Evening Wire: SpaceX Launches Mega Rocket Into Orbit & Florida Suffers Dengue Fever Outbreak? | 9.28.26

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China and the US pledged to cut tariffs on $60 billion worth of goods. SpaceX launches its mega rocket into orbit for the first time. And Florida health officials declare a dengue fever emergency.

I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley. It's Monday, September 28th, and this is Evening Wire.

John Bickley (1:53)

Five British men arrested near a US airbase in England on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act have been released on bail but remain under investigation. Counterterrorism police say the men, all British nationals between 23 and 25 years old, were detained near RAF Fairford. The arrests followed reports of three suspicious vehicles heading toward the base, which has supported US operations against Iran. Authorities evacuated roughly 85 households and deployed bomb disposal teams, though no explosives have been reported found yet. Investigators are examining whether the incident involved proxies working for a foreign state, while Iran has denied any connection to the arrests.

Georgia Howe (2:32)

The US and China have agreed to slash tariffs on $60 billion worth of goods. That's according to a White House announcement on Sunday. The US list of Chinese imports covered 77 goods, including Christmas ornaments, fishing hooks, and car seats. Beijing's list covers over 1,600 products, from frozen reptile meat to pacemakers. Neither list included goods that both sides consider sensitive, such as rare earth materials and components for AI research and development. The agreement came after President Trump hosted Xi Jinping at the White House last week, which was the Chinese president's first time in the US in over a decade.

John Bickley (3:08)

SpaceX took a major step toward commercial flight to space today. Daily Wire contributor Tim Pearce has the latest.

Elon Musk and SpaceX sent the company's Super Heavy Starship on its first flight to orbit on Sunday. The rocket was sent up on an abridged mission that placed 26 third-generation Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit, and it succeeded in that despite the upper stage of the ship losing one of its six Raptor engines shortly after it separated. The SpaceX flight control team was still able to get the ship up to orbit to release the satellites and then decided to bring the vessel down about three hours after launch. The Super Heavy landed in the Pacific Ocean just north of Hawaii. Here was the sound from inside SpaceX.

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It was in final approach.

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So we're nearing the end of this amazing mission, just awaiting the ships landing only a few moments from now.

John Bickley (3:57)

Starship landing burn start up. The mission was a huge success for SpaceX and a big step forward for NASA as well, which hopes to use a variant of the SpaceX Starship for a mission to the moon in 2028

Georgia Howe (4:21)

President Trump is set to unveil plans this week for what the White House calls the largest steel plant in US history. Minnesota-based Masabi Metallics plans to spend $15 billion on a new facility in Iowa. It's expected to be finished by 2030 and to turn out more than 7.5 million tons of steel per year. The White House says the project will create nearly 2,000 permanent jobs and will be the first mega steel plant built in the country since the 60s. White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers said, this move is part of the president's commitment to restoring America's industrial competitiveness.