Evening Wire: CDC’s Vaccine Shift & Trade Deficit Plummets | 11.20.25

Speaker 1 Instagram teen accounts default teens into automatic protections for who can contact them and the content they can see.

Speaker 1 Explore teen accounts and all of our ongoing work to protect teens online at instagram.com slash teen accounts.

Speaker 2 The CDC makes major changes related to vaccines and autism. Pam Bondi signals new investigations related to Epstein may be in the works.
And former Vice President Dick Cheney is laid to rest.

Speaker 2 I'm Daily Wire, Executive Editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Thursday, November 20th.
This is EveningWire.

Speaker 3 The CDC has made a significant change in its stance on vaccines and autism. Daily Wire reporter Amanda Prestijacimo has the details.

Speaker 4 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its website this week to suggest that autism could be caused by infant vaccinations, a major agency shift from past administrations.

Speaker 4 The site now reads, quote, the claim vaccines do not cause autism is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.

Speaker 4 The CDC now also says that studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.

Speaker 4 Health and Human Services has been conducting what it calls a comprehensive assessment of what causes autism, and they've already announced an association between Tylenol use during pregnancy and autism.

Speaker 2 Speaking of HHS, it released a peer-reviewed study yesterday documenting the harms of what it calls sex-rejecting treatments for minors. Daily Wire reporter Megan Basham has more.

Speaker 5 The paper states, quote, harms from sex-rejecting procedures, including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgical operations, are significant, long-term, and too often ignored or inadequately tracked.

Speaker 5 The report specifically called out the AMA and American Academy of Pediatrics for, quote, peddling the lie that chemical and surgical sex-rejecting procedures could be good for children.

Speaker 5 The HHS announcement states the agency commissioned the most comprehensive study to date of the scientific evidence and clinical practices surrounding the treatment of children and adolescents for gender dysphoria.

Speaker 5 They also note that they invited the AMA and ACP to contribute their own data, but those organizations declined to participate.

Speaker 5 Assistant Secretary for Health Brian Christine announced the study in a post on X.

Speaker 7 Over the past decade, the number of children and adolescents who reject their biological sex has risen dramatically.

Speaker 7 These young people and their families are searching for answers to gender dysphoria. They deserve honesty, compassion, and the strongest evidence for the help that the medical profession can offer.

Speaker 7 I implore physicians and parents to read this report and protect children from fraudulent procedures. Protecting our children's health and their future is good medicine.

Speaker 3 As he said he would, President Trump signed the Epstein bill last night. Meanwhile, U.S.

Speaker 3 Attorney General Pam Bondi says new information warrants further investigations into the Jeffrey Epstein case and those connected to the convicted sex abuser. Daily Wire reporter Zach Jewell has more.

Speaker 8 Bondi fielded questions about Epstein during a press conference alongside FBI Director Cash Patel and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche yesterday.

Speaker 8 She confirmed that the Department of Justice would release additional Epstein files within 30 days of Trump signing legislation making the documents public.

Speaker 8 Bondi, however, suggested that some material could be withheld as the investigation is ongoing.

Speaker 9 There's information that new information, additional information, and again, we will continue to follow the law, to investigate any leads.

Speaker 9 If there are any victims, we encourage all victims to come forward, and we will continue to provide maximum transparency under the law.

Speaker 8 Last week, President Donald Trump directed the Justice Department to investigate Epstein's connection to a list of powerful Democrats, including former President Bill Clinton, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, and venture capitalist Reed Hoffman.

Speaker 2 One lawmaker feeling the heat from her claims about Epstein is Democrat Jasmine Crockett.

Speaker 2 While on the House floor, the far-left congresswoman accused multiple Republicans of having accepted money from Jeffrey Epstein.

Speaker 10 Folks who also took money from somebody named Jeffrey Epstein, as I had my team dig in very quickly, Mitt Romney, the NRCC,

Speaker 10 Lee Zeldon, George Bush, Wynne Redd, McCain Palin, Rick Lazio. I just want to be clear.
If this is the standard that we're going to make, just know we're going to expose it all.

Speaker 2 The only problem, it wasn't the right Jeffrey Epstein. Instead, it was a totally different Dr.
Jeffrey Epstein.

Speaker 2 Amid backlash, Crockett told CNN that she never said which Epstein it was and then tried to blame Republicans for the whole debacle.

Speaker 10 Listen, I never said that it was that Jeffrey Epstein. Just so that people understand when you make a donation, your picture is not there.

Speaker 10 And because they decided to spring this on us in real time, I wanted the Republicans to think about what could potentially happen because I knew that they didn't even try to go through the FEC.

Speaker 10 So my team, what they did is they Googled. And that is specifically why I said, A Jeffrey Epstein, unlike Republicans, I at least don't go out and just tell lies.

Speaker 10 Because it was not the same one, that's fine. But when Lee Zeldon had something to say, all he had to say was it was a different

Speaker 10 Jeffrey Epstein. He admitted that he did receive donations from a Jeffree Epstein.
So at least I wasn't trying to mislead people. Now, have I dug in to find out who this doctor is? I have not.

Speaker 6 This Marshawn Beast Mode Lynch. Prize pick is making sports season even more fun.
On prize picks, whether you're a football fan, a basketball fan, it always feels good to be right.

Speaker 6 And right now, new users get $50 instantly in lineups when you play your first $5. The app is simple to use.
Pick two or more players. Pick more or less on their stat projections.

Speaker 6 Anything from touchdown to threes. And if you write, you can win big mix and match players from any sport on Prize Pix, America's number one daily fantasy sports app.

Speaker 6 Prize Pix is available in 40 plus states, including California, Texas, Florida, and Georgia. Most importantly, all the transactions on the app are fast, safe, and secure.

Speaker 11 Download the Prize Picks app today and use code Spotify to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup. That's code Spotify to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup.

Speaker 11 Prize picks, it's good to be right. Must be present in certain six.
Visit PrizePicks.com for restrictions and details.

Speaker 3 The Trump administration is doing a victory lap as new data shows America's trade deficit with foreign countries is plummeting. Daily Wire senior editor Joel Needler has more.

Speaker 2 A new report from the Commerce Department shows the U.S. trade deficit decreased by 24% in August as the president's tariffs hit countries around the globe.

Speaker 2 While economists say that reducing trade deficits doesn't necessarily help an economy, the White House is touting the new data, saying it's, quote, more proof that President Trump's trade and economic agenda continue to pay off for the American people.

Speaker 2 A White House spokesman said in a statement to the Daily Wire, quote, as the president's historic trade deals and pro-growth policies continue to take effect, and trillions in investments to make and hire in America continue to materialize, Americans can rest assured that the best is yet to come.

Speaker 2 Amid worry about a possible AI bubble, Chipmaker NVIDIA announced its third quarter earnings on Wednesday, and they surpassed Wall Street expectations.

Speaker 2 The company's fourth quarter sales projections are also stronger than anticipated.

Speaker 2 The tech giant says it expects around $65 billion in sales this quarter, more than $3 billion better than analysts predicted.

Speaker 2 NVIDIA's earnings report was met with a collective sigh of relief as the markets have seen significant declines in recent days amid concerns about the value of AI ventures.

Speaker 3 In other welcome economic news, job growth surpassed expectations in September. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has the numbers.

Speaker 12 Economists predicted that we'd gain just 50,000 jobs for September, but the actual number came in at more than twice that, 119,000 new jobs. That's the strongest hiring up tick since April.

Speaker 12 But amid the good news, there was also a revision down for the previous two months of 33,000 lower than previously reported.

Speaker 12 Meanwhile, the unemployment rate also ticked up just a bit above projections, rising to 4.4%, while economists had projected a rise of 4.3%.

Speaker 2 Another Biden administration green effort is going up in smoke. The administration had planned to sink $77 million into building 140 solar electric vehicle charging stations.

Speaker 2 But Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins announced Wednesday that he's going to use that money to help our war veterans.

Speaker 2 Those tens of millions that were set aside for constructing the stations instead will now help provide physical therapy therapy for veterans and help fund projects to fight cancer.

Speaker 3 A Democratic congresswoman from Florida is facing decades in prison after the Justice Department accused her of stealing more than $5 million from FEMA funds.

Speaker 3 Daily Wire political reporter Cameron Arkand reports.

Speaker 13 The Justice Department announced Wednesday that a Miami grand jury has indicted Representative Sheila Sherifless-McCormick for fraudulently obtaining FEMA funds meant for COVID vaccinations, then laundering the proceeds and putting the money toward her congressional race in 2021.

Speaker 13 The DOJ says that the Democrat congresswoman conspired with her brother, 51-year-old Edwin Cherifless, to steal a $5 million FEMA overpayment that was sent to their family's health care company.

Speaker 13 Attorney General Pam Bonnie said in a statement, quote, using disaster relief funds for self-enrichment is a particularly selfish, cynical crime.

Speaker 13 No one is above the law, least of all powerful people who rob taxpayers for personal gain. The congresswoman is now stepping down from her committee leadership position.

Speaker 3 An unusual mix of Democrats and Republicans packed into the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday to mourn former Vice President Dick Cheney. Former President George W.

Speaker 3 Bush led the packed crowd, which included former members of his administration, as well as a number of Democrats who came to respect Cheney late in his life for his criticisms of President Donald Trump.

Speaker 3 Neither Trump nor Vice President J.D. Vance were invited to attend the ceremony.

Speaker 2 NASA has released new photos of rare interstellar comet 3DI Atlas. The images were taken in October when the comet traveled through the inner solar system.

Speaker 2 Only two other objects have ever been confirmed to be from outside our solar system, including Al-Muamua in 2017, which sparked excitement about possible alien life.

Speaker 2 Tom Statler, NASA's lead scientist for solar system small bodies, calls the event a, quote, new window into the makeups and histories of other solar systems.

Speaker 3 And the first allegation of a crime committed in space may result in years of prison time for for the accuser. Daily Wire assistant editor Andy Valdez explains.

Speaker 14 The estranged wife of a NASA astronaut is now facing up to five years in federal prison and significant fines.

Speaker 6 Her crime?

Speaker 14 Lying to law enforcement about the actions of her astronaut spouse while that spouse was in space.

Speaker 14 The accuser, Summer Warden, pleaded guilty this week to falsely accusing astronaut Ann McClain of illegally accessing Warden's bank records while McClain was on the International Space Station.

Speaker 14 But Warden has since admitted that the allegation was false. The U.S.

Speaker 14 Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas says Warden now faces up to five years in federal prison and up to $250,000 in fines for the false report.

Speaker 14 The sentencing is scheduled for February.

Speaker 2 All right, those are your drive home updates today. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com.

Speaker 2 And in case you missed it earlier today, we covered some major stories, including the potential deal to end the conflict in Ukraine, the administration cracking down on SNAP fraud, and Charlotte's ICE presence clearing roads and classrooms.

Speaker 2 Thanks for tuning in. We'll be back tomorrow morning with another full edition of Morning Wire.