Attorney General Pam Bondi told President Trump during a White House meeting in May that his name is in the Epstein files, The Wall Street Journal reports.  Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said the relevant files should be released.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) tells reporters he’s confident he can get 218 members to sign onto a discharge petition that would force a vote on releasing the Epstein files. Republican Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson will send Republican lawmakers home early for their summer recess in order to avoid demands for the release of the Epstein

Trump admits to being friends with Jeffrey Epstein throughout the 80s and 90s until Florida police began investigating Epstein in 2005 after allegations that he had sexually abused a minor. Police identified five victims and 17 credible witnesses. Ultimately the Republican U.S. attorney in Miami, Alex Acosta, negotiated a sweetheart plea deal with Epstein in

The Wall Street Journal reported on a creepy birthday card Trump sent to Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 for procuring a minor for prostitution. The Journal tweeted, “Exclusive: For Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, friends created a book of bawdy letters. One was from Donald Trump.” Trump included a type-written note that envisions a

Nursing homes already struggling to recruit staff are now grappling with Trump’s attack on one of their few reliable sources of workers: immigration. The largest targets in Trump’s crackdown include female and children immigrants who’ve had temporary protection to stay in America; more than 1.2 million people who fled wars, oppression, natural disasters, poverty and crime.

Republican Representative Thomas Massie has begun an effort to force a House vote on whether they should be released. Trump called his supporters “stupid” and then blamed “PAST supporters” for their focus on Jeffrey Epstein. “My PAST supporters have bought into this ‘bullshit,’ hook, line, and sinker,” adding, “Let these weaklings continue forward and do the