Overview

• The Justice Department formally asked a federal court on July 18 to unseal grand jury transcripts in Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal case following a presidential directive
• Attorney General Pam Bondi filed the motion after President Trump ordered the release of “pertinent” testimony related to the late financier
• The House of Representatives passed legislation cutting $9 billion from public broadcasting and foreign aid, sending the measure to the president for his signature
• Lawmakers approved the first federal regulatory framework for cryptocurrency, which Trump signed into law on July 18
• The disclosure of Trump’s diagnosis, a common venous disorder, coincided with his schedule to sign the newly passed legislation into law