A key House committee is looking into the investigation of the late Jeffrey Epstein for sex trafficking crimes, working to subpoena President Donald Trump's Department of Justice for files in the case as well as hold a deposition of Epstein's former girlfriend,

Lawmakers were sent home early from Washington D.C. to make the files related to the prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein public, while the White House is attempting to drive other stories to the

Republicans are furious with the attorney general’s handling of the Epstein files, which has consumed Washington for weeks.

The case of Jeffrey Epstein, sex offender and former friend of the president, has blown up into a major headache for the White House.

The House is leaving Washington a day early for it's five-week August recess after tensions erupted over efforts to force release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Why it matters: Fallout from the debate over the Epstein files has effectively frozen House business.

One of the reasons Donald Trump cannot manage to deny or deflect attention over the Epstein investigation is that the case centers on “what the MAGA base is about, which is powerful people doing things behind closed doors,” Eugene Daniels, a senior Washington correspondent at MSNBC, argued last night.

President Trump is trying to divert attention from the Epstein conspiracy theory with a new-and-improved one about Barack Obama and treason.

As Congress heads into August, conflicts and scandals are poised to derail a seemingly quiet end to the summer in Washington, with the investigations into and debates about former President Joe Biden's mental decline,

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White House aides have made it clear that no one in the administration is allowed to talk about Epstein without high-level vetting as Trump attempts to change the subject.

Epstein-related protests have been reported in Scotland, including a sign appearing outside his Aberdeenshire golf course saying "twinned with Epstein Island."