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Evening Wire: Congress Votes On Epstein Files & Nicki Minaj’s UN Address | 11.18.25
18 Nov 2025
Chapter 1: What did Congress decide regarding the Epstein files?
Congress votes to force the release of the Epstein files. Trump welcomes the Saudi crown prince to the White House. And Nicki Minaj speaks at the U.N. I'm Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Tuesday, November 18th. This is Evening Wire.
Chapter 2: What are the implications of Trump's meeting with the Saudi Crown Prince?
The House passed the bill 427 to 1 to force the Department of Justice to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein. Republican Clay Higgins of Louisiana was the only no vote on the bill. The Senate passed the measure unanimously.
Chapter 3: What did Nicki Minaj discuss at the United Nations?
It now heads to the president's desk where he's expected to sign it.
One House Democrat pushing for the release of the Epstein files has teased the contents as shocking. Representative Ro Khanna of California spoke to the New York Post yesterday. Here's what he had to say.
This is one of the most disgusting, outrageous corruption scandals. I want to know why some of these people still have universities named after them, why they still have scholarships named after them, why they are still in positions of power. There needs to be a reckoning in this country. When those files come out, it's going to shock the conscience of this country.
Chapter 4: What shocking revelations are expected from the Epstein files?
After the release of emails and texts between him and Jeffrey Epstein, former Clinton and Obama administration official Larry Summers said Monday that he plans to pull back from his public commitments. but he's going to continue to teach at Harvard. The former treasury secretary exchanged messages with Epstein long after he pled guilty to sex crimes back in 2008.
The messages show the two had a close relationship as late as 2019, with Summers even asking for relationship advice and criticizing Donald Trump. Summers told the New York Post he is deeply ashamed of his exchanges with Epstein.
President Trump welcomes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House for the prince's first visit in more than seven years. Daily Wire White House correspondent Mary Margaret Olihan has the story.
During the meeting, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman committed to increasing planned investments with the U.S.
Chapter 5: What recent developments have emerged regarding immigration and security?
to almost $1 trillion over the next year. The visit, which tightens ties between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, is momentous since this country had been largely shunned by President Joe Biden's administration after the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The crown prince was greeted with a military honor guard, a cannon salute, and even a flyover from U.S. warplanes.
The meeting comes amid President Trump's series of high-stakes meetings with the leaders of foreign countries on everything from trade to military tensions to protecting religious rights.
As new claims emerge about the man who shot President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt says Americans ought to have the full story. Here's Leavitt speaking with Miranda Devine on Pod Force One.
There are so many questions out there. And, I mean, you know, did he act alone, et cetera? And it's over a year.
Chapter 6: How is the education system responding to political pressures?
It's 16 months now. For sure.
Yeah, I mean, those questions are definitely deserving of answers. And I understand why the public wants those answers. And I believe the president does, too. So why don't we have them? You know, it's a good question. And it's one I'd like to see the answer to. And I think all Americans would.
A leaked town hall video from America's top medical education group is raising new questions about their political reach. Footage obtained by The Daily Wire shows senior leaders at the Association of American Medical Colleges vowing to fight federal and state efforts to restrict transgender medical practices.
Chapter 7: What trends are emerging in the marriage preferences of high school girls?
It's easy to say we're very concerned, but we are very concerned about this. We have a lot of work to do in this area. And it's definitely, definitely a high priority for us.
The AAMC, which oversees the MCAT and influences nearly every U.S. medical school, has joined a series of legal challenges defending puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for minors. Critics say the group has drifted into activism and away from science, even as it rebrands its DEI programs amid public pressure.
Pennsylvania issued a trucking license to an illegal immigrant on a terror watch list. Daily Wire immigration reporter Jenny Ter has the story.
Local authorities pulled over Uzbek national Akbar Bazarov while he was driving an 18-wheeler and discovered an interpol warrant for alleged terrorist activity, including distributing jihadist propaganda and recruiting terrorists. ICE took Bazarov into custody.
Bazarov crossed the California border illegally in 2023 when the Biden administration was pushing Border Patrol to move people out of custody as quickly as possible. Sources told The Daily Wire that border agents didn't find any such red flags at the time because they didn't have enough time to properly vet him.
In other immigration news, at least 140 illegal aliens were arrested in a raid on a human smuggling and sex trafficking operation on Sunday. Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced the results of the raid yesterday. Authorities took into custody foreign nationals from Central and South America, including migrants from Honduras, Mexico, and Venezuela.
Some of those arrested had ties to notorious drug cartels and gangs, such as Tren de Aragua.
A California district attorney is concerned about public safety after a judge's decision to set loose a second murder suspect. Judge Hector Ramon has now released two men charged with the June 2024 murder of a 21-year-old without requiring any bail.
Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen told Fox News Digital that it was bad enough that an accused murderer with a violent past was let out of custody. Now there are two. The odds of reoffense or fleeing from justice just doubled. People's lives ride on those odds.
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