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The House has voted to tell the Justice Department to release the Epstein files, after President Trump caved to pressure from fellow Republicans. Our congressional correspondent Annie Karni describes how Trump's inability to head off the vote is a sign that his movement is fraying.
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The only person in Congress to vote against the bill was a right-wing congressman from Louisiana who is an ardent supporter of President Trump and has espoused conspiracy theories.
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Rep. Ralph Norman (R-South Carolina), who introduced the resolution, said it was "beyond comprehension" that Plaskett would communicate with Epstein during a hearing.
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The newly redrawn map would have given Republicans a leg up in as many as five House districts for the 2026 midterm elections. Texas must use its 2021 map.
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Lauren Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Nancy Mace resisted pressure from the president and made the vote to release the Epstein files possible.
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The move by a three-judge panel dealt a blow to efforts by Texas Republicans and President Trump to flip Democratic seats in the state.
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Three Republicans voted with nearly every Democrat in the House to defeat an effort to formally reprimand Delegate Stacey Plaskett, Democrat of the Virgin Islands.
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