Politics

(NEW YORK) — A federal judge in Florida denied a Justice Department request to unseal grand jury records tied to federal investigations into Jeffrey Epstein, according to a public order released Wednesday. The request is one of three made by the Justice Department to judges in New York and Florida seeking to unseal records from […]

J. David Ake/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As a new school year approaches, multiple school systems around the country told ABC News that a Department of Education funding freeze is causing confusion. Some school districts told ABC News education cuts are illegal and will hurt students, but others said they support the Trump administration’s decision […]

Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Breakthrough T1D (WASHINGTON) — Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said she’s worried the Trump administration’s federal education funding freeze could mean “closing schools” in her home state. “Many of our school districts have already made really hard decisions about closing schools,” Murkowski said in the wake of three of Alaska’s school […]

Photo Credit: Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The turmoil in Congress over the Jeffrey Epstein probe isn’t going away anytime soon after House Speaker Mike Johnson announced Tuesday he is ending the legislative session early before the summer break. Johnson vented to reporters — even pounding the podium — as he expressed incredulity […]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images, FILE Miami elections could proceed this year as originally planned, after a judge ruled that city officials could not push elections back to 2026 without voter approval. The ruling comes after the Miami city council voted 3-2, and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez signed off, to cancel November’s elections and hold them in […]

Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump and the White House are already working behind the scenes on next year’s midterm elections, where Trump will play a heavy role in recruiting, fundraising and messaging, a White House official confirmed to ABC News. The White House plans to spend this year and next […]

Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) –Attorney General Pam Bondi said Monday that Deputy Attorney Todd Blanche will meet with Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted associate of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, sometime in the “coming days.” “President Trump has told us to release all credible evidence. If Ghislane Maxwell has information about anyone who has committed crimes […]

Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The federal judge now overseeing the Justice Department’s request to unseal grand jury records from Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell’s criminal case said in a new order Tuesday that he plans to rule “expeditiously” on the matter but requires more information before he can do so. […]

Hulton Archive/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. said the White House should make public the files on financier-turned-sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after the Trump administration released thousands of files on her father’s 1968 assassination over objections from her and other relatives of the civil rights leader. “Now, do the […]

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA). Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Another week, another stalemate in the House of Representatives over releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files. The GOP-led Rules Committee — which was working on advancing a slate of unrelated bills — came to a halt Monday evening because Democrats announced their plan to force […]