2025-07-23
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From The New York Times, it's the headlines.
I'm Tracey Mumford.
Today's Wednesday, July 23rd.
Here's what we're covering.
In Washington, the Epstein drama is not going away.
And President Trump and Republican lawmakers are pulling out new tactics to try and shut down the conversation.
at the Capitol.
What we refuse to do is participate in another one of the Democrats' political games.
This is a serious matter.
We are not going to let them use this as a political battering ram.
Speaker Mike Johnson announced yesterday that he's sending lawmakers home early,
cutting the session short, even though they were still considering legislation.
He explicitly said he's doing it to avoid votes calling for the release of more files related to the government's investigation of Jeffrey Epstein on sex trafficking allegations.