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Evening Wire: SCOTUS Weighs Women's Sports & Clintons In Contempt? | 1.13.26
13 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: What landmark case is the Supreme Court hearing regarding women's sports?
The Supreme Court hears a landmark case on men in women's sports. Trump tells Iranians that help is on the way. And Bill Clinton may be held in contempt of Congress. I'm Daily Wire Executive Editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Tuesday, January 13th. This is Evening Wire.
President Trump spoke at an event in Detroit this afternoon, hot on the heels of new economic data.
Chapter 2: What did Trump say about support for Iranian protesters?
The latest release shows inflation held steady at 2.7%. The numbers support a trend of cooling inflation, which the president was happy to point out today.
Chapter 3: What are the implications of Bill Clinton potentially being held in contempt of Congress?
As of this morning, core inflation for the past three months has been just 1.6%. The numbers we just announced just before I came on stage. And GDP is smashing expectations with the fastest growth for this country in many years.
President Trump also hammered affordability.
I'm going to provide much more detail about our housing policies so that every American who wants to own a home will be able to afford one this week. I'll announce our health care affordability framework that will reduce premiums for millions of lower drug prices, delivering price transparency and demand honesty and accountability from insurance companies. Inflation has stopped. Wages are up.
Prices are down. Our economy is booming like I think you'll see soon like never before.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments earlier today in a landmark case concerning men in women's sports. Here with more is Daily Wire reporter Amanda Prestigiacomo.
The court heard arguments in two consolidated cases that focus on whether these bans to protect girls' sports are constitutional and fall within Title IX. The ruling will have major influence, impacting 27 states that already have laws in place to keep men out of women's sports, and it could also impact laws protecting females' privacy in bathrooms and other spaces.
As both sides battled over this question of what is a woman, the conservative justices seem to lean in favor of states being allowed to protect fairness in sports. Here's a standout moment from Justice Alito and a rep for a trans athlete in the Idaho case about how to even define sex.
For equal protection purposes, what does it mean to be a boy or a girl or a man or a woman? We do not have a definition for the court. What we're saying is that the way it applies in practice is to exclude birth sex males categorically from women's teams and that there's a subset of those birth sex males where it doesn't make sense to do so according to the state's own interest.
Well, how can a court determine whether there's discrimination on the basis of sex without knowing what sex means for equal protection purposes?
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Chapter 4: How is the Supreme Court's ruling on men's participation in women's sports expected to impact states?
He blasted Minnesota Governor Tim Walz for refusing to provide security for him at the state's capital amid ongoing protests and a high-profile fraud investigation. Besant's interview with Chris Ruffo there apparently had to be moved to another location because Walls could not guarantee police protection for the secretary. Here's Besant.
Tim Walt is a coward. He's afraid of what is coming. And he's not gonna be able to hide behind this curtain because we will get there. And I don't have to go in the Capitol building to investigate him. I don't wanna get out ahead of the investigation. It's gonna be very methodical. And Chris, I can guarantee you when the bear trap snaps, we're gonna get these folks.
The Trump administration has ended the temporary protected status for Somalis living in the U.S. Those living here under TPS must now leave by March 17th or face deportation. Secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement, quote, temporary means temporary and that conditions in Somalia have improved to the point that it no longer meets the law's requirement for temporary protected status.
That protected status had been in place for close to 35 years, having most recently been extended under President Biden.
The Supreme Court is poised to release a ruling on Trump's tariffs as early as tomorrow. Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips has the latest. The president voiced concern on Truth Social Monday, saying the country would be, quote, screwed if the Supreme Court rules against his trade policy.
The United States collected around $200 billion in tariff revenue last year, and that figure does not include the trillions in capital investments brought in as a result of tariff incentives. If the court rules against the president, the billions of dollars collected would have to be given back.
The case centers on questions surrounding the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and whether Trump's tariffs should be considered a tax, which would fall under the authority of Congress. Trump's team is arguing the tariffs are part of emergency powers due to the fentanyl crisis and offshoring of American industry.
The largest power grid operator in the United States is on the verge of crisis. In the 13-state region from New Jersey to Kentucky, covered by the nonprofit PJM, an explosion of new AI data centers threatened to swamp the power market operator.
According to the Wall Street Journal, electricity rates are climbing and PJM is already maxing out power supply in high-demand times, leaving a high possibility of rolling blackouts. President Trump said in a Truth Social post on Monday that his administration is working with data center companies to make sure that AI expands without hiking energy costs for Americans.
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