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Photo by Maddie McGarvey-Pool/Getty Images (CANTON, Ohio) — Speaking in Canton, Ohio, on Monday, Vice President JD Vance was asked about the Jeffrey Epstein files and took an opportunity to defend President Donald Trump and [Read More…]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Monday gave more details about why his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein went south, and told reporters he hasn’t been asked for a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon. Trump [Read More…]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Roy Cooper, the former Democratic governor of North Carolina, officially launched his Senate bid for Republican Sen. Thom Tillis’ open seat in 2026 on Monday. “I’m Roy Cooper, and I [Read More…]

Jared Siskin/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court should hear Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal of her 2021 sex trafficking conviction because the government has an “obligation to honor” a non-prosecution agreement with [Read More…]

Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas.) — The national Democratic Party is ramping up its offensive against potential mid-decade redistricting in Texas with a new organizing effort launching Monday, according to plans shared [Read More…]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Republican Rep. Thomas Massie said Sunday he stands with Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna’s calls to subpoena Jeffrey Epstein’s estate for documents related to his case, including, as reported by [Read More…]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — Texas Democrats on Friday traveled to California and Illinois for meetings with Democratic governors who have criticized Republicans’ plans to redraw the Texas congressional map to protect the GOP [Read More…]

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — He proposed free crosstown buses. He pushed for steep tax hikes on the wealthy—including an 18.5% property tax increase— insisting none of his rich friends threatened to leave [Read More…]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The roughly $6 billion in education programming that was frozen by the Trump administration earlier this month is being released, according to a Department of Education spokesperson on Friday. This includes [Read More…]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s attempt to ensure his pick remains in charge of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey has taken a new twist. On Thursday, one day before Alina [Read More…]

A general view of the Trump Turnberry club house, July 24, 2025, in Turnberry, Scotland/ Christopher Furlong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is making his fourth international trip of his second term this week, [Read More…]

Paul Zimmerman/WireImage/Getty (WASHINGTON) — A senior Department of Justice official is meeting with longtime Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell on Thursday in Tallahassee, Florida, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. The meeting between [Read More…]

Sylvain Gaboury/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ghislaine Maxwell engaged in a “significant pattern of dishonest conduct,” enabled and participated in the abuse of multiple teenage girls, and failed to take responsibility for her [Read More…]

Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Wednesday took a step toward approving its first appropriation bill, agreeing to advance military construction and Veterans Affairs spending in a 90-8 vote. But lawmakers [Read More…]

Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Wednesday released its promised “AI Action Plan,” a sweeping set of policy proposals aimed at boosting the United States’ goal for dominance in artificial [Read More…]

(NEW YORK) — A federal judge in Florida denied one of three Justice Department requests to unseal grand jury records tied to federal investigations into Epstein, according to a public order released Wednesday. The request is one [Read More…]

Sylvain Gaboury/Paul Bruinooge/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer on Wednesday issued a subpoena to Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted associate of Jeffrey Epstein, for a deposition to occur at Federal [Read More…]

(NEW YORK) — A federal judge in Florida denied a Justice Department request to unseal grand jury records tied to federal investigations into Jeffrey Epstein, according to a public order released Wednesday. The request is [Read More…]

J. David Ake/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As a new school year approaches, multiple school systems around the country told ABC News that a Department of Education funding freeze is causing confusion. Some school districts [Read More…]

Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Breakthrough T1D (WASHINGTON) — Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said she’s worried the Trump administration’s federal education funding freeze could mean “closing schools” in her home state. “Many of our school [Read More…]