The Justice Department under former President Joe Biden reportedly subpoenaed two years of phone records belonging to House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan as part of the wide-ranging “Arctic Frost” investigation involving former President Donald Trump and his allies. Records show that the Justice Department demanded that Verizon turn over details on Jordan’s phone calls from January 2020 until April 2022. The requested information included details on inbound and outbound calls, texts, and voice mail messages, but not the content of the calls or texts.  “They spied on President Trump. They spied on Senators. Now, we just learned, they spied on me. If they can do it to us, they can do it to you,” Jordan posted on social media on Thursday night alongside images of the subpoena.  The subpoena was first reported by Fox News. Other records obtained by the outlet show that a federal judge ordered that the request remain secret. Verizon produced the documents for the Justice Department, a source told Fox.  “The Court finds reasonable grounds to believe that such disclosure will result in flight from prosecution, destruction of or tampering with evidence, intimidation of potential witnesses, and serious jeopardy to the investigation,” Judge David Baker wrote. Right now, DailyWire+ annual memberships are fifty percent off during our Black Friday sale. Join now at dailywire.com/blackfriday. Baker added that Verizon’s “employees shall not disclose the existence of the Subpoena to any other person (except attorneys for PROVIDER for the purpose of receiving legal advice) for a period of one year.” Verizon said in a statement that it was “working tirelessly” with lawmakers in Congress looking into the Arctic Frost investigation.  “As part of our investigation, we uncovered new information regarding Chairman Jordan and shared it with him as soon as possible,” said Verizon spokesman Rich Young. “We are committed to restoring trust through transparency and will continue to work with Congress and the administration as they examine these issues and consider reforms to expand notification protections.” The subpoena was sent before special counsel Jack Smith took over the Arctic Frost investigation, which ended with Trump being charged with trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The Biden administration also turned over Trump’s government-issued phone to Smith as part of the investigation and subpoenaed his personal phone records.  In addition to Trump and Jordan, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) revealed last month that he had uncovered evidence that the FBI analyzed the metadata of phone calls from several Republicans in Congress, including Sens. Marsha Blackburn (TN), Cynthia Lummis (WY), Ron Johnson (WI), Tommy Tuberville (AL), Dan Sullivan (AK), Josh Hawley (MO) Bill Hagerty (TN), Lindsey Graham (SC), and Rep. Mike Kelly (PA). The Senate recently included a provision in a government-funding bill allowing senators to sue the federal government if their phone or office records were accessed without their knowledge. The House voted on Thursday to repeal that measure — but so far, the repeal has not advanced in the Senate.

D.C. is abuzz today ahead of President Trump’s meeting with Mamdani, fallout from the Epstein files mounts, and the September jobs report smashes expectations. It’s Friday, November 21, 2025, and this is the news you need to know to start your day. Today’s edition of the Morning Wire podcast can be heard below, and the video version can be seen on The Daily Wire: Trump vs. Mamdani Topline: Despite the pair’s verbal battle during the New York City mayoral race, President Donald Trump plans to meet with far-Left Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House on Friday afternoon. There’s been a lot of back-and-forth between Trump and Mamdani. Trump even said during the mayoral campaign that he’d withhold federal funding from New York City if Mamdani were to win. Since Mamdani has since won, that threat presumably now looms large. The meeting could be a chance to build a relationship, however. Mamdani’s olive branch: It was Mamdani who reached out to Trump. He also changed his tone on Trump ahead of the meeting. During a presser on Thursday, Mamdani seemed to draw some parallels between himself and the president. That could be interpreted as an olive branch–but also as a self-serving comparison.  “We ran a campaign focused on the … cost of living. And what we found actually is that one in 10 New Yorkers who voted for Trump ended up voting for our campaign, and they did so because they’re looking for leaders to actually deliver on the cost of living crisis,” said Mamdani. That is a far cry from Mamdani’s mayoral victory speech when he said he’d be “Trump-proofing” New York City and called Trump a “despot.” What about Trump? Trump, too, seems open to the meeting. He obviously accepted the meeting request, and he also said this week that he wants to see “everything work out well for New York.” What to expect: As for the agenda, Mamdani said he wants to talk to Trump about public safety, economic security, and affordability for New Yorkers. “Affordability,” though, seemed to be Mamdani’s pitch to New Yorkers who really don’t like Trump and might not like him taking this meeting. Mamdani stressed that he’d work with anyone to bring down costs, and he acknowledged that he does need the White House. He needs funding from the federal government if he really wants to help New Yorkers. Right now, DailyWire+ annual memberships are fifty percent off during our Black Friday sale. Join now at dailywire.com/blackfriday. What Comes Next On Epstein Files Topline: After years of sealed documents and whispered allegations around Jeffrey Epstein, President Trump has signed the bill forcing the release of the Epstein files, as new emails and texts are already leaking. The order directs all documents to be produced, but there are exceptions carved out for the protection of witnesses’ and victims’ identities, for national security, and for ongoing probes. Those exceptions could still delay some of these documents. At the same time, victims such as Annie Farmer, who testified alongside Virginia Giuffre’s family, are still hailing this as a long overdue victory. The measure now requires Attorney General Pam Bondi to release all unclassified Epstein documents within 30 days, including flight records, emails, and plea deal details.  The Trump flip:  The Trump and the White House previously opposed this full release of the files, but earlier this week, the president made a prominent turnaround in messaging. One reason the White House resisted the release for months prior was that it felt the vote would be premature. Eventually, though, all of those objections melted away in the face of vociferous public pressure from people and critics who wanted answers. President Trump ended up urging Republicans to vote for it because, as he posted on social media, “we have nothing to hide.” Trump has additionally called for a new investigation into various Epstein associates, including former President Bill Clinton and others. What to watch:  There are many layers to this. One of those is the perception of Trump’s past association with Epstein, which appears to have hurt him, as well as his resistance, for a time, to releasing all the documents. But this has been damaging for Democrats as well. The documents already released show that Epstein fed questions to Democratic Delegate Stacey Plaskett during a congressional hearing in 2019. On Tuesday, Plaskett characterized her communication with Epstein as simply receiving texts from a constituent. Many other figures have been wrapped up in the Epstein files, as well, including former Clinton Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. He continued to communicate with Epstein up until 2019, long after Epstein had been put in jail. Jobs Report A Mixed Bag Ahead Of December Fed Meeting Topline: The September jobs numbers are finally here after data was delayed nearly two months over the government shutdown. While administration officials are excited about the data, a new poll shows Americans may not be as optimistic about the direction of the economy. The data: The headline number from the report is the 119,000 jobs added in September. It is the highest gain since April, and it came in more than double economists’ expectations for the month. Downward revisions for July and August’s numbers stole some of the momentum, coming in 33,000 lower than previously reported. The unemployment rate ticked up slightly from 4.3% to 4.4%. Overall, the administration says it is happy with the numbers. “In the first 10 months of the Trump economy, we’ve increased take-home pay by about $1,200, adjusting for inflation. That’s a huge, huge thing,” said Vice President JD Vance on Thursday. “And this is really important … we are seeing the job growth go to native-born American citizens” rather than to illegal aliens. Looking ahead: This jobs report is particularly important because it’s the only snapshot of the labor market ahead of the Federal Reserve’s next meeting on December 9 and 10. Heather Long, the chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, expects the Fed to hold interest rates steady. Long points out that even though the jobs report has good numbers in September, the economy’s four-month average ending in September is only 44,000–just barely “treading water.” Labor force participation is up, a good sign even as the unemployment rate ticks up. But, according to Long, “it’s hard to argue things look *better* in the labor market.” It has largely remained steady, with no significant gains or losses. Is Trump in trouble? Americans overall are not optimistic about the direction the economy is heading. Fox News released its latest national survey on Wednesday. According to Fox News, “Some 76% of voters view the economy negatively–worse than the 67% who felt that way in July and the 70% who said the same at the end of … President Biden’s term.” The news gets worse for Trump, specifically. According to Fox News, “About twice as many [respondents] say President Donald Trump, rather than Biden, is responsible for the current economy. And three times as many say Trump’s economic policies have hurt them,” about the same as said Biden’s did last year.

KYIV/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has threatened to cut intelligence sharing and weapons supplies for Ukraine to press it into agreeing to the framework of a U.S.-brokered peace deal, two people familiar with the matter said. Washington has presented Ukraine with a 28-point plan, which endorses some of Russia’s principal demands in the war, including that Kyiv cede additional territory, curb the size of its military and be barred from joining NATO. RELATED: Trump Admin Crafts 28-Point Plan To End War In Ukraine The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Kyiv was under greater pressure from Washington than during any previous peace discussions, and that the United States wanted Ukraine to sign a framework of the deal by next Thursday. A delegation of senior U.S. military officials met with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv on Thursday. The U.S. ambassador in Ukraine and the army public affairs chief traveling with the delegation described the meeting as a success and said Washington sought an “aggressive timeline” for the signature of a document between the United States and Ukraine. Right now, DailyWire+ annual memberships are fifty percent off during our Black Friday sale. Join now at dailywire.com/blackfriday. Zelenskiy, who held a phone call on Friday with the leaders of allies Britain, Germany and France, appeared careful not to reject the U.S. plan or to offend the Americans. “We value the efforts of the United States, President Trump, and his team aimed at ending this war. We are working on the document prepared by the American side. This must be a plan that ensures a real and dignified peace,” he said. ‘A VERY DANGEROUS MOMENT’ European leaders, who were not consulted on the 28-point plan, expressed their strong support for Kyiv. “We all want this war to end, but how it ends matters. Russia has no legal right whatsoever to any concessions from the country it invaded, ultimately the terms of any agreement are for Ukraine to decide,” said the EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas. “This is a very dangerous moment for all,” she said. U.S. officials, defending their plan, have said it was drafted after consultations with Rustem Umerov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, a close Zelenskiy ally who served as defense minister until July. “Umerov … agreed to the majority of the plan, after making several modifications, and presented it to President Zelenskiy,” a senior U.S. official said on Thursday. Umerov said on Friday he had not discussed the plan’s terms, much less approved them, as he was just organizing the talks. “I provided no assessments or, even more so, approvals of any points. This is not within my authority and does not correspond to the procedure,” he wrote on Telegram. After meeting a visiting U.S. delegation on Friday, Umerov said Kyiv would not accept a plan that violates its sovereignty. The Kremlin said Russia had not received any official communication from the United States regarding a 28-point peace plan for Ukraine. Kyiv should make a “responsible decision,” and do it now, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. RUSSIA’S DEMANDS SPELLED OUT, KYIV’S LEFT VAGUE The plan, a copy of which was reviewed by Reuters, includes terms that Ukrainian officials have previously dismissed as tantamount to surrender after their soldiers fended off a full-scale Russian invasion for nearly four years at huge cost. It would require Ukraine to withdraw from territory it still controls in eastern provinces that Russia claims to have annexed, while Russia would give up smaller amounts of land it has captured in other regions. Ukraine would be permanently barred from joining the NATO military alliance, and its armed forces would be capped at 600,000 troops. NATO would agree never to station troops there. Sanctions against Russia would be gradually lifted, Moscow would be invited back into the G8 group of industrialized countries, and frozen Russian assets would be pooled in an investment fund, with Washington given some of the profits. One of Ukraine’s main demands, for enforceable guarantees equivalent to the NATO alliance’s mutual defense clause to deter Russia from attacking again, is dealt with in a single line with no details: “Ukraine will receive robust security guarantees.” Trump, who returned to office this year vowing to quickly end the war, has accepted some of Russia’s justifications for its 2022 invasion of its neighbor while also expressing some impatience with Moscow. Last month, he cancelled a proposed summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and imposed sanctions on Russia’s two main oil companies, set to come into full effect on Friday, Washington’s deadline for foreign buyers to wind down Russian oil purchases. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff had quietly worked on the plan for about a month. “This plan was crafted to reflect the realities of the situation, after five years of a devastating war, to find the best win-win scenario, where both parties gain more than they must give,” she said. The acceleration in U.S. diplomacy comes at a time when Ukrainian troops are on the back foot on the battlefield and Zelenskiy’s government has been undermined by a corruption scandal. Parliament fired two cabinet ministers on Wednesday. With the war’s fourth winter approaching, Russian troops occupy almost one-fifth of Ukraine and have been grinding slowly forward along a 750-mile front line. Russia says it has taken control of the city of Kupiansk in northeastern Ukraine and most of Pokrovsk in the east, its first big prizes in nearly two years. Kyiv denies losing control of those cities but has acknowledged that Russia is advancing. (Additional reporting by Max Hunder, Olena Harmash, Yuliia Dysa, Dan Peleshuk, and Alessandro Parodi; writing by Peter Graff; editing by Philippa Fletcher)

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