Evening Wire: Trump Buoys American Farmers & Subzero Temps Inbound | 12.8.25
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What relief is President Trump providing to American farmers?
President Trump gives some much-needed relief to American farmers. The administration hits back at legacy media's selective immigration reporting. And nominees for the Golden Globes are announced. I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley. It's Monday, December 8th, and this is Evening Wire.
President Trump announced today that $12 billion will be heading to America's farmers as trade tensions with China continue.
How is the administration responding to media coverage of immigration?
Daily Wire political reporter Cameron Arcand has the story.
The president held a roundtable with the agriculture industry on Monday, including farmers of critical crops like soybeans, corn, and cotton. The USDA's Farmer Bridge Assistance Program will primarily consist of one-time payments to qualifying farmers as the Trump administration hammers out trade deals with other countries. Anna Kelly, a White House spokesperson, said, quote, today's announcement reflects the president's commitment to helping our farmers who have the support they need to bridge the gap between Biden's failures and the president's successful policies taking effect.
In an update to a story we reported this morning, Paramount Skydance is making a last ditch effort to disrupt the massive Netflix Warner Brothers deal. Here's Daily Wire culture reporter Megan Basham.
Paramount Skydance launched a quote unquote hostile bid for Warner Brothers this morning that significantly ups the ante for Netflix. As we reported, Netflix came out on top of a bidding war for Warner Brothers, offering some 72 billion to purchase the studio and all of its assets. But now, Paramount says they'll beat that offer by more than $30 billion. Their $108.4 billion counter comes as Hollywood bigwigs are openly lamenting the idea of Netflix further strengthening its already dominant streaming game, while also potentially taking a key studio out of the pro theater side of the equation. As Reuters reports, e-marketer senior analyst Ross Bene said the Warner Brothers Discovery acquisition is far from over.
He added, Netflix is in the driver's seat, but there will be twists and turns before the finish line.
The Trump administration has unveiled a new DHS website listing off the worst of the worst criminal illegal immigrants removed in the president's mass deportation crackdown. The site details 10,000 offenders arrested for murder, rape, child molestation, drug trafficking, and even terrorism ties, cases that federal officials say the press routinely ignores. Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin says the goal is transparency, allowing Americans to see exactly who ICE has taken off their streets. Among those highlighted, a former Iranian Revolutionary Guard member tied to Hezbollah, a convicted cop shooter from Egypt, and a Minnesota illegal immigrant sentenced for killing his own infant son.
In more immigration news, ICE officials say authorities in Illinois are releasing violent, criminal, illegal aliens back into communities despite active ICE detainers. Daily Wire immigration reporter Jenny Taher has more.
ICE Director Todd Lyons says Illinois is holding and freeing offenders tied to murders, rapes, child sex assaults, kidnappings, and armed robberies, warning the state now has tens of thousands of criminal illegal aliens cycling through its custody. According to ICE, more than 1,700 offenders with detainers have already been released this year alone, forcing federal agents to hunt them down after the fact. ICE says the state's refusal to cooperate plainly jeopardizes public safety, urging leaders to stop shielding violent offenders who, without intervention, will walk Illinois streets again.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says despite some economic rough spots, including persistent inflation and uncertainty over AI's impact on jobs, things are looking pretty good for the American consumer. Here's Dimon on Sunday Morning Futures.
In the short run, it looks like the American consumer is doing fine, is chugging along. Companies are making profits. Stock markets are high.
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