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Senate Republicans halted a Democratic bid to sue the Trump administration over delayed and redacted Epstein files, as DOJ says it has fully complied with the transparency law.
Legal experts and historians say President Trump’s second-term expansion of executive power, from military actions to targeting critics, signals a dangerous shift away from democratic norms and checks and balances.
JD Vance cast the deciding vote to halt a Senate war powers resolution aimed at limiting President Trump’s military actions in Venezuela, after GOP senators reversed course.
A federal judge ordered grand jury materials from the Epstein sex-trafficking case to be unsealed under the new transparency law, amid bipartisan pressure and expanding DOJ investigations into the financier’s network.
Bipartisan lawmakers are seeking a briefing from AG Pam Bondi on new Epstein evidence before the DOJ’s upcoming release, as Congress expands its own investigation and new images from Epstein’s island surface.
Trump escalates tensions by accusing six Democratic lawmakers of sedition and amplifying calls for violence after they released a video urging troops to reject illegal orders, prompting sharp Democratic warnings about political violence.
Emails released by House Democrats show Jeffrey Epstein claimed Donald Trump knew about his abuse of underage girls as early as 2011. The White House denies the allegations, saying the emails “prove absolutely nothing.” Lawmakers from both parties are now pressing for the full release of the Epstein case files after the FBI said it would not publish more information.
After 40 days of gridlock, the U.S. Senate advanced a bipartisan deal to end the Trump administration’s record-breaking shutdown. The bill restores food assistance for 42 million Americans and brings back laid-off federal workers, but Democrats remain divided over the omission of key Affordable Care Act subsidies — the very issue that sparked the shutdown.
Senate Republicans narrowly blocked a Democratic-led resolution to stop President Trump’s escalating military strikes off the coast of Venezuela, which have killed dozens without congressional authorization. The 49–51 vote leaves the administration free to continue its campaign, despite bipartisan concern that Trump is overstepping constitutional limits on presidential war powers.
As Trump’s shutdown stretched into its 37th day, Senate Democrats stood united behind a plan to tie reopening the government to protecting health care for millions. Progressives urged their party not to “cave” to Republican pressure, insisting that any deal must include an extension of Affordable Care Act tax credits.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned whether President Donald Trump overstepped constitutional limits by imposing sweeping global tariffs using emergency powers under a 1970s-era law.
Small business owners challenge Trump's sweeping emergency tariffs before the Supreme Court, arguing the president lacks authority to impose taxes without congressional authorization under IEEPA.
