Transcript of Evening Wire: Bullets Fly Near White House & Is GameStop Buying eBay? | 5.4.26 New

President Trump launches Project Freedom to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz. GameStop offers to buy eBay for $56 billion, and Mel Gibson's Resurrection of the Christ wraps production. I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Executive Editor John Bickley. It's Monday, May 4th, and this is Evening Wire.

President Trump launched Project Freedom over the weekend, a military-backed effort to escort stranded ships through the Strait of Hormuz. Daily Wire reporter Kassia Kiva has the latest on the showdown.

Trump announced the project on Truth Social and called the mission humanitarian, but warned any interference will, quote, have to be dealt with forcefully. Iran pushed back, warning US involvement would violate the ceasefire. Ebrahim Azizi, the head of Iran's parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, took to X writing, quote, the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf would not be managed by Trump's delusional posts. The standoff is rattling global markets and energy flows, with officials warning of increased oil disruptions and broader economic fallout. At the moment, however, negotiations continue. The UAE said its air defenses intercepted 12 ballistic missiles, 3 cruise missiles, and 4 drones launched from Iran Monday, leaving 3 people moderately injured. Officials also announced schools will shift to remote learning through May 8th in the UAE due to the situation.

The FDA will allow pancreatic cancer patients to access a promising new drug before it's received full approval. On Friday, the agency said that patients with severe and terminal diagnoses may be able to take Daroxanrizib. A once-a-day pill that blocks the signal for cancer cells to grow. The drugmaker Revolution Medicine says that the bill has allowed terminal patients to survive an average of 13 months compared to just 6 months for those on chemo. Former Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse, who was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer in December, called it a miracle drug.

I have much, much less pain than I had 4 months ago when I was diagnosed, and I have a massive 76% reduction in tumor volume over the last 4 months. Gunshots were reported near the White House today, triggering a rapid Secret Service lockdown. Daily Wire assistant editor Andy Valdez has more.

Agents were quick to secure the area around 15th Street and Independence Avenue and ushered journalists into the White House press briefing room as a precaution. The US Secret Service confirmed there was an officer-involved shooting with one person shot by law enforcement, though their condition was not immediately known. Security measures were quickly scaled up across the complex and officials temporarily evacuated or sheltered personnel before issuing an all-clear roughly 15 minutes later while urging the public to avoid the area as emergency crews responded. President Trump was at the White House speaking at a small business summit and was unaffected by the incident.

GameStop has offered to buy eBay for $56 billion because GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen says he can turn the lackluster online marketplace into a competitor with Amazon. The offer letter was delivered to eBay's board on Sunday. eBay told The Wall Street Journal that it would review the unsolicited offer but did not hint at what it would do. Cohen said that if eBay rejected the buyout offer, he's prepared to try a hostile takeover by taking his offer directly to shareholders.

The Thermos Company, which makes insulated drink containers, is voluntarily recalling more than 8 million of their jars and bottles over safety concerns. Daily Wire lifestyle reporter Lauren Baer has the details.

According to a company disclosure, multiple people have suffered severe eye injuries after leaving food or beverages in a thermos for an extended time, causing fermentation and high pressure to build inside the vessel. When they then attempted to open the vessel, the stopper fully ejected and caused impact injury. The malfunction is the result of some of their products lacking a pressure relief valve. If you have a Thermos, you can check online to see if your model has the safety feature.

More than 100 travelers are still trapped on a cruise ship after 3 people on board died from a hantavirus outbreak over the weekend. Daily Wire homepage editor Jordan Schroeder reports.

According to the World Health Organization, several others on board are seriously ill, including 2 crew members. The WHO is currently coordinating with governments to carefully extract travelers from the ship and repatriate them while also prioritizing medical treatment to the The cruise ship is currently anchored off the coast of Cape Verde, and at least one person has been transported for intensive care in Johannesburg. But the health minister of Cape Verde has prohibited the passengers from disembarking into their country. Hantavirus is a rare, deadly virus associated with exposure to rodent droppings. The mortality rate for people who contract hantavirus is between 30 to 60%, so early medical intervention is critical.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was hospitalized in critical condition over the weekend. A spokesman for Giuliani said that while his condition is serious, he is stable, but the spokesman did not say what the former mayor was hospitalized for. President Trump posted about the news on Truth Social, calling Giuliani the, quote, best mayor in the history of New York City who was treated so badly by the radical left lunatics.

The state of Colorado is at it again, trying to silence free speech. A law in Colorado forces businesses to use customers' preferred pronouns, even if they're biologically inaccurate, and even if using those incorrect pronouns would violate a person's religious beliefs or conscience. That's a violation of free speech. But as Colorado has proven time and again, it has little concern for the First Amendment. Alliance Defending Freedom is challenging the law on behalf of a Christian bookstore and a Colorado-based sports apparel company, but a court recently ruled against them. With ADF's help, they appealed the ruling, and they'll continue fighting to ensure Colorado doesn't get away with this next attempt to skirt the First Amendment. Your gift helps protect free speech in cases like this all over the country. And for a limited time, your first gift to ADF is doubled by a special matching grant while funds last. Text WIRE, W-I-R-E, to 83848, or go to joinadf.com/wire to have your gift doubled.

A high school student in Philadelphia may be in trouble after he exposed his classmates' abysmal reading skills via a man-on-the-street style video. Daily Wire reporter Megan Basham has the story.

TikTok user @whatthevec posted a video showing students at Philly's Preparatory Charter School of Mathematics, Science, Technology, and Careers struggling to make sense of words such as silhouette and extraordinary.

She wore a suit. Who's this for? Extraordinary, but somewhat Gertcher. She wore a sahalete of clothes that were extra dirty, whatever, bro.

She wore a—

I don't know what to say. I can't read it, can't read it, can't read it.

A follow-up video showed students struggling to explain the sentence, "The Colonel asked the choir to accommodate the governor's schedule." The videos racked up over 1.7 million views. In a note on Instagram, What The Vec said he had planned a part 3, but the school board is, quote, trying to expel me, stop me from going to prom, and stop me from walking at graduation.

2 U.S. troops are missing after a massive war games exercise in North Africa. U.S. Africa Command said on Sunday that 2 members of the Army went missing over the weekend somewhere near the Cop Draw training area in southern Morocco. Reports say that two soldiers took a hike along the seaside when one fell down a cliff into the sea. Others nearby rushed to create a human chain in order to save him, but then a massive wave hit. Several people were swept out to sea, and while the first man was eventually rescued, two others have yet to be found.

The founder of a Canadian pride group was convicted Wednesday on 7 of 10 human trafficking-related charges. Daily Wire investigative reporter Meg Brock has the details.

A jury found that Jake Tucker, founder of Innisfil Pride in Ontario, recruited, controlled, and profited from two women through sex work. Prosecutors described the conduct of Tucker as, quote, coercive, aggressive, and violent. Several women accused Tucker of advertising them as sex workers, driving them to appointments, and using drugs and violence to force them to comply. Tucker remained the public leader of Innisfil Pride despite the allegations for more than a year and continues to deny the allegations outside of court.

According to FBI Director Kash Patel, the agency has carried out a, quote, generational overhaul under President Trump. Daily Wire reporter Zach Jewell has more.

Patel said in a draft letter to the FBI workforce that in the past 14 months, the agency has made a massive shakeup in operations. Leadership has cut bureaucracy, embraced AI, and moved hundreds of agents out of D.C. to field offices closer to the agency's investigations. The moves have already saved taxpayers $300 million, with more savings projected in the future.

A wildfire west of Phoenix had torched about 1,000 acres by Monday morning. The Hazen Fire began late last week and has burned for several days, fueled by high winds and thick, dry vegetation. Arizona's Department of Forestry and Fire Management reported on Monday that the fire is still 0% contained, though officials have not ordered any evacuations or road closures yet. Air crews have been deployed to support ground forces who are looking for safe ways to control the fire's spread.

And Mel Gibson has reportedly wrapped filming on The Resurrection of the Christ, two decades after his wildly successful film The Passion of the Christ. The sequel is slated to be released in two parts, with the first coming out on March 26th, 2027, Good Friday, and part two being released 40 days later on May 6th. 36-year-old Jāko Okkonen, who previously starred in Vikings, will take up the role of Jesus, originally played by Jim Caviezel in 2004.

Those are your drive home updates this evening. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com. And in case you missed it earlier today, we covered some major stories including a Daily Wire investigation uncovering massive Medicaid fraud in Ohio, Spirit Airlines abruptly shutting down, and Trump reviewing the latest peace proposal from Iran. Thanks for tuning in. We'll be back tomorrow morning with another full edition of Morning Wire.