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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) scrambled to deny reports that he was adjourning the U.S. House of Representatives to prevent a vote on releasing files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

"Yesterday, some of you may have seen a false headline in the New York Times, and the headline was terribly misleading," Johnson said on Wednesday. "It said, 'House Republicans are adjourning until September to avoid a vote on releasing Epstein materials.' I just want you to know, and everybody here knows, that's an outright lie."

Donald Trump's flirtation with wanting to take over Greenland has plunged the popularity of the U.S. to a new low among locals and in Denmark.

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Trump's overtures to Denmark to assume possession of the protectorate was greeted with dismay and diminished goodwill built up over decades between the two countries.

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) put new pressure on Attorney General Pam Bondi over the Jeffrey Epstein case by dumping a road map to the pedophile's financial network into her lap as President Donald Trump begged his followers to move on from the scandal.

The Oregon Democrat and his investigators have been probing the late financier's networks and discovered four big banks had flagged $1.5 billion in suspicious money transfers to the Treasury Department involving Epstein that appeared to be linked to his sex-trafficking ring. Wyden went public with those findings last week and then handed his evidence to Bondi, reported The New Republic.

Rep. Greg Stanton (D-AZ) scolded acting FEMA director David Richardson for being "nowhere near Texas" in the days after a flood killed scores of people.

During a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on Wednesday, Stanton noted that Richardson had a duty under the law "to act proactively and not to wait for a request from Governor Abbott to pre-position resources."

First Lady Brigitte Macron is suing right-wing firebrand Candace Owens for a “relentless and unjustified smear campaign” that alleges Macron is secretly a man.

Law firm Clare Locke shared the 219-page defamation complaint on its website, showing that Owens will be sued in Delaware state court.

Beyond GOP lawmakers having to head home for their summer break and explain their vote on the hugely unpopular budget bill they just shoved through, Donald Trump's Jeffrey Epstein scandal has added to their woes.

According to a report from Politico, Democrats fully intend on making Republicans co-conspirators in the White House's difficulties in making the Epstein files controversy go away.

President Donald Trump did a prisoner swap last week in which he returned 250 Venezuelan migrants back to their country in exchange for a swap of 10 Americans who were in that nation's prisons.

New reports claimed one of those Americans have been convicted of killing three people in an horrific ax attack in which he slit their throats.

As Texas lawmakers gear up for a special session in an attempt to flip Democrat-controlled congressional seats by redrawing the state's districts, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) pledged Wednesday to “go nuclear” in response, suggesting Democrats should arbitrarily redraw their own states’ districts to bolster their own numbers.

“They’re trying to pick their voters, they’re trying to redraw the lines in the middle of the decade so that they have more seats, it is very open and obvious,” Slotkin said, speaking at an Axios event in Washington, D.C.

President Donald Trump's approval has collapsed to near-historic lows, according to a new analysis, and Americans disapprove of his handling of every major issue.

The president has been trying to change the subject from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal that has ballooned this month after his Department of Justice announced the disgraced financier had killed himself while awaiting trial and had not kept a client list. CNN's Harry Enten found the issue was a major drag on Trump's popularity.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) fled the stage after pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted an event with members of Congress.

While appearing at an Axios event on Wednesday, Hawley was interrupted by protesters angry over his support for Israel.

The death of legendary criminal defense lawyer Roy Black, who helped secure a controversial plea agreement for Jeffrey Epstein two decades ago, sent conspiracy theorists in a fresh spiral or outrage.

The 80-year-old trial attorney and longtime University of Miami law professor represented numerous high-profile clients over the years, including William Kennedy Smith, Rush Limbaugh, Helio Castroneves, Kelsey Grammer, Fred De la Mata, BuzzFeed, and Rolls-Royce, reported WPLG-TV.