Epstein vote adds to Trump defeats: Congress Tracker

Nov. 18, 2025, 11:16 AM UTC

President Donald Trump is going through the roughest stretch of his second term — and it’s about to get worse in Congress.

The president who ran roughshod over Washington for months is about to see the Republican-led House — his closest institutional ally — vote overwhelmingly for an idea he has fiercely opposed: requiring the DOJ to release all its files on convicted sexual-abuser Jeffrey Epstein.

It might be unanimous, or at least very close to it. The vote centers on an unusual topic that has shown unique power to split Trump from at least part of his MAGA base ...

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