The deal to reopen the government drives a wedge between Democrats, Florida probes JPMorgan Chase over helping the Biden administration target Donald Trump. On this Veterans Day, we talk to a retired Marine Corps Major about how the shutdown has affected veterans and service members.
It’s Tuesday, November 11, 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:
Shutdown Deal Looming
Topline: After the Senate reached a deal to end the government shutdown, hard-Left Democrats are taking aim at those who’ve worked toward a compromise.
After the Senate reached a breakthrough Sunday night and moved forward with a procedural vote, it convened again Monday afternoon to wrap up the final details. Finally, it passed a clean continuing resolution to keep the government funded through January 30.
The next step for this bill is to head back to the House, and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has already called his members back for a vote. While it’ll be close, Johnson said it’s expected to pass, and that President Trump is on board. Trump’s support will help push any Republicans who might still be on the fence.
Overall, this progress was welcomed by federal workers, air travelers, and especially investors. Markets jumped at the apparent agreement, the NASDAQ, for example, surged a whopping 2%, and the DOW and S&P500 each closed just off record highs.
Democrats face backlash: Not everyone was excited at the news, as a number of high-profile Democrats on Monday criticized the looming deal.
Social media erupted with calls for Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to step down. Democratic House Member Ro Khanna posted that “Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced.” He added, “If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?”
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has stood by Schumer. He says he was effective and should keep his position.
“Leader Schumer and Senate Democrats over the last seven weeks have waged a valiant fight on behalf of the American people, and I’m not going to explain what a handful of Senate Democrats have decided to do. That’s their explanation to offer to the American people,” Jeffries said.
JPMorgan Chase Probed Over Arctic Frost
Topline: Florida’s top prosecutor on Monday notified one of the world’s largest banks, JPMorgan Chase, that it’s under investigation for its role in the Biden administration’s controversial Arctic Frost probe.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sent a letter to the bank. This investigation was prompted by information released by the Senate Judiciary Committee indicating that former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Arctic Frost investigation into Trump had targeted hundreds of GOP lawmakers, activists, and entities with subpoenas.
Uthmeier suspects that JPMorgan Chase provided sensitive banking information to the Department of Justice and to Smith as part of the malicious prosecutions of Trump. He told The Daily Wire that the bank was asking many questions of Trump Media, its client, that were seemingly unrelated to its business.
The bank did not directly address the Monday letter when contacted by The Daily Wire, but a spokeswoman said JPMorgan follows the law in responding to government subpoenas and will continue to do so. She also stressed that JPMorgan doesn’t discriminate against anyone based on politics, saying it’s terrible that people can lose their bank accounts because of broken policies that encouraged banks to be overly cautious. She added that it’s not fair and shouldn’t happen, and that it’s great this administration is finally bringing the regulatory change that’s been requested for years.
GOP looks at Boasberg: Judge James Boasberg signed off on the warrants for the FBI to go after the phone records and essentially spy on nearly a dozen Republican lawmakers. That has sparked more than a few calls for Boasberg to face some sort of accountability.
“But Judge Boasberg, what he did to the president or what he did to Sen. [Ted] Cruz and maybe other senators, absolutely – and I don’t say this lightly – absolutely is worthy of impeachment proceedings. There has to be accountability,” Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) said.
Boasberg, as chief justice of the D.C. District Court, was the one who had to review the applications for phone records and sign off on them, as well as gag orders related to them.
It is unclear what was included in those applications – much of the materials that Boasberg reviewed are classified. But because Boasberg has discretion in approving these applications, many Republicans think he should be looked into for possible violations of the Constitution’s Speech and Debate Clause, which protects lawmakers from law enforcement actions based on their congressional work.
Veterans Day Interview
Topline: On this Veterans Day, we wanted to take a moment to focus on how the events of the past 40 days have impacted our veterans and service members.
Morning Wire spoke to retired Marine Corps Major and CEO of Lovell Government Services, Chris Lovell, about the government shutdown’s impact on veterans. (The following interview has been edited for clarity.)
Morning Wire: It looks like we have an end in sight for the government shutdown, but I wanted to ask you how this has impacted veterans and service members in particular. What kind of impact have we seen so far from the government shutdown?
Lovell: There’s been a little anxiety with some veterans not sure whether they get paid or not. The active-duty forces, you know, there were two paydays where that was in question. The administration did the right thing. They ensured they were paid in terms of the veterans, you know, post service – the VA suffered slightly with some outreach programs that would otherwise not have been affected if the shutdown was not an issue. Things like vocational and rehab for transitioning services for when veterans are getting out, backlog now about 10,000 at last count. The veteran secretary, Doug Collins, mentioned that a few days ago. But by and large, there’s a little bit of anxiety overall, like, is this going to end? And, am I going to get the services that I earned?
Morning Wire: Right, and we’ve covered how that one-time payment was possible, but going forward, it was unclear if the Trump administration was going to be able to figure out how to make ends meet for future paychecks. About the Trump administration, broadening out, how has this new administration impacted the lives of military service members?
Lovell: It’s encouraging that the commander-in-chief has their back and has said as much in terms of making sure that the active duty forces get their pay without delay. And for us, it’s the 250th birthday of the Marine Corps today. Now, Lovell Government Services, my company, we hire tons of Marines. We had a cake-cutting ceremony, and we talked about JD Vance, right? The vice president, the first Marine to be in the White House, and for the troops, what a morale booster to see, you know, the vice president, a former enlisted Marine, at the highest levels of government doing great work.
Morning Wire: Final question, with this being Veterans Day, how do you think we can best preserve the legacy of our military service members?
Lovell: Even if you’re not a veteran, I would encourage you to go to a Veterans Day ceremony. If you have friends and family that served, reach out to them, ask them about their time in service. What were their favorite times? What did they do that they remember the most that brought them the most satisfaction? And you know, when it comes to Veterans Day, I like to think of veterans that influenced me as a young man, and one of those people is Major James Capers. He’s a Silver Star winner, served in Vietnam, and right now his Medal of Honor is pending at the highest levels of the Secretary of War’s office and with the administration. And he’s 88 years old, and he did some superhuman things that I think are well-deserving of the Medal of Honor. … And so I think it would be fitting to mention Major Capers this Marine Corps birthday and also for tomorrow for Veterans Day.
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