The big question on the tips of many political watchers’ tongues right now is whether the Trump administration’s botched handling of the Epstein files will do what virtually nothing has yet: turn President Donald Trump’s devoted base against him.

Civil rights activist and Georgia Congressman John Lewis was known for saying he got into "good trouble" by using peaceful, non-violent action to challenge injustice. Now, in 1,600 cities and towns across the country, protesters are planning to make similar "good trouble" on July 17, the fifth anniversary of Lewis' death.

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House Republican leaders are preparing for a late night in the chamber as they try to jam through President Donald Trump’s $9 billion package of cuts to federal funding — after a day of intense talks with GOP holdouts demanding a vote on a Jeffrey Epstein-related measure.

New tax-and-spending law expands benefits for investments in sparsely populated regions.

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A powerful earthquake struck a Republican senator's home state Wednesday. Just a day earlier, she'd slammed budget cuts that could affect natural disaster warnings.

Former Ukraine aid critics now back Trump's strategy requiring European funding for weapons to Kyiv after the president pivoted his frustration from Zelenskyy to Putin.

Republicans are looking for ways to combat the rising anger over the release of the files of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which threatens to split the party. As things heat up in the debate on whether the Trump administration should release the complete files of Epstein,