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  • House speaker condemns Trump Justice Department monitoring of lawmakers’ Epstein document review
  • Republicans urge Trump to hold firm against Democrats’ DHS demands as clock ticks toward shutdown
  • ‘They put me on there to die’: Conservatives unload on GOP’s failures to carry out DOGE cost-cutting
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  • Three House Republicans cross party lines to block effort to shield Trump from challenges to his tariffs
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  • Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie speak after viewing unredacted Epstein files on February 9, 2026, in Washington, DC.
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    Lawmakers suggest at least a half-dozen men are being protected by over-redactions in Epstein files
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    Senators’ stock trades directly overlapped with their committee work, CNN analysis finds
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    GOP lawmaker behind Congress’ Epstein push says Commerce Secretary Lutnick should resign over links
  • <p>In an exclusive interview with CNN's Manu Raju, Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie says it's time for Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to resign following the latest release of the Epstein files. Massie was the co-sponsor of the bill to have the files released, but questions where the rest of them are. He also said Trump needs to apologize to the Obamas following his now-deleted, racist video. He also joked that he relished Trump calling him a "moron" at Thursday's National Prayer Breakfast. </p>
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  • US President Donald Trump stands during the 74th annual National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton on February 5, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump is joined by bipartisan Congressional members, business, and religious leaders to pray for the nation.
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    GOP leaders fret as Trump sits out the party’s nastiest primary battles — with Senate control on the line
  • Rep. Thomas Massie arrives for a House vote on February 3.
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    A defiant Thomas Massie takes on the MAGA machine in heated Kentucky primary
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    Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project — if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him
  • Federal law enforcement agents detain a person in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 11.
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    Prospects for ICE deal sour on Capitol Hill as shutdown deadline nears for critical agency
  • House Speaker Mike Johnson arrives at the start of a press conference with members of the House Republican leadership at the US Capitol February 3, 2026 in Washington, DC.
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    Trump signs bill ending government shutdown, starting clock on ICE talks
  • Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrive for Donald Trump's inauguration in January 2025.
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    Clintons will appear for depositions in Epstein probe, staving off contempt vote
  • Committee Chairman James Comer, flanked by images of former President Bill Clinton, during a House Oversight Committee meeting on January 21, 2026.
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    Clintons agree to in-person depositions in 11th-hour offer to avoid contempt vote in Jeffrey Epstein investigation
  • The US and Texas State flags fly at the Texas Capitol building during a session as lawmakers vote on various bills addressing funding for flood relief and prevention in response to the July 4 floods, in Austin, Texas on Augusts 21, 2025.
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    A Democrat flipped a state Senate seat in Texas. Republicans say it’s a ‘wake-up call’ for the midterms
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  • President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office on Monday.
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    Key House conservatives bow to Trump ahead of government funding vote, signaling swift end to shutdown
  • Maine Governor Janet Mills attends an event in Augusta, Maine, in March 2022.
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    As Susan Collins awaits, a generational divide splits Maine Democrats in pivotal Senate race
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