Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson responded on Thursday amid reported blowback from members of his party over criticism they've faced for voting down a Democratic-led effort to force the release of documents related to the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Plus, Adelita Grijalva wins the Democratic primary in the race for a House seat in Arizona. The seat was left vacant by her father, Raúl Grijalva, who died in March.

Donald Trump's former vice president, Mike Pence, has joined the growing Republican faction calling for the release of the Epstein files amid the president's temperamental outbursts about the alleged

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is reportedly considering backing a GOP-led measure to quell the fury from Republican voters over the Justice Department’s handling of the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

How are we already halfway through July?? I swear it JUST began. In today’s issue: Epstein files spark MAGA revolt  Trump visits Pittsburgh Mike Waltz grilled on ‘Signalgate’

House Republicans gave final approval just after midnight Friday to Trump’s proposal to claw back $9 billion in public media and foreign assistance, greenlighting the Senate's changes to the measure that will bake in proposed DOGE cuts to public media and foreign aid.

Congress had until the end of day on Friday to pass the rescissions request, or the funding would have had to be spent as originally intended.

As tensions mount in Congress, Republicans have blocked another attempt by Democrats to address the mixed messaging surrounding the release of the Epstein files. Joining us now is political correspondent Nate Reed to discuss whether any future releases of these files will be hindered.