Evening Wire: Senate Grills MAHA Pick & Anti-ICE Arson Attack? | 2.25.26
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The Senate grills Trump's MAHA pick for Surgeon General, an Idaho woman is behind bars for an alleged arson attempt involving a stolen ambulance, and the Department of War butts heads with its AI provider. I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Executive Editor John Bickley. It's Wednesday, February 25th, and this is Evening Wire.
President Trump's pick for Surgeon General and a MAHA favorite, Dr. Casey Means, was grilled by the Senate Health Committee today. Means is an outspoken critic of the medication-first health model and recently published a book about lifestyle interventions. She's also supported parents' rights to choose which vaccines their children receive. Here's Means defending parents' rights to pass on the hepatitis B vaccine typically given shortly after birth.
I do think that this administration is committed to making sure we have the safest vaccine schedule and that parents have the opportunity to have shared clinical decision-making on specific vaccines with their doctor so they can make the best decisions for their family. This is not a condemnation of the vaccine generally, which I am very supportive of. However, I do believe that the thrust towards parents wanting to have the ability to have shared clinical decision-making with their doctor is important when there are conditions like hepatitis B where there's differential risk amongst different populations. An Idaho woman is behind bars for what appears to be attempted arson after authorities say she stole an ambulance and used it to ram a building housing DHS offices.
Police say 43-year-old Sarah Elizabeth George took the ambulance from outside a hospital in Meridian late February 18th and then drove it into the entrance of a building that houses DHS and ICE offices. Investigators allege she poured gasoline inside the lobby before running back outside. She now faces federal charges that carry up to 20 years in prison. The investigation is ongoing.
The Trump administration is loosening restrictions on shipments of Venezuelan oil into Cuba. Daily Wire foreign affairs reporter Cassie Akiva has more.
On Wednesday, the Treasury Department issued new guidance saying it will look favorably on U.S. companies applying for licenses to resell Venezuelan oil to private businesses in Cuba. This comes amid a growing humanitarian crisis in Cuba caused by a halt in Venezuelan oil shipments following the arrest of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro in January. Only private Cuban companies will be able to buy this oil, and they are prohibited from selling it to the Cuban government or military. Meanwhile, President Trump has been pressuring Cuban leaders to strike a deal, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio has opened talks with Raul Castro's grandson, Raul Guillermo Rodriguez Castro, aiming to encourage economic reforms and a more friendly relationship with the United States.
The Cuban government says several people are dead and more are injured following an exchange of gunfire off its northern coast. A speedboat from Florida entered Cuba's territorial waters on Tuesday. When a Cuban government ship approached it, those on board the speedboat opened fire and wounded the Cuban ship's commanding officer. Authorities apparently fired back, killing four and wounding six. U.S. officials have confirmed that the speedboat was a civilian vessel and not part of the military.
The Jeffrey Epstein connections have led one prominent Ivy League professor to resign. Daily Wire reporter Lyndon Blake has the details.
Former Harvard president and Clinton Treasury Secretary Larry Summers announced today that he will fully step away from the university at the end of the academic year.
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