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Evening Wire: Noem Out At DHS & Britney Spears Arrested | 3.5.26

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Kristi Noem steps down as Homeland Security head, replaced by Senator Mullen in a sudden Trump announcement.

This March 5 Evening Wire newscast from the Daily Wire is co-anchored by John Bickley and Georgia Howe. The lead story is Kristi Noem's announced departure as DHS Secretary at the end of the month, with Trump nominating Oklahoma Senator Mark Wayne Mullin as her replacement. Trump posted on Truth Social that Noem served well and will transition into a new role as Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas, a new Western Hemisphere security initiative. Mullin confirmed the news was fast-moving and that he had not yet spoken to Noem. The episode's most significant revelation concerns Iran's nuclear negotiations: senior editor Joel Needler reports that Iran used talks with the Trump team to stall while stockpiling enriched uranium. During negotiations, Iran demanded the right to continue enrichment for a decade under a civilian research program cover. When Witkoff and Kushner asked to take the deal back to nuclear experts, Iran refused. The Trump team then discovered Iran was seeking to enrich five times more uranium than the Iran nuclear deal allowed, and that Tehran's research reactor was being used to accumulate a seven-to-eight-year fuel stockpile. A Wisconsin man, 33-year-old James Douglas McMillan, was killed in Texas after initiating a shootout with federal and state authorities following a drug-dog alert at a Border Patrol checkpoint; DPS confirmed he was driving a stolen vehicle. Twenty-four states — led by Oregon, Arizona, California, and New York — filed suit against Trump's blanket 10% global tariff following the Supreme Court's recent ruling voiding the earlier tariffs. The Senate voted down, for the eighth time, a resolution to force the president to end military operations in Iran; Rand Paul was the only Republican to vote with Democrats. A CNN retired admiral argued Operation Epic Fury has rattled Russia and China, noting that many drones flying in Ukraine are Iranian-made, so degrading Iran also degrades those adversaries. Morgan Stanley announced a 3% workforce reduction of roughly 2,500 jobs, citing AI-driven efficiency initiatives, following similar moves at Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan. New York City's new Mayor Mamdani announced a free childcare pilot program that will cost taxpayers over $36,000 per child annually, roughly $13,000 more than average private care. Lou Holtz, Notre Dame's legendary football coach, died at age 89.

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