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President Trump hosts El Salvador's president at the White House. Tech giant NVIDIA makes a major manufacturing announcement, and Meta stands accused of being a monopoly in a landmark antitrust trial that kicks off today.
I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire editor-in-chief John Bickley. It's Monday, April 14th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
El Salvador's president Naib Bukele said he won't return an illegal alien who was reportedly wrongly deported from Maryland back to the U.S. The question is preposterous.
How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? I don't have the power to return him to the United States. You can release him inside of the world.
Yeah, but we just turned the murder capital of the world to the safest country of the Western Hemisphere, and you want us to go back into the releasing criminals so we can go back to being the murder capital of the world. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has the latest.
The comments came during a White House meeting with President Trump. The president agreed with Bukele, accusing reporters of wanting criminals released.
This comes after the Supreme Court ruled Kilmar Abrego Garcia's deportation to El Salvador was improper, citing a judge's 2019 order barring his deportation. White House advisor Stephen Miller is pushed back, saying Garcia was sent to the right place.
With respect to you, he's a citizen of El Salvador. So it's very arrogant even for American media to suggest that we would even tell El Salvador how to handle their own citizens as a starting point.
As two immigration courts found that he was a member of MS-13,

when President Trump declared MS-13 to be a foreign terrorist organization.

A federal judge disagreed, calling the gang allegation unsubstantiated.

Meanwhile, Attorney General Pam Bondi says the U.S. will provide a plane,

but returning Garcia is up to El Salvador.

Today's meeting with Bukele comes after the U.S. deported 11 more violent migrants, including alleged gang members.
Seven of the deportees were tied to Tren de Aragua and one to MS-13. Officials say the other deportees had records for rape, robbery, and terror threats.
They were flown to El Salvador's high-security terrorism confinement center, where they were met with armed guards. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the deportations part of a growing U.S.-El Salvador alliance, calling it a model for regional security.
Another tech giant is bringing production back to the U.S., presumably to dodge Trump's tariffs. Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips has more.
Major chipmaker NVIDIA announced today it will partner with companies like TSMC, Foxconn, and Amcor to build its powerful Blackwell chips in Arizona and AI systems in Texas. CEO Jensen Huang called it a historic first, saying the engines of the world's AI infrastructure are now being built in America.
Over the next four years, NVIDIA plans to produce up to half a trillion dollars in AI hardware on U.S. soil, boosting domestic supply chains and manufacturing resilience.
President Trump commented on the historic announcement earlier today. I want to thank Jensen and all of the people that we deal with.
They're great people. They're brilliant people.
And without tariffs, they wouldn't be doing it. The news comes as the president intensifies tariffs on China and secures massive chip investments, including TSMC's $100 billion pledge earlier in the year.
NVIDIA stock rose nearly 3% following the announcement. Facebook's parent company faces accusations of being a monopoly in a landmark antitrust trial that kicked off today.
Daily Wire deputy managing editor Tim Rice has the details. The FTC says that Meta purchased Instagram and WhatsApp to crush competition.
If the FTC wins, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg could be forced to break up the company, making Instagram and WhatsApp separate entities. Zuckerberg, along with former COO Sheryl Sandberg, are expected to take the stand.
Meta argues the acquisitions improved the experience of their consumers and says users benefit from platform integration. The case, filed during Trump's first term, is now drawing political scrutiny.
Trump has reportedly pressured the FTC to drop the case and recently fired two Democratic commissioners, raising alarms about interference. The trial begins as the FTC faces an uphill legal battle and a shift in Washington.
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That's Old Glory Bank. CBS News is under fresh fire from President Trump.
The president says its 60-minutes broadcast is out of control and demands the FCC impose maximum fines. On Truth Social, Trump criticized the network's interview with Ukrainian President Zelensky and a segment they did regarding his comments about seizing Greenland.
Trump called CBS's coverage defamatory and also cited a past dispute over a 2024 interview with Kamala Harris. That's now the subject of a $20 billion lawsuit.
CBS denies any wrongdoing, calling its edits standard practice. Meanwhile, FCC Chair Brendan Carr has vowed to fast-track an investigation into the network.
Authorities have identified the man they say allegedly firebombed Governor Josh Shapiro's home early yesterday morning. Police say the 38-year-old also planned to assault the governor with a hammer.
Disturbing images from his social media show him pointing a gun at the camera, breathing fire, and sharing a Molotov cocktail embroidery. The suspect posted anti-government rants and had a recent home foreclosure.
He now faces attempted murder and terrorism charges. Thankfully, Shapiro and his family were not injured.

And the all-female crew who soared into space on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket are safely back on planet Earth. The 10-minute, 21-second mission marked the first time an all-women team reached space aboard the commercial flight, which launched and landed in West Texas.
The crew consisted of Pop star Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez, Gail King, NASA scientist Aisha Bao, producer Carrie Ann Flynn, and activist Amanda Nguyen. Perry, who carried a daisy in honor of her daughter, called the trip a celebration of love and resilience.
It's second to being a mom. And that's why it was hard for me to go, because that's all my love right there.
And I have to surrender and trust that the universe is going to take care of me and protect me and also my family, my daughter. Because I'm full up from being able to get that gift of being a mom.
And to go to space is incredible. And I wanted to model courage and fearlessness.

Those are your drive home updates this afternoon.

To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com.

And in case you missed it this morning, we covered some big stories,

including China's latest trade war escalation,

the Supreme Court's handling of Trump's executive actions,

and El Salvador's president visiting the White House.

Thanks for tuning in. We'll be back tomorrow morning with another full edition of Morning Wire.