The Trump administration says it will facilitate the return of former detainees of an El Salvador prison to the U.S. from Venezuela, if required by a court.

"I have asked the Justice Department to release all grand jury testimony with respect to Epstein," Trump said.

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join John Yang to discuss the week in politics, including the MAGA debate over releasing the Epstein files intensifies and congressional Republicans deliver Trump a win by clawing back $9 billion in foreign aid and public media funding.

Mr. President, this is the gavel used to enact the ‘big, beautiful bill,’” House Speaker Mike Johnson said at a White House signing ceremony on the Fourth of July.

President Trump is seeking an unprecedented amount of damages in his lawsuit challenging a Wall Street Journal report about his Jeffrey Epstein.

Trump and the Trump administration have increasingly turned their fire on Powell and his leadership of the central bank.

The dismissals often came without warning and have affected more than 40 prosecutors, based on reporting by the Washington Post and a tally of public information.

President Donald Trump again lashed out against calls for more information into the Jeffrey Epstein probe, even after he requested the release of grand jury testimony.

Trump’s strikes on Iran may show North Korea that US diplomacy is masking its real strategy of coercion or aggression.

When you are a true friend, you tell the truth even when the truth hurts,” said podcaster Liz Wheeler, “even when the truth has consequences, even when it’s uncomfortable.”

President Trump's new law brings permanence to the tax code, ending temporary tax provisions while implementing work requirements and phasing out subsidies.