Epstein files: The Senate on Wednesday was awaiting delivery of a bill that demands the Justice Department release the Epstein files, a day after the legislation passed almost unanimously in the House. The Senate is expected to pass the measure as soon as it arrives in the chamber, which would clear it for President Trump’s signature. Read more ›

EPSTEIN FILES: The Senate agreed last night to send President Donald Trump legislation that would compel the Justice Department to release records related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The measure passed the House 427-1, with Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., the only lawmaker to vote no.

Shira Perlmutter was fired after she issued a report about artificial intelligence. President Trump allegedly disagreed with the report.

The Senate today unanimously agreed to pass the House-backed bill forcing the Justice Department to release the Jeffrey Epstein case files as soon as it’s received from the chamber. Follow here for li

U.S. lawmakers are set to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Capitol on the second day of his visit to the United States, aimed at touting stronger-than-ever economic and security ties with Washington while brushing off scrutiny over his human rights record.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Both the House and Senate acted decisively Tuesday to pass a bill to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a remarkable display of approval for an effort that had struggled for months to overcome opposition from President Donald Trump and Republican leadership.

As we commemorate Thomas Jefferson’s role in the founding of the United States at its 250th anniversary, it is worth noting another of Jefferson’s lasting but often overlooked legacies. Jefferson literally wrote the book on the rules of Congress. His thoughts on the institution can shape our own rules today.

Whether “willfully” in 2 U.S.C. § 192 – which states that anyone who is “summoned … by the authority of either House of Congress” and “willfully makes default” on the subpoena has committed a crime – requires the government to prove the defendant knew his conduct was unlawful;