Evening Wire: Train Collision Kills 68 & SCOTUS Sides With Trump On Deportations | 10.28.26

At least 68 are dead in a shocking train collision. The Cuban delegation causes chaos at the UN and the Supreme Court sides with the Trump administration on deportations. I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Executive Editor John Bickley. It's Wednesday, October 28th, and this is Evening Wire. At least 68 people are dead after two high-speed trains collided in central Spain on Wednesday morning. The one train rear-ended another near a town, 90 miles south of Madrid, a collision that sent two cars off the tracks and into an embankment. Both trains had a combined 397 passengers, and the death toll is expected to rise with 50 victims hospitalized. This is Spain's second high-speed train collision this year on the same rail line involving the same two operators in both incidents. The regional president said it is "unacceptable for a country like Spain to suffer two high-speed rail accidents in the same year." The latest incident is the deadliest since 2013 when a passenger train derailed while traveling north from Madrid, killing 80 and injuring 170. Polls show the Israeli election heading toward a stalemate between coalitions behind Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former General Gotti Eisenkott. Daily Wire contributor Tim Pierce has the latest. Yesterday's election in Israel appears to have left Netanyahu in a commanding position for negotiations over the country's future government. While his coalition lost its majority, Eisenkott's block wasn't able to grab it. The Arab parties made up much of the difference and are on track to roughly double their representation. The most likely options ahead for Israel are a unity government, if Netanyahu and Eisenkott can strike a deal, or another round of elections with Netanyahu as caretaker Prime Minister in the interim. Most analysts see another round of elections favoring Netanyahu, which would give him leverage in any negotiations for a unity government. The other option Eisenkott has in theory would be to partner with the Arab-led block to form a majority. However, all but one of his coalition partners have already promised not to work with the Arab parties for their downplaying terrorism from groups such as Hamas. Also Netanyahu, as leader of the Lecude Party on Wednesday, accused the Arab parties of stealing seats. He said Lecude would turn over to authorities' evidence of election theft, thousands of envelopes with cash and rom party slips, threats and violence against polling station members, multiple voting behind the curtain, voting with double identities, discrepancies between the number of envelopes and the number of voters, the use of prohibited mobilization software and more. Chaos broke out on the floor of the UN Tuesday as UN ambassador Mike Waltz tore into Cuba's brutal dictatorship. As Waltz condemned the regime, Cuba's delegation stood up and approached the podium, yelling about Waltz, here's what some of that sound like. Off to the side, a member of the Cuban delegation swatted at US diplomat J.P. Freyr, who was recording the exchange with his phone, later on that same Cuban diplomat confronted Freyr again in a hallway. Here's some of that, appearing on Fox News later, Waltz revealed that Secretary of State Marco Rubio had expelled the diplomat who had hit Freyr. Just before I came on tonight, Secretary Rubio signed the paperwork to eject the diplomat that thought he could, the Cuban diplomat, the first secretary of their delegation who shoved and tried to assault one of our American diplomats. Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of Brazil's former president, Jair Bolsonaro, landed in Miami on Tuesday after losing his own bid for the presidency. Current president Lula de Silva claimed victory under extraordinary circumstances, where his former personal attorney, now Supreme Court Judge, ordered some polling places to stay open hours after they were supposed to close. Flavio Bolsonaro has refused to concede the election and may intend to make his case from the US. He and his father are in good terms with President Trump and Flavio and his family were approved for US visas this week. Jair Bolsonaro had similarly fled the US after his 2022 loss to de Silva, but Jair is now serving a 27-year prison sentence in Brazil on charges related to his 2022 election challenge. Russell Brand took the stand for the first time this morning in his ongoing trial. Reporter and host of that so criminal Lyndon Blake has more. Several women have accused Brand of rape and sexual assault and incident spanning from 1999 to 2009. Over the past two weeks, the jury has hurt testimony from six different women. This morning, Brand himself took the stand for the first time. In response to questions from his own lawyer, Brand categorically denied all the charges and spoke on the quote "deficiting impact" the allegations have had on his personal life. Brand did it meant to the jury that during the time of the alleged incidents, he misused his fame for quote "reckless flandering". While he expressed regret for his behavior, Brand maintained that all of his actions were consensual. Brand and his team scored a small victory yesterday as the judge ruled insufficient evidence for one of the seven charges, reducing the charge from "indecent assault" to "attempted indecent assault". If convicted on the most serious charges, Brand could face life in prison. I just spent a few days in Massachusetts, which is glorious in October, and the whole time I was wearing Quinz sweaters, a recently acquired this gorgeous baby Alpaca cable knit sweater. It was totally perfect for walking around on Beacon Hill and enjoying the Halloween decorations. And Quinz cashmere of course is totally iconic, but I'm also a big fan of their cotton sweaters, their marino wool, and their prices are always the lowest in the luxury market. Now, a cashmere sweater is a luxury item, so you can't expect bargain basement prices, but at Quinz, they started around $50 with most at around $100, which is really the best price out there. And Quinz is able to undercut designer labels by about 50 to 80 percent because they partner with the same ethical factories and sell directly to customers. So find the fall pieces you'll reach for most at Quinz, download the Quinz app for app exclusive offers, or go to Quinz.com/wire. Get free shipping on your order and 365 day returns, now available in Canada and the UK too. The Supreme Court struck down a Biden era rule meant to delay deportations, Alliance Defending Freedom, Senior Counsel Andrew Span and Berg has more. The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to revive a 2024 federal rule that let immigration judges temporarily pause certain deportation cases. The practice known as administrative closure allowed judges to set aside cases while, for example, a crime victim sought other immigration relief. Banks say the pauses often become effectively indefinite. In June, Texas sued to overturn the rule. The Justice Department agreed it was unlawful and the same day a federal judge struck it down nationwide. Three cities, including Baltimore and an immigrant legal services group, tried to step in to defend the rule. They argued the lawsuit was a way to repeal it without required public input. The judge ruled they lacked standing to sue and an appeals court refused to put the ruling on hold. At the Supreme Court, the Justice Department argued that the challengers were using a narrow dispute over whether they could join the case to mount a broad attack on the judgment itself. It urged the Justice's not to let them put the carpe for the horse. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court denied their emergency requests with no noted dissent. Their appeal continues, but the rule remains off the books in the meantime. A bombshell New York Times investigation alleges that Democrats secretly tried to manipulate Alaska's Senate race by recruiting fake candidates to hurt Republican dance Sullivan. Associate producer Garrett Van Teem has more. The operation allegedly included recruiting a second candidate named Dan Sullivan, using a Democratic operative who concealed his identity and exploring the creation of a mega-branded political party to draw more conservatives onto the ballot. The Times reviewed text messages and interviewed 12 people connected to the effort, including Peltola's former campaign manager who said Peltola knew about the project but was not directly involved. However, both Peltola's campaign and the DSCC deny recruiting spoiler candidates. The effort comes under scrutiny as President Donald Trump's Justice Department seeks to block certification of the election results if votes for the other Dan Sullivan cost the incumbent his seat. A South Korean government study is challenging the assumption that paper straws are better for the environment than plastic alternatives. Lifestyle reporter Lauren Baer has the story. Papers compared four different types of straws across 16 environmental impact categories and found conventional plastic straws performed better in 10, including climate change impact and human toxicity. Paper straws generated more than six times the carcinogenic impact of conventional plastic while sugarcane-based plastic alternatives scored even worse in several categories. The study also found paper straws are difficult to recycle because of their size and water-resistant coatings. South Korean lawmaker Kim Lee sang criticized the government's environmental policies, saying officials had prioritized ineffective substitutes over scientific evidence. Billionaire Investor Nelson Peltz is leading a $1.4billion. bid to take Wendy's private, arguing the struggling burger chain needs years of investment to turn its business around. Wendy's is currently a publicly traded company and has recently faced massive struggles with share prices dropping nearly 70% over the past five years. The offer from Peltz's group represents a 20% premium over their current market value. Along with the offer, the group released a statement arguing that the company would be better suited to handle a financial turnaround if it were in private hands. Peltz is known to be an aggressive investor, famously waging a proxy war against Bob Eiger in Disney in 2024 in an attempt to restructure the company. Current Wendy's ownership has yet to publicly respond to the offer, but here's hoping Peltz can make the baconator great again. And iconic runway model Heidi Klum is igniting fans' speculation about her 2026 Halloween costume, sharing two cryptic photos hinting at what the self-proclaimed Queen of Halloween has planned. The latest teaser posted yesterday showed pale, slimy-looking faux organ material, with the caption, quote, "Can you guess? Here's your next clue." Fans have floated theories ranging from a character from the last of us to a creature from Pirates of the Caribbean and even a cow with its digestive system exposed. Klum has made a tradition of a elaborate Halloween transformations previously appearing as a giant worm, a peacock, ET, and most recently Medusa. She has yet to reveal this year's look, but with Halloween just days away, the guessing game is only heating up. All right, does your drive home update solar more about these stories? Go to dailywire.com, in case you missed it earlier today, we covered some major stories, including the DOJ rating the mansion of a man who bankrolled Eric Swalwell, the Trump administration cracking down on visa fraud schemes involving fake robberies and 60 Christians being massacred in Ethiopia as church leaders call for help. Thanks for tuning in, we'll be back tomorrow morning with another full edition of Morningwire.