Thousands are feared dead after massive earthquakes strike outside Caracas.

Republicans get some wins from the Supreme Court and authorities discover billions more in fraud.

I'm Daily Wire, Executive Editor John Bickley, with Georgia Howe.

It's Thursday, June 25th. This is Evening Wire.

Two massive earthquakes struck one after the other in Venezuela and put thousands of lives at risk.

A 7.2 magnitude quake struck Wednesday evening near San Felipe west of Caracas.

Less than a minute later, a 7.5 magnitude quake hit three miles away.

Back-to-back earthquakes are a rare and incredibly deadly

phenomenon, and the U.N. estimates they took down at least 100 buildings just in the worst-hit

state of Liguira. The shock of the earthquakes was felt as far away as Brazil. Early assessments

put the death toll at over 160, but some fear thousands may have died. Secretary of State

Marco Rubio briefed reporters on the U.S. response on Thursday.

I had an opportunity to talk earlier this morning with Delci Rodriguez, the acting president.

We were already deploying search and rescue teams from Fairfax County, Virginia, and Los Angeles.

That's their most immediate need right now

is search and rescue efforts. They have much of collapsed buildings, and so they'll need a lot of

help in terms of digging through that. Rubio said the U.S. was working with Venezuelan authorities

to assess the damage and would determine a plan for long-term assistance after emergency needs

were addressed. Venezuela has also received pledges of help

from many other countries, such as Argentina, El Salvador, and Mexico. The Supreme Court handed down a

slate of decisions today likely to please Republicans. Daily Wire contributor Tim Pierce has the details.

Two of those rulings delivered major wins for the Trump administration on immigration. In one decision, the court ruled that immigrants who were turned away at the border before

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