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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R–S.D.) said Wednesday House Speaker Mike Johnson (R–La.) will need to take responsibility for handling the escalating Jeffrey Epstein controversy that has effectively halted House activity until the fall.

Speaker Mike Johnson is declining to accelerate the Epstein investigation, allowing the White House to act first.

In a dramatic turn of events on Capitol Hill, House Speaker Mike Johnson has opted to adjourn the U.S. House of Representatives early for its August recess, cutting short this week’s legislative session amid escalating tensions over the release of files connected to convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The Justice Department's alleged lack of transparency in its Epstein memo has sparked frustration among many Trump supporters.

Tech mogul Elon Musk changed his cellphone number and stopped returning Mike Johnson’s texts after throwing a titanic fit about the costs included in Republicans’ massive tax-and-spending bill, the House speaker revealed on the latest episode of “Pod Force One,” out Wednesday.

Attorney General Pam Bondi is coming under criticism from congressional Republicans growing increasingly frustrated with her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files scandal, which has badly divided the party and is now throwing work in the House off the rails.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and the Republican leadership depart a news conference after defending President Donald Trump's handling of protests in Los Angeles by sending thousands ...