Evening Wire: Tulsi Gabbard Steps Down & Fraud Mastermind To Prison | 5.22.26
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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.
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.
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