reviews, and high-profile drug approvals. Reuters reports FDA Deputy Commissioner Kyle Diamantas is expected to serve as acting commissioner.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said today that the Cuban regime poses a national security threat to the U.S. Daily Wire reporter Cassie Akiva has the details.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth declared that the Cuban regime poses a national security threat during a House hearing on the administration's proposed 2027 defense budget. Pressed by Florida Republican Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart on Cuba's history of hostility toward America and its growing ties to U.S. adversaries, Hegseth answered bluntly, I do, when asked whether Havana represents a threat to U.S. national security. The congressman also referenced the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue incident when Cuban fighter jets shot down two American civilian aircraft in international airspace and questioned Hegseth about repeated visits by Russian spy ships in the nuclear-powered submarine Kazan to Cuba's ports.
Hegseth confirmed the Russian presence underscoring mounting concerns inside the Trump administration over Cuba's increasingly close alignment with Russia, China, and Iran.
The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for Alabama to use a new GOP-drawn congressional map ahead of midterms. Daily Wire contributor Tim Pierce has more.
The justices voted six to three to throw out a lower court order that had blocked a map drawn by lawmakers in 2023. The lower court had said that the map with one majority black congressional district had violated the Voting Rights Act. Monday's ruling brings a five-year legal saga one step closer to an end.
What controversial FDA decisions led to Makary's resignation?
It is also a key victory for Republicans in a national tit-for-tat redistricting fight that has played out in state capitals across the country. Two top Chinese officials have been sentenced to death after they were convicted earlier this month on corruption charges. Daily Wire reporter Zach Jewell has more.
The punishments are some of the most severe so far in President Xi's anti-corruption campaign that has consumed Beijing's elite. The two former defense ministers have been sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve after a military court found one guilty of accepting bribes and the other guilty of accepting and offering bribes. Both men were also stripped of all political rights and personal property. It is common for delayed death sentences like theirs to turn into life imprisonment if the convicted do not commit any more crimes.
Elon Musk has joined a group of CEOs who will accompany President Trump on his trip to China to meet with President Xi Jinping. Musk will join more than a dozen other CEOs and executives on the trip, including Apple's Tim Cook and BlackRock's Larry Fink, among others. Nvidia, Caterpillar, Microsoft, Nike, and other companies with large Chinese interests were absent from the list. And the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment on how they'd determined which CEOs to invite. Trump, Musk and other CEOs will arrive in China on Wednesday evening and depart Friday.
A trans-identifying non-binary migrant without legal right to work in the UK has just been elected as a new member of the Scottish Parliament. Daily Wire investigative reporter Meg Brock reports.
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