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How Nancy Pelosi Quietly Shaped California’s Redistricting Fight

Private meetings and longtime loyalties helped push what began as something of a Democratic bluff into a full-fledged counteroffensive against President Trump.

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Nancy Pelosi is not the face of the redistricting fight in California — that role clearly belongs to Gov. Gavin Newsom — but she has been quietly pivotal from the start.
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Latest Revelations Complicate Trump’s Sweeping Denials About Epstein

President Trump often succeeds in pivoting the national conversation, but he is finding that more difficult when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein.

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President Trump has insisted that he played no role in a bawdy birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein that was made public on Monday.
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Effort to Force a House Vote on Epstein Files Nears Success

Supporters are on the brink of collecting the 218 signatures to proceed, but House Republican leaders and the White House are trying to stop it.

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Representative Thomas Massie, Republican of Kentucky, introduced a discharge petition last week to bring the bill calling for the release of the Epstein files to a vote on the House floor.
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On Epstein Files, Women Lead the G.O.P. Resistance to Trump

The Republican rift over whether to demand greater transparency in the case has once again highlighted a gender divide in the male-dominated party.

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Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia and a Trump ally, has backed a bill that would require the release of files on Jeffrey Epstein.
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