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House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) has moved forward with a plan to partially release information from the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case — but House Democrats, including ranking member Robert Garcia (D-CA), are not satisfied with this limited production.

And furthermore, Garcia told MSNBC's "The Weeknight" panel on Tuesday, they've left out a massively important witness from all this: President Donald Trump's former Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta, who as a former federal prosecutor, helped Epstein escape justice in the first place.

A top House Democrat told MSNBC viewers on Tuesday that the Senate should consider taking an extraordinary step to shut down the government over President Donald Trump's takeover of Washington, D.C.

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, joined "The Weeknight" on Tuesday evening, where the congressman was asked about the different avenues of leverage that Democrats can use to hit back at Trump's federalization of Washington, D.C.'s law enforcement operations.

A former member of Congress unloaded on CNN on Tuesday evening after the president referred to himself as a "war hero" during a radio interview.

During an interview with conservative radio host Mark Levin, President Donald Trump described Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a "war hero" for his actions in Gaza. Trump added that he should also be known as a war hero because he approved of the bombing mission that destroyed Iran's nuclear facility.

A historian called out President Donald Trump for his comments on Tuesday, railing that museums are "woke" and "out of control" for teaching "how bad Slavery was."

Trump took to his Truth Social platform to bemoan that the "Museums throughout Washington, but all over the Country are, essentially, the last remaining segment of 'WOKE.'"

President Donald Trump once again attacked Jerome Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, bemoaning Tuesday afternoon that Powell is "hurting the housing industry."

Trump took to his Truth Social platform to take aim at Powell, a frequent target of Trump who has opposed lowering interest rates.

A former prosecutor in the Southern District of New York who worked under U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Berman pointed out that former Attorney General Bill Barr has zero knowledge about the investigation or prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein.

Barr appeared before the House Oversight Committee on Monday, where he claimed he didn't hear anything about President Donald Trump being in the Epstein files.

Republicans continue to face off against their own voters, who are angry over the passage of the 2026 budget known as the "Big, Beautiful Bill" and Donald Trump's refusal to release the files over the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

Speaking to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace, political analyst and expert John Heilemann had little sympathy for lawmakers facing off against those back home in their congressional districts.

President Donald Trump has put congressional Republicans in a bad spot, according to one analyst.

The Trump administration has tried to outrun the Jeffrey Epstein files story for more than two months. During the campaign, Trump promised to release the files once elected. However, his administration has quickly pivoted and, to date, declined to release any new information about the files, which has nearly fractured Trump's MAGA base.

MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace showed clips of the recent town hall disasters for GOP leaders like Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY), who took Rep. Liz Cheney's seat in 2022. She noticed that even when Republicans try to blame Democrats, it doesn't go well for them.

She began with a clip of Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), who tried to blame former President Joe Biden for not releasing the files around the investigation of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

President Donald Trump and his administration officials have repeatedly suggested, with no basis, that former President Barack Obama committed a crime in pursuing an investigation of Russian interference into the 2016 presidential election — but even Trump has acknowledged that Obama probably can't be charged with anything because of Trump's own Supreme Court case establishing presidents have a presumption of criminal immunity for "official acts" carried out in office.

However, Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) isn't quite willing to concede that just yet, explaining on the right-wing Chris Salcedo Show his own legal theory of how Obama could be prosecuted anyway.

Shouting erupted at a California Assembly hearing after a Republican member tried to delay the passage of a bill that would allow voters to redistrict the state in response to proposed gerrymandering in Texas.

During the Tuesday hearing on elections, the chair repeatedly cautioned Republican Assemblymember David Tangipa for creating delays by asking witnesses off-topic questions.

Masked federal agents mocked a Maryland woman Monday who hit record when a chase ended in a crash on her lawn.

Federal agents chased a landscaping truck about a mile east of Washington, D.C., on Monday, which ultimately led to the vehicle crashing onto a woman's lawn. The resident of the Takoma Park home came outside immediately and started filming the incident.