The House is leaving Washington a day early for it's five-week August recess after tensions erupted over efforts to force release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Why it matters: Fallout from the debate over the Epstein files has effectively frozen House business.

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The turmoil in Congress over the Jeffrey Epstein probe isn't going away anytime soon after the House Speaker ended the legislative session early before the August break.

The Department of Justice’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation continued to roil Washington on Tuesday, as the department pivoted—reaching out to jailed Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell—and the House of Representatives was dismissed early for its summer recess.

There’s no pretending otherwise: disgraced and deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein has hijacked Washington.

In an statement shared with Newsweek, the White House denied that an encounter described by Farmer took place.

Newly uncovered archived video footage and photos reveal fresh details about Donald Trump’s past relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee agreed to subpoena Ghislaine Maxwell, an associate of Jeffrey Epstein, in prison for conspiracy.

One of the Epstein files the Justice Department apparently had was a lewd and cryptic letter Trump had sent Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday. Trump vehemently denied he’d written it, attacked the Journal and Dow Jones owner Rupert Murdoch,