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18 Jun 2026
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Chapter 1: What recent changes have occurred with the US naval blockade?
The U.S. naval blockade has been lifted. Hunter Biden finds a job advising addicts. And 400 cats have been saved from the meat trade in Vietnam. I'm Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley with Georgia Howell.
Chapter 2: What role does Hunter Biden play in addiction recovery?
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Chapter 3: How did 400 cats get rescued from the meat trade in Vietnam?
blockade around the Strait of Hormuz has been lifted after President Trump signed the hard copy of the Iran deal. Daily Wire foreign affairs reporter Cassie Akiva has the latest.
The U.S. military is lifting its naval blockade of Iran and reopening maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz under the terms of the new U.S.-Iran agreements. The move comes as Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini publicly backed the deal while claiming President Trump sought the agreement, quote, out of desperation. Vice President J.D.
Vance says a new 60-day negotiation period with Iran officially begins today and warned that military action remains an option if Tehran fails to change its behavior.
It's going to be a holistic approach where we look at their behavior. Are they funding terrorism? Are they leading to attacks of other people? Are they trying to get centrifuges to redevelop their nuclear weapons program? Do they allow the inspectors in as they have promised that they would do? Or do they refuse to allow those inspectors in? A whole host of things we're going to see.
We're working towards a very successful resolution of this process.
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly told President Trump that Israel does not consider itself bound by the deal's requirement to permanently halt military operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon as the deal lays out.
Former first son Hunter Biden has joined a, quote, ultra luxury rehab clinic as its advisor and executive director. Daily Wire contributor Tim Pierce says more. Peak Path Health touted Biden's, quote, lived experience and professional insight after years of drug and alcohol abuse.
In recent months, Biden has joined social media and appeared on high profile podcasts to talk about his struggles with addiction. His latest career move comes as Biden faces millions of dollars in unpaid legal bills and other debts. He has talked openly about $17 million he owes to attorneys.
He has claimed in legal filings that he is destitute and unable to pay what he owes to the law firm Winston & Strong, which has sued him over unpaid bills.
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Chapter 4: What are the implications of Apple raising prices on consumers?
The franchisees claim the program is just breaking even, but since they are being forced to bear the cost of providing free rooms for loyalty points, hotel owners say they are being ripped off and deserve a bigger cut of the program's revenue. They are also asking for reforms to the program's reimbursement structure and more transparency about its finances.
35 children were located and returned to safety in Massachusetts this month in anticipation of the World Cup. Multiple law enforcement agencies collaborated to identify and secure children who were deemed high-risk for sex trafficking. Some were found as far away as Texas and Georgia.
Operation Yellow Card was timed to get the children to safety prior to the arrival of millions of foreign soccer fans, which was identified as a high-risk window for human trafficking.
Police have saved over 400 cats from a gruesome fate in Vietnam. Daily Wire reporter Jacob Wheeler explains.
Vietnam's police force saved the cats from being killed in the region's underground meat trade. This makes it one of the biggest feline rescue operations in Vietnam's history. The animals were reportedly starved, traumatized, and stuffed into small cages. Many died from poor conditions even after their rescue.
Nine people were arrested for potential involvement in the cat trafficking criminal organization. The animal rights group Humane World estimates that over 1 million cats are stolen from their owners or from the streets and slaughtered for their meat every year in Vietnam.
Selling cat meat is legal in the country as long as people have a permit, but there is a rising tide calling on the government to end the cat trade altogether.
Gwyneth Paltrow says she's shocked by the backlash to her appearance in an Israeli advertisement. Paltrow, whose father is Jewish, was featured in a video commercial for a luxury apartment complex in Tel Aviv that aired only in Israel.
Activists and even some members of the Hollywood community pounced on Paltrow, calling the ad, quote, completely unacceptable, complicit in genocide, and tone-deaf. This comes on the heels of Paltrow admitting her politics are, quote, pretty centrist, going so far as to say her husband, quote, thinks she's a Republican.
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