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With the summer break over, the House is set to re-convene Tuesday — which means Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has no choice but to deal with a member of his own caucus who has put him in a corner over allowing a vote on the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

According to Rep. Tom Massie (R-KY), what has transpired while Congress has been out for summer break has made it even more imperative for a vote on the release to happen — and the sooner the better.

Donald Trump's golfing buddy scrambled Monday to deny multiple claims that a photograph showing the two over the weekend was an AI-generated fake — and that the president was actually seriously ill.

It comes amid wild speculation that a mysterious announcement scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday was to address rumors that reached fever pitch over the Labor Day weekend concerning Trump's unusual silence. Hashtags like #TRUMPISDEAD trended on social media, with approximately 158,000 posts suggesting the president had already passed away.

The internet burst into speculation late Monday over a White House communication teasing an "announcement" from President Donald Trump to come Tuesday afternoon.

The White House issued its daily guidance and press schedule, with Trump expected to make an announcement from the Oval Office at 2 p.m. Eastern Time. But the guidance didn't elaborate, and came as Trump has been noticeably absent from public view.

President Donald Trump was serving his first term when Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, both political science professors at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, outside Boston, wrote their 2018 book "How Democracies Die."

Levitsky and Ziblatt took a close look at former democracies that fell into authoritarianism, and they drew a distinction between outright fascist dictatorships and countries that technically have voting rights but are heavily rigged in favor of one particular party.

President Donald Trump continued his "authoritarian takeover of our election system" over the weekend, threatening an executive order requiring every voter to present identification, which experts swiftly denounced as clearly "unconstitutional."

"Voter I.D. Must Be Part of Every Single Vote. NO EXCEPTIONS!" Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform late Saturday. "I Will Be Doing An Executive Order To That End!!! Also, No Mail-In Voting, Except For Those That Are Very Ill, And The Far Away Military. USE PAPER BALLOTS ONLY!!!"

President Donald Trump is vowing to take his tariff case to the Supreme Court after a federal appeals court ruled his sweeping scheme was illegal — but according to New York-based attorney John Polonis, the president shouldn't bank on the 6-3 Republican judicial body to give their stamp of approval, either.

Polonis laid out why he believes the justices are likely to uphold the appeals court's ruling in a lengthy post to Threads on Monday.

President Donald Trump's behavior around the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case has created suspicion simply because of how little he seems to want to follow through on giving the answers he promised his base, Vanity Fair's Molly Jong-Fast told Ari Melber on MSNBC on Monday.

Melber started this point by playing a clip of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche's controversial interview with imprisoned Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, who said she did not believe Epstein died by suicide — a common conspiracy theory that has animated the debate.

President Donald Trump's implementation of the "No Tax On Tips" policy is poorly conceived and asking for trouble, University of Michigan economics professor Justin Wolfers told CNN's Phil Mattingly on Monday.

The policy, a key campaign promise Trump made in 2024, was authorized by the GOP's tax cut megabill passed earlier this year. It allows for tips to receive a tax deduction. The policy, along with eliminating taxes on overtime, expires a month before Trump is set to leave office.

In an article for the Wall Street Journal published Monday, conservative legal commentator Jonathan H. Adler argued that the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s rejection of the Trump administration’s sweeping emergency “Liberation Day” tariffs underscores both the legal overreach at play and the constitutional stakes now before the Supreme Court.

On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, sitting en banc, affirmed a lower court’s ruling that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) when he imposed broad “Liberation Day” and reciprocal tariffs, reversing conventional limits established by Congress.

News that Rudy Giuliani would receive the nation's highest civilian honor from President Donald Trump earned swift mockery and outrage from observers on Labor Day.

Giuliani suffered fractured vertebrae and other injuries in a serious crash Saturday night near Manchester, New Hampshire. According to a statement signed by Michael Ragusa, Giuliani's head of security, the incident occurred after Giuliani "was flagged down by a woman who was the victim of a domestic violence incident."

President Donald Trump was torn apart by The Washington Post editorial board on Monday for his strong-arm tactics against the government of India — a measure they warned could not just backfire in his face, but undo decades of progress for the United States in building closer ties to the world's most populous country.

Trump has done everything in his power to pressure India to turn away from involvement with Russia and China, mostly by imposing massive tariffs on the country as a bargaining chip. The Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, has responded by meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping, prompting an online meltdown by the president.

A Trump administration cut from April earned fresh criticism from safety advocates on Labor Day.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's team dedicated to preventing drownings was cut that month as part of broader federal budget cuts and agency restructuring. The team tracked drowning incidents, analyzed data, and worked on public safety campaigns. It was disbanded, sparking concerns from public health advocates over the loss of national leadership and data analysis on how to prevent drownings.

As Congress heads back to Washington this September with more at stake than ever, the GOP faces several challenges.

In an article published in The Hill on Monday, political analyst Juan Williams noted that when the House abruptly adjourned in July, Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) early recess granted Republicans a temporary escape from the fallout over the Trump administration’s refusal to release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. But that pause is ending, and the pressure is back, full force.