President Trump is facing growing backlash from his MAGA base over how his administration has handled the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joins The Weeknight discuss why Trump’s “nothing to see here” defense isn’t holding up.

The big question on the tips of many political watchers’ tongues right now is whether the Trump administration’s botched handling of the Epstein files will do what virtually nothing has yet: turn President Donald Trump’s devoted base against him.

Wall Street Journal reports on a 2003 birthday album for Jeffrey Epstein including a letter with Donald Trump's name and drawing of a naked woman. On Truth Social, Trump denied the report.

A year ago, we scrubbed the public record. Here are our updated findings. “It’s all been a hoax that’s perpetrated by the Democrats. And some stupid Republicans and foolish Republicans fall into the net.”

Some Republicans have called for the appointment of a special counsel, as MAGA allies have raged over the handling of the Epstein investigation.

Trump previously had a relationship with the late disgraced financier, who died in a jail cell in 2019 as he awaited a trial on sex trafficking charges.

The 7 follows President Donald Trump’s second term. The House GOP’s budget cuts vote was delayed by the Epstein files. Deadline: Because Republicans are pursuing the cuts through what’s known as rescissions, they have to pass the bill by tomorrow. Otherwise, the funds will legally have to be disbursed.

House Republican leaders are preparing for a late night in the chamber as they try to jam through President Donald Trump’s $9 billion package of cuts to federal funding — after a day of intense talks with GOP holdouts demanding a vote on a Jeffrey Epstein-related measure.

Calls for transparency on Epstein came from several Republicans on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. And Trump's own former vice president, Mike Pence, called for the administration to "release all of the files" regarding the Epstein investigation.