Live updates and the latest news as JD Vance touts passage of GOP agenda bill and the Senate votes on Trump-requested cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting spending.

There was no specific reason given for Maurene Comey's firing from the US attorney’s office in the Southern District of New York, according to a person who spoke to the Associated Press.

House Speaker Mike Johnson drew criticism this week after initially backing the full disclosure of the government's Epstein files, then blocking a vote that would have allowed their release. His reversal comes amid growing MAGA tensions as President Trump calls the Epstein saga "boring" and urges his base to move on.

President Donald Trump’s strategy has been to downplay the uproar over the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case as his supporters demand the Justice Department release much-hyped records in the investigation.

Here’s what to know about the disturbing facts and unsubstantiated suspicions that make Jeffrey Epstein, a registered sex offender, a politically potent obsession.

On the foreign policy front, Trump said he will send more weapons to Ukraine after the Pentagon paused deliveries of the critically-needed supplies last week. Overnight, Russia launched what Ukrainian officials said was the largest aerial assault since the start of the war.

Congress is scrambling to meet a Friday deadline to pass a bill requested by President Donald Trump to claw back $9 billion in foreign aid and federal funding for public broadcasting. The Republican-led Senate is debating amendments to the measure,

Trump faces MAGA revolt over Epstein files, risking key alliances and distracting from midterm campaign priorities. Follow Newsweek's live blog.

President Donald Trump released a message marking one year since the attempted assassination of his life at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. "As we commemorate one year since the harrowing events of July 13, 2024, we reaffirm that the American spirit has and will always triumph over forces of evil and destruction," Trump said.

Jeffrey Epstein was 'not murdered and was not blackmailing anyone,' concluded the FBI and DOJ investigation which would be the last of its kind, according to a memo

The rhetoric marks a dramatic escalation for the Republican president, who has broken with some of his most loyal backers on issues in the past, but never with such fervor.