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Evening Wire: Tulsi Gabbard Steps Down & Fraud Mastermind To Prison | 5.22.26
22 May 2026
Chapter 1: Why did Tulsi Gabbard resign as director of national intelligence?
Tulsi Gabbard resigns, the mastermind behind the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme has been sentenced, and President Trump may miss his son's wedding this weekend. I'm Georgia Howe. John Bickley is out today. It's Friday, May 22nd, and this is Evening Wire. Tulsi Gabbard has resigned as director of national intelligence.
In her resignation letter, Gabbard also revealed that her husband, Abraham, has been diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer. She wrote, quote, at this time, I must step away from public service to be by his side and fully support him through this battle. Gabbard's tenure at DNI has been marked by her efforts toward transparency and efficiency.
Gabbard saved taxpayers an estimated $700 million per year by dismantling unnecessary programs within intelligence agencies, mainly related to DEI. Gabbard's final day as director will be June 30th. House Republican leaders delayed a vote yesterday on a resolution to restrict President Trump's war powers. Daily Wire contributor Tim Pierce has the latest.
A number of absences in the GOP would have risked a Democrat victory in the narrowly divided chamber. So instead, Speaker Mike Johnson and other top Republicans put the vote off until after the Memorial Day recess, over heckling from Democratic members. Had Democrats won, the vote would have been seen as a rebuke of the president, though the resolution is unlikely to have taken effect.
Democrats and their allies lack the two-thirds supermajorities in Congress that are required to overcome a presidential veto.
Kyle Busch, the two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and one of the most accomplished and beloved drivers in stock car racing history, has died at the age of 41.
Earlier on Thursday, Busch's family revealed that he'd been hospitalized with a severe illness and would miss race weekend activities at Charlotte Motor Speedway while undergoing treatment, a month after having to withdraw from another race due to a sinus issue.
The Daily Mail obtained 911 audio of a caller transporting Bush to the hospital from a training facility, with Bush reportedly experiencing shortness of breath, overheating, and coughing up blood.
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Chapter 2: What was the outcome of the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme?
The family has not disclosed the official cause of death. The racer, known to fans as Rowdy, was known for his aggressive driving style and being one of NASCAR's most fiery personalities. The future Hall of Famer is survived by his wife, 11-year-old son, and 4-year-old daughter. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang says that U.S. export bans have forced China to develop all the chips they need.
Daily Wire reporter Breka Stoll has more.
If Jensen Huang is correct, this would mean the United States has lost some important leverage in regards to trade. He appeared on Fox News yesterday. The president has been very clear he would like NVIDIA to, on the one hand, make sure that American technology and American companies have the benefit of the latest of NVIDIA and the most of NVIDIA. And that's surely the case.
He's been very clear that he would like American companies to win around the world. Winning around the world allows us to, one, export, generate revenues for the country, bring back tax dollars for the country, create jobs in America.
It allows us also to diffuse and spread the American technology stack around the world so that the rest of the world can be built on top of American technology and standards. According to Huang, the Chinese state-owned tech giant Huawei is flourishing because American chip makers have been banned from competition in China.
While some national security experts have worried that selling high-level chips in China would allow Beijing to catch the United States in the AI race. Huang says that is already happening. The difference now, according to the NVIDIA CEO, is that China is not reliant on the United States chip makers.
President Trump may not be able to attend his son's wedding. Here he is addressing reporters in the Oval Office.
He'd like me to go. I'm going to try and make it. I said, you know, this is not good timing for me. I have a thing called Iran and other things. But he's... You've got a very person who I've known for a long time, and hopefully they're going to have a great marriage.
Don Jr.
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of President Trump's potential absence from his son's wedding?
plans to wed Bettina Anderson in a small ceremony on a private island in the Bahamas over the holiday weekend. Reportedly, the couple had considered a White House wedding, but opted instead for a more private celebration. The president said he will still try to go, but matters of national security may ultimately keep him in Washington.
Next month, the TSA will try out off-site screening to reduce congestion and stress at the airport. Daily Wire assistant editor Andy Valdez has the details.
The agency will test the new procedure at Boston Logan International Airport. Travelers will have the option of dropping off their bags and being screened at a TSA outpost in Framingham, Massachusetts, before taking a shuttle roughly 25 miles to the airport. Once there, they will be dropped off behind the security checkpoint to make their flights.
Rich Davey, CEO of Massachusetts Port Authority that oversees Logan, told the Wall Street Journal that while the airport's security lines are usually manageable, traffic often isn't. Officials hope that off-site screening will alleviate long lines for drop-off and pickup as air travel becomes increasingly popular.
More than a year before an 18-year-old shot up a San Diego mosque, police had confiscated dozens of his family's firearms over concerns about the teen's behavior. Daily Wire reporter Zach Jewell has the details.
According to court documents, police said that the teen, quote, was involved in suspicious behavior, idolizing Nazis and mass shooters. His parents turned over 26 firearms to police. The father told the court that he had kept guns in a storage facility outside the house because of concerns about his son.
He did not plan to return the firearms to his house, quote, until my wife, my son's therapist, and I believe it is safe to do so. It is still unclear whether any guns from the house were used in the shooting at the mosque in which three people were killed, not including the 18 year old shooter and his 17 year old accomplice.
There comes a point every summer where sleeping turns into a negotiation with your thermostat. And apparently the problem is not always the temperature, it's the bedding. Several people here at The Daily Wire, including our hosts Matt Walsh, Andrew Klavan, and Michael Knowles, have talked about switching to Bowling Branch bedding and never wanting to go back.
And after looking into it myself, it makes sense. Bowling Branch makes breathable summer bedding designed to actually stay cool through the night. Their sheets are made from 100% organic cotton woven specifically for airflow, not just softness. And unlike a lot of the gimmicky cooling fabrics out there, the cooling comes from the way the material is made.
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