(Background) WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 20: Secretary of Education Linda McMahon (L) speaks during a White House press briefing with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt (R) on November 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. McMahon addressed questions related to a recent initiative by the Trump administration to largely dismantle the Department of Education, moving many of its operations to other U.S. government agencies. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) / (R) official U.S. Dept. of Education logo.

Education Secy. McMahon: Govt. shutdown ‘proved’ U.S. Dept. of Education is not needed

U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon took to the White House briefing room podium to deliver a bold message to the remaining bureaucrats at her Department: President Donald Trump’s mandate is clear — “drain the swamp,” empower parents and U.S. states, and work yourselves out of a failing agency by dismantling the bloated federal education machine once and for all.

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(R-Bottom) WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 03: Attorney Bradley Edwards speaks during a news conference with alleged victims of disgraced financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein outside the U.S. Capitol on September 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. Massie and Khanna have introduced the Epstein List Transparency Act to force the federal government to release all unclassified records from the cases of Epstein and his associate, Ghislaine Maxwell. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) / (R-top) UNSPECIFIED, FL - JULY 25. 2013: In this handout provided by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Jeffrey Epstein poses for a sex offender mugshot after being charged with procuring a minor for prostitution on July 25, 2013 in Florida. (Photo by Florida Department of Law Enforcement via Getty Images) / (L-Top) US President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC on November 19, 2025. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) / (L-bottom) WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 19: Attorney General Pam Bondi appears at a news conference announcing the indictment of a former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, charging him with murder and money laundering in connection to a drug trafficking organization at the Justice Department on November 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Justice Department announced a fifteen-million-dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of Ryan James Wedding, the leader of a criminal drug organization who smuggled large quantities of cocaine through Colombia and Mexico for distribution in the United States and Canada. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump signs the Epstein Files Transparency Act into law

President Donald Trump has officially signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act into law, ordering the DOJ to publicly release all unclassified records, documents, communications, and any other investigative materials related to Jeffrey Epstein’s investigations, prosecutions, and custodial matters — including those involving Ghislaine Maxwell, flight logs, and references to connected individuals.

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(L) WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 26: Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) testifies during the first hearing of the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassinations of Donald Trump Longworth House Office Building at the U.S. Capitol on September 26, 2024 in Washington, DC. The bipartisan task force was created with a limited purview on the July 13 assassination attempt in Butler, PA, but the House is expected to soon act to expand the panel's authority to include the recent attempt on the former President's life by Ryan Wesley Routh in West Palm Beach, FL. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images) / (R) US Representative Nancy Mace, Republican of South Carolina, speaks to reporters following a House vote on the "Epstein Files Transparency Act" at the US Capitol on Washington, DC on November 18, 2025. US lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday for releasing government files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, after President Donald Trump dropped his opposition to opening the books on a scandal that has roiled politics, law enforcement and the country's elite. (Photo by DANIEL HEUER / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL HEUER/AFP via Getty Images)

Mace introduces resolution to censure Mills, seeking to remove him from seats on House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committees

In a tense escalation of Republicans holding their party members “accountable,” South Carolina GOP Rep. Nancy Mace introduced a privileged resolution on Wednesday to formally censure Florida GOP Rep. Cory Mills — seeking to remove him from his powerful seats on the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committees.

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(Background) WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 21: Rep. James Comer (R-KY) speaks at a press conference at the US Capitol on October 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. The government remains shut down after Congress failed to reach a funding deal 21 days ago. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) / (R-Top) WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 17: U.S. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks to reporters at a news conference inside the U.S. Capitol on November 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. Jeffries spoke to reporters about a range of topics including the upcoming house vote on the declassification of Epstein files and the 2026 midterms. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) / (R-Bottom) WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 16: Rep. Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) speaks during a mark up meeting with the House Budget Committee on Capitol Hill on May 16, 2025 in Washington, DC. Members of the Budget Committee met to consider House Republicans’ reconciliation bill, which includes U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed tax and spending cuts. The bill faced bipartisan opposition, with five Republican members of the House Budget Committee voting against it and supporting a motion for the committee to recess for the weekend. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Comer calls out Democrat Party efforts to defame Trump in Epstein docs controversy: ‘Their latest anti-Trump hoax has collapsed’

In a fiery exchange on the House floor, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer called out Democrats for their direct and indirect involvement with pedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein — noting how House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ fundraising team solicited him for donations and a private meeting in 2013 — five years after being convicted of procuring a minor for prostitution.

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U.S. President Donald Trump (C-R) welcomes Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia (C-L) during an arrival ceremony at the White House on November 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Saudi Crown Prince meets with Trump, pledges nearly $1T in new Saudi investments to U.S.

In a spectacle of military pageantry and billion-dollar handshakes, President Donald Trump gave Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) a red-carpet embrace at the White House on Tuesday, capping the visit with an announcement that Riyadh will nearly double its planned U.S. investments to almost $1 trillion over the coming decade.

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