Democrats in Congress want to force votes to release the full Jeffrey Epstein files. The party’s candidates are bringing up the Epstein case in campaign speeches. And at least one potential 2028 contender is fundraising off the furor.

The move in Washington comes after Paramount agreed to pay $16 million, mostly to Trump's presidential library, to settle the president's personal lawsuit over '60 Minutes' edits. In May, Qatar donated a $400-million jetliner.

That was Vice President JD Vance’s message Wednesday as he rallied at a family-owned machine shop in this purple Pennsylvania manufacturing town, kicking off what is expected to be a summer of intense Republican efforts to sell the party’s domestic legislation ahead of the midterms.

The Trump administration faces another legal challenge from Democrat-led states over cutting federal grants. Several states filed a lawsuit Wednesday over the cancellation of disaster prevention funds.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday a top antagonist, Democratic Senator Adam Schiff, should be "brought to justice" for alleged mortgage fraud, in a move the California Democrat said amounted to political persecution.

Democratic leaders have tried to squash impeachment pushes from rank-and-file lawmakers as progressives urge the party to fight harder against Trump.

Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has a stark warning for Democrats’ fundraising efforts as numbers start to trickle in from the second financial quarter. In an interview with the Washington Examiner,

China is positioned to attract global talent as Trump’s policies weaken American competitiveness, some lawmakers say.