The House is leaving Washington early as Republicans clash over the Jeffrey Epstein files. House Speaker Mike Johnson is rebuffing pressure to act on the investigation into Epstein as some Republicans push for a vote on the matter.

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Democrats are continuing to hammer Trump on his handling of the issue: “We’re going to have to work as hard as we can,” Representative Hank Johnson tells Vanity Fair, “to break through to the American people.

Growing calls for transparency in the Jeffrey Epstein saga will be left unanswered this week -- frustrating lawmakers from both parties.

The House is heading into the August recess early after the committee that dictates what legislation reaches the floor has been in a two-week stalemate over Democratic efforts to force politically

Republican lawmakers have blocked a move that could have forced President Donald Trump's administration to release the files on Jeffrey Epstein's investigation.

President Trump is seeking an unprecedented amount of damages in his lawsuit challenging a Wall Street Journal report about his Jeffrey Epstein.

Despite Martin Luther King Jr.'s children's disapproval of the unsealing of their father's file, other family members have expressed support for the Trump administration's actions.

Former White House adviser Steve Bannon demanded on Thursday the publication of all the documents related to deceased pedophile Jeffrey

President Donald Trump is accusing some of his onetime supporters of being “weaklings” who are falling prey to Democratic “bullshit” about the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — concluding that he no longer wants their support.

The turmoil in Congress over the Jeffrey Epstein probe isn't going away anytime soon after House Speaker Mike Johnson announced Tuesday he is ending the legislative session early before the summer break.