A session defined by Republican wins concluded with a Republican rebellion this week in the House of Representatives.

House members returned to their districts after gridlock over the Trump administration's refusal to release the Department of Justice files on Jeffrey Epstein.

Republicans remain fractured over whether to vote to release the Epstein files, and the issue threatens to follow members home during the August recess.

September could bring bad tidings for the Trump presidency, as both Houses of Congress reconvene after their hasty early closure in July, with Jeffrey Epstein at the top of the agenda ...

Trump has scolded reporters, claimed ignorance and offered distractions in an effort to quash questions about Epstein and the suspicions still swirling around the disgraced financier's case years afte ...