Jeffrey Epstein, Congress
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Sarasota Congressman Greg Steube voted to release the Epstein files on Tuesday. He called for their release as President Trump fought against it.
A bid by Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., to force a censure of her fellow House Republican and remove his committee assignments failed on Wednesday night. Mace introduced a censure resolution against Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., earlier in the day, accusing him of stolen valor among other alleged improprieties.
A former aide to Congressman Van Drew, Natalie Greene, has been accused of faking a violent political attack at a nature reserve.
The House on Wednesday scuttled a resolution to censure Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) and remove him from his committees over a swath of personal controversies, capping off days of Republicans battling each other over whether and how to punish other lawmakers.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., made a brief speech on the House floor after the vote, accusing the leadership in both parties of “cutting backroom deals” to protect their own members, which they’ve denied. After Luna made her point, another member was heard whooping and telling Luna: “Get it, girl!”
The president’s plan for tariff dividends meets cool skepticism in Congress.
Aviles, a staffer for Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales, died after catching fire at her home; officials ruled her death a suicide by self-immolation.
GOP Rep. Don Bacon and Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi, both members of the House Problem Solvers Caucus, joined "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" to discuss the vote next month on health care subsidies as promised in the deal to reopen the government.