A House investigation that the G.O.P. has tried to use to deflect calls for more transparency has yielded striking revelations that have only fueled the Epstein saga.
A House investigation that the G.O.P. has tried to use to deflect calls for more transparency has yielded striking revelations that have only fueled the Epstein saga.
As Republicans sought to show movement on the issue this year, Representative James R. Comer of Kentucky, the Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee, issued subpoenas to an array of sources, including for a broad set of documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate.
Proponents of fuller transparency used an arcane rule to prod their leaders to act. When it became clear they had succeeded, the speaker agreed to hold a vote.
Proponents of fuller transparency used an arcane rule to prod their leaders to act. When it became clear they had succeeded, the speaker agreed to hold a vote.
Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina was one of the Republicans who signed a petition requiring the House to vote on a measure requiring the full release of the Justice Department’s files about the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Representative Adelita Grijalva, the Arizona Democrat who had waited weeks to be sworn in, provided the 218th and final signature needed to force action.
Representative Adelita Grijalva, the Arizona Democrat who had waited weeks to be sworn in, provided the 218th and final signature needed to force action.
Representative Lauren Boebert, one of the Republicans pressing for more Epstein disclosures, was summoned for a meeting in the White House Situation Room.
Representative Lauren Boebert, one of the Republicans pressing for more Epstein disclosures, was summoned for a meeting in the White House Situation Room.
In a message obtained by Congress, the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald J. Trump spent hours at his house with one of Mr. Epstein’s victims.
In a message obtained by Congress, the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald J. Trump spent hours at his house with one of Mr. Epstein’s victims.
The agreement prompted a backlash within the party, not only against the Democratic defectors who supported it, but against Senator Chuck Schumer, the leader who did not.
The agreement prompted a backlash within the party, not only against the Democratic defectors who supported it, but against Senator Chuck Schumer, the leader who did not.
Senators Catherine Cortez Masto, Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shaheen, Angus King and Tim Kaine, who voted with Republicans to end the government shutdown, at the Capitol on Sunday night.
For 40 days, Senator Chuck Schumer kept his caucus unified. But an end approached without an extension of expiring health insurance subsidies that Democrats had demanded.
For 40 days, Senator Chuck Schumer kept his caucus unified. But an end approached without an extension of expiring health insurance subsidies that Democrats had demanded.
Senator Angus King, one of the senators who negotiated with Republicans, said that the length of the shutdown had pushed some colleagues to support a deal without the extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies they had originally sought.
A small but critical group of Democrats backed legislation to fund the government, providing the votes to move forward with a spending package that would end the shutdown in coming days.
A small but critical group of Democrats backed legislation to fund the government, providing the votes to move forward with a spending package that would end the shutdown in coming days.
Senator Angus King spoke to reporters alongside Senator Tim Kaine and Senator Maggie Hassan on Capitol Hill on Sunday night, to explain why they voted with Republicans to move toward ending the government shutdown.
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