The case of Jeffrey Epstein, sex offender and former friend of the president, has blown up into a major headache for the White House.

Trump is trying to divert attention from the Epstein conspiracy theory with a new-and-improved one about Barack Obama and treason.

Attorney General Pam Bondi, one of the loudest voices calling for release of Jeffrey Epstein's criminal file, grapples with how much can be public.

The House is leaving Washington a day early for it's five-week August recess after tensions erupted over efforts to force release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Why it matters: Fallout from the debate over the Epstein files has effectively frozen House business.

A key House committee is looking into the investigation of the late Jeffrey Epstein for sex trafficking crimes, working to subpoena President Donald Trump's Department of Justice for files in the case as well as hold a deposition of Epstein's former girlfriend,

One of the reasons Donald Trump cannot manage to deny or deflect attention over the Epstein investigation is that the case centers on “what the MAGA base is about, which is powerful people doing things behind closed doors,” Eugene Daniels, a senior Washington correspondent at MSNBC, argued last night.

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As Congress heads into August, conflicts and scandals are poised to derail a seemingly quiet end to the summer in Washington, with the investigations into and debates about former President Joe Biden's mental decline,

Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna, who are working together to push the Trump administration to release federal files related to Epstein, disagreed over whether Trump should pardon Epstein’s longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

Republicans are furious with the attorney general’s handling of the Epstein files, which has consumed Washington for weeks.

As Donald Trump weathers the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, Andy Biggs voted against subpoenaing the Epstein files and Paul Gosar didn't vote at all.