The measure would compel the Justice Department to release files regarding convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. It will soon head to the desk of President Trump, who has said he would sign it.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) faces a tough decision this week on how to handle a bill that would direct the Department of Justice to publish all unclassified records related to the

The House plans to vote on the release of the Epstein files and a measure to alter a provision in the shutdown-ending funding bill.

A tense October 2025 Senate hearing erupted in controversy after Senator Sheldon Whitehouse pressed U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi about public claims that the FBI may have encountered photos allegedly showing Donald Trump with “half-naked young women” during searches related to Jeffrey Epstein.

I don’t want the D.C. swamp playing any games. They need to pass this in the Senate and they should not amend it,” said Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., who appeared at a press conference Tuesday with survivors of Epstein’s abuses.