After lashing out at House Republicans in a last-ditch effort to derail an upcoming vote that would force his administration to release the so-called Jeffrey Epstein files, Donald Trump is now calling on lawmakers to vote for the measure, saying it’s time to “move on.”
He called the issue a distraction from his achievements and that lawmakers investigating the late pedophile’s alleged ties to a wider network of powerful figures — including the president — “can have whatever they are legally entitled to.”
“I DON’T CARE!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Over the weekend, the president branded GOP congresswoman and now-former ally Marjorie Taylor Greene a “traitor” and Rep. Thomas Massie a “loser.” Both plan to join Democratic members to secure the release of more information from past investigations into the late sex offender.
Last week, a congressional panel released thousands of emails from Epstein while Trump and his allies pushed back against a case, calling it a “hoax.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson had sought to avoid a vote but conceded Democrats were likely to secure the 218 votes needed to compel the Justice Department to release the documents in its possession.
The House is expected to vote on the measure Tuesday.
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Key Points
- Donald Trump reverses course and tells Republicans to vote to release Jeffrey Epstein files to 'move on'
- House expected to vote on files release Tuesday
- Chuck Schumer tells Trump: 'Just release the files now'
- Marjorie Taylor Greene: Trump calling me a traitor 'puts blood in the water'
Recap: Trump reverses course and now says he doesn't care if House Republicans vote to release Epstein files
09:15 , Alex WoodwardAfter feuding with House Republicans and Democratic members of Congress over a measure that would force his administration to release case files on Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump is now calling on lawmakers to vote for the measure, saying it’s time to “move on.”
House Republicans “should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide, and it’s time to move on from this Democrat Hoax perpetrated by Radical Left Lunatics in order to deflect from the Great Success of the Republican Party,” he wrote on Truth Social Sunday night.
He said the Department of Justice has already turned over “tens of thousands” related to Epstein and is now looking at “various Democrat operatives” mentioned in the documents, including former president Bill Clinton, Reid Hoffman and Larry Summers.
He said the House Oversight Committee “can have whatever they are legally entitled to, I DON’T CARE!”
“All I do care about is that Republicans get BACK ON POINT” to celebrate what he has called his administration’s successes on the economy and “affordability.”
“Nobody cared about Jeffrey Epstein when he was alive and, if the Democrats had anything, they would have released it before our Landslide Election Victory,” Trump wrote.
He claimed some members of the Republican Party are being “used,” and “we can’t let that happen.”
“Let’s start talking about the Republican Party’s Record Setting Achievements, and not fall into the Epstein ‘TRAP,’ which is actually a curse on the Democrats, not us,” he added.
Analysis: How rebel Republicans are building their profiles by bucking Trump on Epstein
09:00 , John BowdenIs this the dawning of a new brand of anti-Trump Republican?
If MAGA isn’t splintering, it is at the very least becoming factional, as various conservative figures maneuver for the movement’s mantle.
How rebel Republicans are building their profiles by bucking Trump on Epstein
Watch: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she regrets posting 'harmful' polarising content on social media
08:45 , Alex WoodwardTrump’s favorite reporter faces a reckoning amid bitter rift between girlfriend Marjorie Taylor Greene and the president
08:30 , Rhian LubinA growing divide within the GOP and right-wing media over Epstein threatens to split apart Trump’s coalition, including members of the Trump-friendly media like Marjorie Taylor Green’s boyfriend Brian Glenn:
MAGA reporter defends girlfriend Marjorie Taylor Greene after Trump attacks
Trump addresses Marjorie Taylor Greene feud: 'I don't think anybody cares about her'
08:00 , Rhian LubinIn remarks to reporters Sunday night, Trump commented on his feud with Marjorie Taylor Greene as he was asked to respond to her claim that she is concerned for her safety.
Greene alleged Saturday that she was being contacted “by private security firms with warnings for my safety as a hot bed of threats against me are being fueled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world,” referring to Trump.
“I don’t think her life is in danger,” Trump responded Sunday night. “Frankly, I don’t think anybody cares about her.”
He also called her “Marjorie Traitor Greene.”
The hoax pizza deliveries have started now, to my house and my family members.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) November 16, 2025
Update: we also received a pipe bomb threat on my construction companies office building.
President Trump’s unwarranted and vicious attacks against me were a dog whistle to dangerous radicals that… pic.twitter.com/SUOoSNz83Z
Watch: Marjorie Taylor Greene calls Trump's remarks 'hurtful'
07:00 , Alex WoodwardWatch: Trump speaks to reporters before returning to DC — and giving Republicans a reluctant greenlight on Epstein
06:00 , Alex WoodwardWATCH IN FULL: President Donald J. Trump takes questions from the press this evening before returning to Washington, D.C. pic.twitter.com/7Q9CvUVLXa
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) November 17, 2025
Marjorie Taylor Greene: 'Now that Trump has called me a traitor...this puts blood in the water'
04:30 , Rhian LubinRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has accused President Donald Trump of putting “blood in the water” by calling her a “traitor.”
Trump unleashed on Greene on Truth Social Saturday morning as their feud escalated and hurled the insult at her.
In a post on X Sunday evening, Greene said the slur was “absolutely untrue and horrific.”
“Now that President Trump has called me a traitor, which is absolutely untrue and horrific. Mark Levin has been calling me a traitor. And so have other prominent likely paid social medial [sic] activists,” she said.
“This puts blood in the water and creates a feeding frenzy. And it could ultimately lead to a harmful or even deadly outcome. Also, the timing of this just happens to be days before we take the vote on releasing the Epstein files.”
“I am not a traitor,” Greene continued. “However, when the President of the United States irresponsibly calls a Member of Congress of his own party, traitor, he is signaling what must be done to a traitor.”
Schumer calls on Trump to release files after president reverses course: 'Just release the files now'
03:49 , Alex WoodwardThe future of a measure in Congress to compel the Justice Department to release the Epstein files is uncertain in the Senate, though House Democrats are confident that they have the votes this week.
Trump said he now doesn’t “care” about the vote anymore, but Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer reminded the president that the measure is meant to compel his administration to release the files — which he could do on his own.
“The vote is to compel YOU to release them. Let’s make this easier. Just release the files now,” Schumer said.
The vote is to compel YOU to release them.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) November 17, 2025
Let’s make this easier.
Just release the files now. https://t.co/Sdq6VOJnZj
Epstein survivors release video pushing House Republicans to vote to release files: ‘We’re still in the dark’
03:30 , Rhian LubinWomen who survived abuse under Jeffrey Epstein have released a powerful video urging House Republicans to vote to release all of the files in relation to the late convicted pedophile.
Staring directly into the camera, the group of women held up photos from when they allegedly first met the sex offender as teenagers and said it was “time to bring the secrets out of the shadows” in a last-minute call to action ahead of Tuesday’s House vote.
The public service announcement was released Sunday evening by World Without Exploitation, a group that campaigns against sexual exploitation.
Epstein survivors release video pushing House Republicans to release the files
House Democrat behind Epstein bill thanks Trump for his 'complete and total endorsement' of measure
03:22 , Alex WoodwardDemocratic Rep. Ro Khanna, who is sponsoring legislation to compel the Justice Department to release its Epstein files, says Trump’s latest statement was a “complete [and] total endorsement” of the effort.
“I believe that by standing for principle, Americans will have your back [and] the mightiest will see the way,” he wrote late Sunday. “This is how we start to heal the chasm in our nation. Release the Epstein files!”
Glad to see @realDonaldTrump's complete & total endorsement of my bill with @RepThomasMassie
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) November 17, 2025
I believe that by standing for principle, Americans will have your back & the mightiest will see the way. This is how we start to heal the chasm in our nation. Release the Epstein files! https://t.co/b8d6AASs5k pic.twitter.com/qsEagAOEmk
Breaking: Trump tells Republicans to vote to release Epstein files to 'move on'
02:36 , Alex WoodwardAfter feuding with House Republicans and Democratic members of Congress over a measure that would force his administration to release case files on Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump is now calling on lawmakers to vote for the measure, saying it’s time to “move on.”
House Republicans “should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide, and it’s time to move on from this Democrat Hoax perpetrated by Radical Left Lunatics in order to deflect from the Great Success of the Republican Party,” he wrote on Truth Social Sunday night.
He said the Department of Justice has already turned over “tens of thousands” related to Epstein and is now looking at “various Democrat operatives” mentioned in the documents, including former president Bill Clinton, Reid Hoffman and Larry Summers.
He said the House Oversight Committee “can have whatever they are legally entitled to, I DON’T CARE!”
“All I do care about is that Republicans get BACK ON POINT” to celebrate what he has called his administration’s successes on the economy and “affordability.”
“Nobody cared about Jeffrey Epstein when he was alive and, if the Democrats had anything, they would have released it before our Landslide Election Victory,” Trump wrote.
He claimed some members of the Republican Party are being “used,” and “we can’t let that happen.”
“Let’s start talking about the Republican Party’s Record Setting Achievements, and not fall into the Epstein ‘TRAP,’ which is actually a curse on the Democrats, not us,” he added.
How rebel Republicans are building their profiles by bucking Trump on Epstein
02:22 , John BowdenIs this the dawning of a new brand of anti-Trump Republican?
With Donald Trump at war with members of Congress, it seems as if the “Make America Great Again” coalition is finally breaking apart.
If MAGA isn’t splintering, it is at the very least becoming factional, as various conservative figures maneuver for the movement’s mantle.
How rebel Republicans are building their profiles by bucking Trump on Epstein
Marjorie Taylor Greene claims she received 'pipe bomb threat'
01:51 , Rhian LubinRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has said she received a “pipe bomb threat” following President Donald Trump’s “vicious attacks” against her.
The feud between the MAGA firebrand and the president appears to be showing no signs of slowing down.
In a post on X Sunday evening, Greene claimed the threats to her safety have escalated after Trump called her a “traitor” over her refusal to back down in calling for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
“The hoax pizza deliveries have started now, to my house and my family members,” Greene said.
“Update: we also received a pipe bomb threat on my construction companies office building. President Trump’s unwarranted and vicious attacks against me were a dog whistle to dangerous radicals that could lead to serious attacks on me and my family.”
Trump brushed off Greene’s concerns over her safety when asked about it in Florida on his way back to the White House.
“I don’t think her life is in danger,” Trump said. “Frankly, I don’t think anybody cares about her.”
Trump addresses Marjorie Taylor Greene feud: 'I don't think anybody cares about her'
00:38 , Rhian LubinTrump also commented on the feud with Marjorie Taylor Greene tonight as he was asked by reporters to respond to her claim that she is concerned for her safety.
Greene alleged Saturday that she was being contacted “by private security firms with warnings for my safety as a hot bed of threats against me are being fueled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world,” referring to Trump.
“I don’t think her life is in danger,” Trump responded Sunday night. “Frankly, I don’t think anybody cares about her.”
He called her “Marjorie Traitor Greene” again when speaking with reporters.
Trump: "Marjorie Traitor Greene -- I don't think her life is in danger. Frankly, I don't think anybody cares about her." pic.twitter.com/CpjFSVZRbr
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 17, 2025
New: Trump says he doesn't want to talk about Epstein files
00:15 , Rhian LubinPresident Donald Trump was quizzed about the ongoing Epstein files controversy by reporters this evening as he made his way back to Washington, D.C.
Trump appeared irritated when he was asked by a reporter about Rep. Thomas Massie, who is one of the rebel Republicans leading the charge to release the Epstein files.
“Representative Massie says he’s concerned that the Epstein probe you’re calling for could be a smokescreen to block the release of more files. Is that the case?” a reporter asked Trump.
The president replied: “Well, I don’t want to talk about it because fake news like you... you’re a terrible reporter, and fake news like you they keep bringing that up to deflect from the tremendous success of the Trump administration.”
Watch the clip below:
Q: Massie says he's concerned that the Epstein probe you're calling for could be a smokescreen to block the release of more files. Is that the case?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 17, 2025
TRUMP: I don't want to talk about it because fake news like you -- you're a terrible reporter -- they just keep bringing that up… pic.twitter.com/8oM4tmb9IC
Bessent predicts cost of living will decrease next year
00:00 , Ariana BaioTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday he anticipates people to “feel” the cost of living decreasing in the first or second quarter of 2026.
“I would expect in the first two quarters, we’re going to see the inflation curve bend down and the real income curve substantially accelerate and when those two lines cross, Americans are going to feel it,” Bessent told Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures.”
Deputy AG goes to bat for Trump, promises accountability
00:00 , Ariana BaioDeputy Attorney General Todd Blanche reiterated the Justice Department’s promise to hold those involved with Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes accountable – as the president seeks to quash the House from forcing the DoJ to release the remainder of the Epstein files.
“We’re going to continue to find out if there’s anybody responsible, anyone who hasn’t been held accountable and if they’re out there, we’ll find them,” Blanche told Fox News’s “The Big Weekend Show” Sunday evening.
Blanche, who is also Trump’s former personal lawyer, was tasked with questioning Epstein’s accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, earlier this year. From their interview, Maxwell said she had never witnessed Trump at Epstein’s home and that he and Epstein were not close friends.
However, recent emails, released by House Democrats, appear to dispute that information as they allude to Trump spending time at Epstein’s home while a potential victim was present.
“The Epstein investigation is something that has gone on for over a decade, and there’s nobody, there’s nobody that wants to make sure that we deal with that more than President Trump, more than Attorney General Bondi, Director Patel, myself and so that’s what we’re going to do,” Blanche added.
Both Trump and Bondi have refused to release more information related to the Epstein investigation.
From ‘future star’ to ‘traitor’: How Trump’s MAGA warrior Marjorie Taylor Greene lost the president
Sunday 16 November 2025 23:00 , Josh MarcusFew allies can remain in Donald Trump’s good graces forever.
Just ask his former lawyer-turned-critic, Michael Cohen; or his first-term Vice President Mike Pence, targeted by members of the January 6 mob who called for his hanging, or the president’s on-again, off-again “first buddy” Elon Musk, with whom Trump waged a very public online flamewar this summer over Jeffrey Epstein.
For a while, it seemed like far-right congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene might be the one who bucked the trend, but now it seems her time has come, too.
Josh Marcus reports:
‘Future star’ to ‘traitor’: How Trump split with MAGA diehard Marjorie Taylor Greene
Senate Majority Whip won't commit to vote on Epstein measure
Sunday 16 November 2025 22:30 , Ariana BaioRepublican Senator John Barasso, who serves as majority whip, refused to commit to holding a vote on the Epstein files in the Senate, should it pass in the House.
“We all want accountability and transparency, but to me, this is not about truth; it’s not about justice, it’s about an attempt by Democrats to make President Trump a lame duck president,” Barasso told NBC News’s “Meet the Press” Sunday.
Barasso said the Senate would “take a look” at the Epstein files discharge petition if it makes its way to the upper chamber but stopped short of promising to hold a vote on it.
Trump’s favorite reporter faces a reckoning amid bitter rift between girlfriend Marjorie Taylor Greene and the president
Sunday 16 November 2025 22:00 , Ariana BaioBrian Glenn, a fiercely pro-Donald Trump personality for a fringe far-right media network, has found himself in a difficult spot as his girlfriend, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, is locked in a bitter feud with the president over Jeffrey Epstein.
Glenn, the chief White House correspondent for Real America’s Voice, showed his support for Greene in a social media post Saturday after Trump called his girlfriend a “traitor” but did not mention the president or call him out for his attacks.
“I love this woman. I love this country. God bless America,” Glenn wrote in a post on X, accompanied by several loved-up photographs of him with Greene. The MAGA firebrand responded “I love you” with a heart emoji.
Rhian Lubin reports:
MAGA reporter defends girlfriend Marjorie Taylor Greene after Trump attacks
House is expected to vote on Epstein files release Tuesday
Sunday 16 November 2025 21:45 , Ariana BaioThe House of Representatives is aiming to vote on a discharge petition for the Epstein Files Tuesday, Politico reported.
The vote, which needs 218 votes, would compel the Justice Department to release the remainder of the documents related to the government’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
The vote is expected to pass in the House but would then need Senate approval before heading to President Donald Trump’s desk to sign.
Most people disapprove of Democrats’ handling of the shutdown: poll
Sunday 16 November 2025 21:30 , Ariana BaioApproximately 60 percent of people disapprove of congressional Democrats’ handling of the government shutdown, a new poll from CBS News / YouGov found.
Emerging from the longest shutdown in history, Democrats seemingly underperformed expectations compared to Republicans, according to the survey of more than 1,200 people.
Nearly half of the respondents, 49 percent, said Democrats' attempts to restore healthcare tax credits were not worth the shutdown. However, more respondents, 52 percent, said Republicans’ refusal to negotiate on the tax credits was not worth the shutdown.
Approximately 36 percent of people said Democrats did not compromise enough, while 33 percent believe Democrats compromised too much.
A vast majority of people believe Republicans got what they wanted from the shutdown, while Democrats did not.
Three more people killed in US boat strike
Sunday 16 November 2025 20:45 , Ariana BaioThree men aboard a vessel in the Eastern Pacific were killed Saturday at the direction of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the US military announced Sunday.
As part of the ongoing operation to stop boats accused of smuggling illicit narcotics into the U.S., the Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a “lethal kinetic strike” on a vessel that allegedly was operated by a “designated terrorist organization.”
This is the 19th strike of such kind to be conducted since early September, elevating the death toll to 78 people.
Despite claims, the Defense Department has offered no evidence to confirm that the boats are carrying narcotics or that those in the boats are “narco terrorists.”
On Nov. 15, at the direction of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization. Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was involved in illicit narcotics smuggling,… pic.twitter.com/iM1PhIsroj
— U.S. Southern Command (@Southcom) November 16, 2025
81 people arrested in first day of immigration raids in Charlotte
Sunday 16 November 2025 20:30 , Ariana BaioU.S. Customs and Border Patrol have arrested approximately 81 people since federal agents descended upon Charlotte, North Carolina, this weekend, the senior official of the agency, Gregory Bovino, said.
The operation, known as “Charlotte's Web,” is the first immigration enforcement mission being headed by CBP. While Immigration and Customs Enforcement is conducting arrests, they did not coordinate with CBP Saturday.
Bovino, who has faced criticism for the agency’s excessively aggressive tactics, said among those 81 arrested, many had “significant criminal and immigration history” – a claim the administration has made during every immigration operation.
SNL’s Trump sells gold-framed Epstein files for $800 in cold open sketch
Sunday 16 November 2025 20:05 , Josh MarcusSaturday Night Live mocked the Trump administration’s ongoing attempts to downplay the Jeffrey Epstein scandal in a cold open sketch featuring the president denying he ever really knew Epstein just before offering to sell the Epstein files for $800 as a “stocking stuffer.”
“Jeffrey Epstein, I barely knew the guy, as evidenced by the thousands of pictures of us together dancing and grinding our teeth at various parties, always leering and pointing at something just off camera, probably a book we’re excited to read,” Trump, played by James Austin Johnson, tells reporters in the White House briefing room.
Elsewhere in the sketch, Trump trips over his words trying to explain his administration’s ever-changing stance on the Epstein scandal, which has seen the White House go from promising deep transparency and document releases to federal officials announcing this summer that further investigations and disclosures would not be warranted.
Thomas Massie shrugs off Trump insults over his wedding
Sunday 16 November 2025 19:41 , John BowdenRep. Thomas Massie weighed in on Donald Trump’s insulting statements about his marriage and the onslaught of abuse he’s received from pro-Trump loyalists on social media on Sunday as he vowed to keep fighting for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files held by the Department of Justice.
Read more here:
Thomas Massie shrugs off Trump insults over his wedding as Epstein standoff ramps up
Advanced aircraft carrier arrives in Caribbean Sea
Sunday 16 November 2025 19:15 , Associated PressThe nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday in a display of U.S. military power, raising questions about what the new influx of troops and weaponry could signal for the Trump administration’s drug enforcement campaign in South America.
Since early September, U.S. strikes have killed at least 80 people in 20 attacks on small boats accused of transporting drugs in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean.
The Ford rounds off the largest buildup of U.S. firepower in the region in generations, bringing the total number of troops to around 12,000 on nearly a dozen Navy ships in what Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has dubbed “Operation Southern Spear.”
OPERATION ROUGH RIDER = Freedom of Navigation for U.S. ships
OPERATION MIDNIGHT HAMMER = Obliteration of Iranian nuclear sites
OPERATION SOUTHERN SPEAR = Destroy Narco-Terrorists killing Americans@POTUS Trump means business — and the world knows it.
Peace Through Strength.
Johnson says House will get Epstein vote ‘done’ and ‘move on’
Sunday 16 November 2025 18:50 , Ariana BaioSpeaker of the House Mike Johnson confirmed Sunday that House members will vote to force the release of the Epstein files this week after months of delay – asserting there is “nothing to hide.”
“We’ll just get this done and move it on. There’s nothing to hide,” Johnson said on “Fox News Sunday.”
Johnson sent House members home early this past summer to prevent them from voting to release the Epstein files.
Watch: Marjorie Taylor Greene questioned on alleged Epstein-Israel connection
Sunday 16 November 2025 18:36 , Caspar BarnesSenator Cassidy refuses to say if he regrets confirming RFK Jr
Sunday 16 November 2025 18:10 , Ariana BaioWhen asked if he regretted voting to confirm Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Senator Bill Cassidy, chairman of the Senate Health Committee, declined to answer.
“So you live life forward. Again, you just do. Let today’s own troubles be sufficient for the day,” Cassidy told host of CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Margaret Brennan, Sunday.
Cassidy has publicly disagreed with several of Kennedy’s decisions, including rolling back vaccine recommendations, overhauling the committee that approves vaccine guidance, instilling anti-vaccine advocates into power positions and more.
The senator said he publicly disagrees with Kennedy on several policies, but praised his efforts to draw attention to regulating processed foods.
“So that’s how I’ll answer your question,” Cassidy told Brennan.
Brennan replied, “That sounds like, yes.”
Republican representative says Johnson should get Epstein vote ‘over with’
Sunday 16 November 2025 17:46 , Ariana BaioRepublican Rep. Don Bacon said Sunday that Speaker of the House Mike Johnson should just “rip the band-aid off” and allow the House to vote to compel the release of the Epstein files.
Appearing on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Bacon said the White House and Trump looked “bad” by trying to prevent the Epstein files from being released and urged those attempting to starve off a vote to just let it happen.
"I think the Speaker realizes the train has left the station on this. Let's rip the band-aid off and get it done. I wish the president realized that, the more the White House pushes back on this. It just looks bad, right?” Bacon said.
The representative said the situation has been a “PR blunder” from the beginning when Attorney General Pam Bondi released white binders containing “Phase 1” of the Epstein files to conservative influencers, then reversed course, refusing to release further information.
Sending licence fee money to Mar-a-Lago not ‘smart’, shadow minister suggests
Sunday 16 November 2025 17:35 , Caitlin DohertySending BBC licence fee money “over to Mar-a-Lago” would not be a “smart” thing to do, the shadow home secretary has said after Donald Trump threatened to sue the corporation for up to $5bn.
Chris Philp said he believed the president is the “wronged party” in his battle with BBC, but that he did not think that using licence fee money to settle the matter would be a good idea.
Read more here:
Sending licence fee money to Mar-a-Lago not ‘smart’, shadow minister suggests
Trump scolds Indiana Republicans for not redistricting
Sunday 16 November 2025 16:57 , Ariana BaioPresident Donald Trump took to this Truth Social account to scold Indiana Republicans for rejecting his calls to redistrict the state in the hopes of picking up more congressional seats.
Targeting Indiana state Senators Rod Bray and Greg Goode, Trump used a familiar insult, a “RINO” or “Republican in name only,” to claim they were “depriving” Republicans of a potential majority in the House of Representatives.
“It’s weak ‘Republicans’ that cause our Country such problems — It’s why we have crazy Policies and Ideas that are so bad for America,” Trump wrote.
The president also called out Indiana Governor Mike Braun for “not working the way he should” and insinuated Braun owed him for helping the governor get elected.
Rep. Massie warns Republican colleagues of long-term repercussions of Epstein vote
Sunday 16 November 2025 16:31 , Ariana BaioRepublican Rep. Thomas Massie said he anticipates more House members to vote to compel the release of the Epstein files and reminded them that the record of their vote “will last longer than Donald Trump’s presidency.”
Massie, one of the few Republicans who have criticized the president’s policies, said there could be “100 or more” House members who vote to compel the release of the files, making it “veto-proof.”
“I would remind my Republican colleagues who are deciding how to vote, Donald Trump can protect you in red districts right now by giving you an endorsement. But in 2030, he’s not going to be the president and you will have voted to protect pedophiles if you don’t vote to release these files,” Massie told ABC News’s “This Week.”
Rep. Massie says that he expects a “deluge” of House Republicans will vote to compel the release of the Epstein files: “I’ve never said these documents will implicate Donald Trump. I think he’s trying to protect a bunch of rich and powerful friends.” https://t.co/DVClWBcAj0 pic.twitter.com/fPhMYOYabf
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) November 16, 2025
MTG apologizes for past ‘toxic’ comments and encourages kindness
Sunday 16 November 2025 16:05 , Ariana BaioRep. Greene apologized to those she caused harm to with “toxic” comments about politics or policy in the past – a position she’s recently come to after facing the wrath of Trump online for refusing to align herself with him on the Epstein files.
When confronted with her own past of harmful rhetoric on “State of the Union” Sunday, Greene said it was “fair criticism.”
“I would like to say, humbly, I’m sorry for taking part in the toxic politics. It’s very bad for our country and it’s been something I’ve thought about a lot, especially since Charlie Kirk was assassinated,” Greene said.
“I’ve been working a lot on this lately, to put down the knives in politics. I really just want to see people be kind to one another. We need to figure out a new path forward that is focused on the American people,” Greene added.
Democratic Senator who voted to reopen gov says Schumer is ‘effective’ leader
Sunday 16 November 2025 15:45 , Ariana BaioSenator Tim Kaine, one of the seven Democrats who voted with Republicans to reopen the government last week, believes Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer remains an “effective leader” despite abandoning the Democrats' efforts.
When asked if Schumer gave him a tactical blessing to vote with Republicans to end the Democrats’ efforts to make healthcare more affordable for Americans, Kaine responded, “absolutely not.”
“But Chuck and I had a really interesting argument about an unrelated topic a couple of years ago where I was going a different direction than he was on something,” Kaine told NBC News’s “Meet the Press.”
“I said, ‘Chuck, listen, my goal with you is always to inform you. But I don't need a permission slip from you because eight and a half million Virginians gave me that permission slip in November of 2024,” Kaine said.
Thomas Massie says Trump is 'being a bully' about his second wedding
Sunday 16 November 2025 15:18 , Ariana BaioRep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, another Republican who has faced Trump’s ire recently for refusing to align himself completely with the president, responded to Trump’s recent comments about his second wedding.
On Friday, Trump used his Truth Social account to insult Massie and insinuate he got married “quick” after his first wife and high school sweetheart died in June 2024.
“No wonder the Polls have him at less than an 8% chance of winning the Election,” Trump continued. “Anyway, have a great life Thomas and (?). His wife will soon find out that she’s stuck with a LOSER!”
Massie is among the few Republicans who have been highly critical of Trump’s policies.
But Trump’s comments appeared to take it too far, with many MAGA-aligned individuals condemning Trump for bringing up Massie’s deceased wife.
"You know, my wife's told me, 'I told you so. We should have invited Donald Trump. He's made he didn't get an invitation,’” Massie told ABC’s “This Week” Sunday.
“We're taking it with a grain of salt. He's being a bully, or trying to be a bully."
Massie married his second wife, Carolyn Moffa, this year.
Rep. Massey responds to retribution and offers a warning to his Republican colleagues voting on the release of the Epstein files: “The record of this vote will last longer than Donald Trump’s presidency.” https://t.co/DVClWBcAj0 pic.twitter.com/Ual4H3lrIN
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) November 16, 2025
Marjorie Taylor Greene casts doubt on Trump ‘s MAGA credentials and suggests he is being pressured to cover up Epstein files
Sunday 16 November 2025 15:05 , John BowdenGeorgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene explained her growing feud with Donald Trump on Sunday while questioning whether the president was remaining true to his MAGA brand and suggested that a foreign government could be involved in covering up the Jeffrey Epstein story.
Read more here:
Marjorie Taylor Greene suggests Trump is being pressured to cover up Epstein files
'It all comes down to the Epstein files' MTG says
Sunday 16 November 2025 14:45 , Ariana BaioRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is not abandoning her efforts to release the Epstein Files and said the dissolution of her relationship with the president ultimately comes down to it.
“Unfortunately, it all comes down to the Epstein files. That is shocking,” Greene told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union” Sunday morning.
After several months of breaking with her party on issues like declaring the Israel war in Gaza a genocide, and Republicans refusing to take responsibility for unaffordable healthcare, Trump said over the weekend he would no longer support Greene’s re-election campaign.
Greene was once considered one of Trump’s most loyal supporters
“I stand with these women, I stand with rape victims, I stand with children who are in terrible sex abuse situations and I stand with survivors of trafficking and those that are trapped in sex trafficking. I will not apologize for that. I believe the country deserves transparency for these files.”
Greene calls Trump's words 'hurtful' and warns they can incite threats
Sunday 16 November 2025 14:27 , Ariana BaioRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a known loyal supporter of the president, said Sunday morning that President Donald Trump’s words were “hurtful” and warned it could “radicalize” people.
On CNN’s “State of the Union,” Greene reminded people of her loyalty to the president, saying she spent millions of dollars helping him get elected and stood beside him when nobody else did.
“His remarks, of course, have been hurtful,” Greene began. “However, I think I have something in my heart that is incredibly important for our country and that is to end the toxic fighting in politics.”
Greene said political rhetoric has divided the United States and turned people against each other.
“The most hurtful thing he said, which is absolutely untrue, is he called me a ‘traitor,’ and that is so extremely wrong and those are the type of words used that can radicalize people against me and put my life in danger.”
From ‘future star’ to ‘traitor’: How Trump’s MAGA warrior Marjorie Taylor Greene lost the president
Sunday 16 November 2025 12:00 , Josh MarcusFew allies can remain in Donald Trump’s good graces forever.
For a while, it seemed like far-right congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene might the one who bucked the trend, but now it seems her time has come, too.
The president has branded Greene, once one of his fiercest allies in Washington, D.C., a “traitor.” He said he’s open to endorsing a primary challenger against the Georgia Republican.
Here’s how their relationship came to an end.
‘Future star’ to ‘traitor’: How Trump split with MAGA diehard Marjorie Taylor Greene
A House vote looms over the Epstein files – which other Republicans backed it?
Sunday 16 November 2025 11:15 , Amy-Clare MartinOn the same day the government reopened after 43-day shutdown, a petition supported by all House Democrats and four Republicans got the final signature needed for a vote on a bill to compel the Justice Department to release all files related to Epstein.
High-level Trump aides failed to convince Representative Lauren Boebert to take her name off the Epstein petition, going so far as to meet with her in the Situation Room, a White House space typically used for pressing national security matters, Reuters reports.
Republican Representative Nancy Mace, another Trump loyalist, also did not budge in her support for the petition. A source familiar with the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity said that when Mace and Trump were unable to connect by phone, she wrote a message to the president that referenced her experience as a sexual assault survivor.
The recalcitrance of Boebert and Mace, members of a Republican congressional conference that has shown almost complete obedience to Trump, suggests the president will have to navigate internal dissent carefully to ensure the Epstein saga does not fracture his party heading into the midterm elections.