A Washington Post poll found that most Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of issues related to the Epstein files.

A key House committee is looking into the investigation of the late Jeffrey Epstein for sex trafficking crimes.

President Donald Trump wants Rupert Murdoch, 94, deposed within the next 15 days in his defamation case against The Wall Street Journal for its reporting on a bawdy birthday greeting under Trump’s name in a compilation of letters for Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th.

The comments came as part of the president’s efforts to distract, deny and deflect from his long-running relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that he ended his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and threw the now-disgraced financier out of his private club in Florida after Epstein betrayed him more than once by hiring people who had worked for him.

Puck News Chief Political Columnist John Heilemann, Washington Post White House Reporter Emily Davies, and Former Deputy National Security Advisor to President Obama Ben Rhodes join Nicolle Wallace to discuss the new reporting from Emily finds that Donald Trump is furious that the Epstein scandal is dominating headlines as he loses control of the narrative.

The case of Jeffrey Epstein, sex offender and former friend of the president, has blown up into a major headache for the White House.

President Trump’s promise to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein helped feed into a broader narrative last year: he was the agent of change, while President Biden and Vice President Harris were guards of the status quo.

Some lawmakers began pressuring the Trump administration last week to respond to calls for transparency in the Jeffrey Epstein case.

Speaking to reporters in Scotland on Monday, the president was asked about his relationship with the late Epstein and why the pair fell out in the mid-2000s. Trump called the squabble “such old history,” explaining that he gave Epstein the boot after he poached employees from Trump’s businesses.

Bipartisan push for full Epstein files A Bipartisan congressional duo now pushes for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein case files on Capitol Hill. July 27, 2025