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Just moments after an explosive news conference on the Capitol steps Wednesday that saw Jeffrey Epstein survivors demand transparency, the fight over Justice Department files on the disgraced financier went on to spill onto the House floor, where one Democratic lawmaker laid into Republicans for “continuing to cover up the Epstein files!”

Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) kicked off the reconvening of the House by introducing a resolution that, in part, would permit the House Oversight Committee to continue its investigation into the Epstein files.

The day before Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will face a public grilling in front of the Senate Finance Committee, a former high-ranking official who resigned from her position at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention penned an op-ed for The Washington Post suggesting three lines of inquiry lawmakers should follow with Kennedy under threat of congressional contempt.

Writing that, until last week, she served as the CDC’s chief medical officer, Debra Houry explained that she had a “firsthand view of how public health policy has been affected,” and that gives her an advantage on where the testimony should be taken.

Donald Trump Jr. said he called his father over the weekend "to make sure" he wasn't dead.

During a Wednesday interview on Newsmax, host Bianca de la Garza noted that rumors had circulated about the president's demise.

The Republican Party's massive budget law has shown itself to be decidedly unpopular with voters, as polls consistently show Americans opposed to its $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid.

Because of this, reported Punchbowl News' Jake Sherman, US President Donald Trump met with GOP members of Congress on Wednesday morning to discuss how to boost the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act's popularity.

President Donald Trump called the demand for documents around the Jeffrey Epstein investigation nothing more than a "Democrat hoax" when speaking from the Oval Office on Wednesday.

However, one legal expert warned that the press conference of Epstein survivors outside of the U.S. Capitol will inspire more survivors to come forward, including those who are unrelated to the Epstein matter. She noted perhaps there might be more new indictments.