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Evening Wire: Minnesota Shooting Details & Iranians Flee Tehran | 6.16.25
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More details come to light about the politically motivated killing in Minnesota, Iranians flee Tehran amid the threat of more strikes, and President Trump targets blue cities as the “Single largest Deportation Program” gets underway. Get the facts first on Evening Wire.
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Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
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Cabot Phillips
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Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
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John Bickley
More details come to light about the politically motivated killing in Minnesota. Iranians flee Tehran amid the threat of more strikes. And President Trump targets blue cities as the, quote, single largest deportation program gets underway. Way I'm Georgia how with Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley. It's Monday, June 16th, and this is EVENING Wire.
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Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
The man accused of carrying out a politically motivated assassination in Minnesota faces a mountain of federal and state charges. Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips has the details.
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Cabot Phillips
Prosecutors say Vance Bolter posed as a police officer before killing state Rep. Melissa Hartman and her husband. He also wounded State Senator John Hoffman and his wife at their home. Authorities found a hit list in Bolter's vehicle with dozens of Democrat officials, including Gov. Tim Walls and Rep. Ilhan Omar. During a press conference today. Law enforcement says officers actually arrived at the Hortman residence while the victims were still alive.
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Tim Rice
When Belter saw the officers get out of the car, he drew his weapon and began firing. He rushed into the house through the front door, firing into it. He repeatedly fired into the house and when he entered, he murdered Representative Portman and her husband, Mark. The Brooklyn Park Police officers fired at Belter as he rushed into the home, but he escaped into the home and out the back. Officers recovered Belter's 9 millimeter Beretta along with the body armor and the mask behind the home along his path of flight.
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Cabot Phillips
Bolter reportedly stalked his victims for weeks, wearing body armor and using a realistic silicone mask to deceive his targets. A two day manhunt ended with his arrest near a Minnesota farm Sunday evening.
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John Bickley
President Trump met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney today as the G7 summit got underway. Daily Wire deputy Managing editor Tim Rice has the latest talks between the leaders.
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Donald Trump
Come amid tensions between their two countries due to tariffs and Trump's comments about Canada becoming the 51st state. Speaking to reporters before the meeting, Trump talked about ongoing conflicts around the world, saying it was a big mistake to exclude Russia from the G7 and suggesting that including the Russians, may have prevented the Ukraine war. Trump also said that Iran is ready to talk about ending the conflict with Israel, but warned Tehran that it should have acted sooner.
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They had 60 days and on the 61st day I said we don't have a deal. They have to make a deal and it's painful for both parties, but I'd say Iran is not winning this war and they should talk and they should talk immediately before it's too late.
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Riley Gaines
And what would you say, in your opinion, what would it take for the US to get involved in this conflict militarily?
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Donald Trump
I don't want to talk about that.
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Trump was also scheduled to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and hinted that new trade deals may emerge from the meetings.
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Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
Thousands of Iranians are fleeing Tehran as Israel warns of more strikes to come. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has more.
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Tim Pierce
Iranian officials have dismissed the Jewish state's warning as psychological warfare, but on the ground, many citizens blame the Islamic regime's regressive policies for putting them in danger. This comes after Israel claimed aerial superiority over Tehran and killed off top Iranian intelligence leaders in targeted airstrikes. That includes strikes that killed Revolutionary Guard intelligence chief Mohammed Kazimi, his deputy, and top Koods Force leaders responsible for directing Iran's terror networks across the Middle East. Israel's military also released a statement claiming it had taken out more than 120 missile launchers, constituting one third of the Iranian regime's total launchers. Some were destroyed while they were loaded with missiles about to be shot at. Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu called the strike a critical step to weaken Iran's ability to target Israel, the West and regional allies.
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John Bickley
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Iran has labeled President Trump enemy number one and actively plotted his assassination, he said.
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Benjamin Netanyahu
Made it very clear, including now, you cannot have a nuclear weapon, which means you cannot enrich. He's been very forceful, so for them he's enemy number one. Look, they also tried to kill me, but I'm his junior partner.
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John Bickley
In the exclusive interview with Bret Baier, Netanyahu also said Israel acted to stop an imminent threat of Iranian nuclear weapons and thousands of ballistic missiles. Warning that the regime's goal is Israel's destruction, he declared Operation Rising lion one of Israel's greatest military campaigns. The news of Iran's assassination attempts comes amid reports of Trump personally blocking an Israeli plan to assassinate Iran's supreme leader.
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Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
President Trump plans to flood big cities like LA and New York with ICE agents in the single largest mass deportation program in history. Writing on Truth Social Sunday, the president said that millions upon millions of illegal aliens reside in a small number of Democrat controlled enclaves and claimed Democrats are protecting these illegals to facilitate election fraud and grow the welfare state. He explained his plan while meeting with Canada's Mark Carney I look at New.
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Donald Trump
York, I look at Chicago. I mean, you got a really bad governor in Chicago and a bad mayor, but the governor is probably the worst in the country. Pritzker But I look at how that city has been overrun by criminals and, you know, New York and la. Look at la. La. Those people weren't from la. They weren't from California. Most of those people, many of those people. And yeah, that's, that's a focus.
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John Bickley
The FBI has captured two of the four illegals who escaped an ICE detention facility last week. They were apprehended on Sunday, three days after escaping from the Delaney hall detention facility in Newark by breaking through a wall. Two fellow escapees, Franklin Norberto Bautista Reyes and Andres Pineda Mogulon, are still on the run. Both men have previous criminal charges.
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Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
A man wielding a knife barged into a New York courthouse, attacked two officers. The man slashed the officers on the face and neck. Inside the Manhattan criminal courthouse, another officer was shoved into barricades. The suspect has been known around the court previously, regularly saying he wanted to kill the officers. He has been previously arrested many times, mostly for drug offenses. His motive remains unknown. All the officers are expected to recover.
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John Bickley
A Christian pro life center is taking its free speech case to the nation's highest court. Daily Wire reporter Amanda Presto Giacomo has the details.
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Amanda Presto Giacomo
The Supreme Court will hear the first Choice Women's Resource Center's case against the New Jersey attorney general. The ag, who works closely with Planned Parenthood, subpoenaed records from the nonprofit and alleged it was misleading women about offering abortion services. The nonprofit said the subpoena shows bias against pro life groups and called it invasive of its free speech rights. Lower courts had previously rejected the case, but now the Supreme Court will determine if the case falls under federal jurisdiction. Oral arguments begin in October.
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Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
A legal battle over North Carolina's congressional districting maps kicked off today. Democrats and liberal groups accused state Republicans of racial gerrymandering to secure victories in 2024, helping maintain GOP control of the U.S. house. Republican attorneys argued the maps were drawn using legal election data, not race. If the plaintiffs win, the state may be forced to redraw districts ahead of 2026, potentially shifting the balance of power in Congress.
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John Bickley
Teachers union leader Randi Weingarten has quit the DNC in the latest blow to Democrat Party leadership. In her resignation letter, she says she doesn't align with the way Chair Ken Martin's leadership operates and that she wants to engage more with Democrat communities. Weingarten supported Martin's opponent And some anonymous DNC employees say they weren't surprised by her decision to step down. Here's newly elected DNC Vice Chair Malcolm Kenyatta speaking with MSNBC about the resignation.
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Tim Rice
I love Randi Weingarten and I respect the decision that she made in this moment. But one thing is crystal clear. I know where she's going to be and I know where we must be as a party, and that's on the side of working people and working families.
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John Bickley
The resignation comes after progressive Democrat David Hogg announced he would not seek reelection for vice chair of the dnc.
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Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
Competitive eater Joey Chestnut is back and ready to chow down at this year's Nathan's Hot Dog Eating competition. He was banned from the event last year over a dispute related to a sponsorship deal with Impossible Foods, which is a rival brand of Nathan's that had just launched a plant based meatless hot dog product. Chestnut is happy to leave the issue in the past. He says he announced he is excited to participate this year, especially because the event is a celebration of American culture. He's hoping to beat last year's winner, Patrick Bertoletti, who won after eating 58 hot dogs. And former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines announced she and her husband are expecting a baby girl. As an advocate for young girls and women, particularly in sports, Gaines said she thinks of having a baby girl as providential. At TPUSA's Young Women's Leadership Conference, Gaines said her pro life perspective has shifted from intellectual and moral to a duty to defend the right to life.
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Riley Gaines
I feel this baby, this young girl, kicking around in my stomach when I'm laying down to sleep at night. I see the baby's tiny little hands, her tiny little feet on the ultrasounds. I listen to her heartbeat ever since that first eight week appointment. And guess what? It's just like yours and it's just like mine.
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John Bickley
Those are your Drive Home updates this evening. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com and in case you missed it, this morning we covered some major stories, including the no Kings riots, Trump's big celebration of the Army's 250th birthday and the latest on the Middle east conflict. Thanks for tuning in. We'll be back tomorrow morning with another full edition of Morning Wire.