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With the twin pressures of summer temperatures and the Jeffrey Epstein controversy keeping things hot in the nation's Capitol, House Speaker Mike Johnson is apparently hoping things cool down by September.

Divisions inside the Republican Party over the Jeffrey Epstein investigation boiled over on Capitol Hill. Speaker Mike Johnson said the House won't take action before leaving town for the August recess at the end of the week.

An unreasonable movement, it turns out, cannot easily be reasoned with.” (On the subject of that Trump-Fox interview before the election, a quick detour: Fox has recently been scrutinized for airing an abbreviated version of Trump’s answer in which it edited out the caveats and made him sound keener on releasing the Epstein files than he actually was.

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join John Yang to discuss the week in politics, including the MAGA debate over releasing the Epstein files intensifies and congressional Republicans deliver Trump a win by clawing back $9 billion in foreign aid and public media funding.

Donald Trump attended the Republican primary debates among established right-wing leaders. The real estate billionaire, well known for his beauty pageants, decadent lifestyle, and playboy antics, was the least polished figure onstage.

Jimmy Kimmel is fighting back against President Donald Trump amid mass debate over the cancellation of his fellow late-night TV talk show host Stephen Colbert’s program. Not long after the news was confirmed by Colbert,

Trump was annoyed by the constant questions from reporters—had Bondi told him that his name, in fact, was in the Epstein files? (“No,” came his response)—and frustrated by his inability to redirect the nation’s attention to what he views as his successes,