Overview
- After trying to stop a House vote on Jeffrey Epstein–related records, President Trump reversed course and urged Republicans to support releasing the files, saying “we have nothing to hide.”
- Trump publicly disowned Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, labeling her a traitor, while Greene said his remarks endangered her life and insisted she remains America First.
- Republican lawmakers moved toward forcing the Epstein records vote despite Trump’s pressure, exposing a rare intra-party rebuke that preceded his U-turn.
- Other setbacks for Trump included Indiana Republicans rejecting his redistricting push, Senate leaders spurning his calls to scrap the filibuster and blue slips, and Supreme Court skepticism of his tariff powers.
- MAGA influencers faulted Trump’s proposals on 50-year mortgages and H‑1B visas, as analysts described intensifying jockeying over the GOP’s post‑Trump identity with figures like Vice President JD Vance in the conversation.