Despite days of claiming the controversy surrounding Jeffrey Epstein was a hoax, President Trump is taking the extraordinary step of calling for the release of grand jury testimony related to the deceased convicted sex offender’s case.

Trump faces MAGA backlash over Epstein as calls for transparency grow and loyalists demand the files be released.

MAGA supporters criticize Trump's defense of AG Pam Bondi after DOJ revealed there is no Epstein client list, despite previous promises to expose additional details on scandal.

The president disavowed longtime backers who are furious over the administration's conclusion that the accused sex trafficker died by suicide in jail and did not possess a secret list of clients.

His towering buildings and cash attracted many figures within the city. Jeffrey Epstein eventually found his way to Trump too.

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.

The president denied a report that he once sent Epstein a racy birthday letter, and directed his attorney general to release additional documents related to the convicted sex offender.

In the days since the Trump administration released a memo on Jeffrey Epstein directly at odds with conspiracy theories pushed by the president and some of his top lieutenants, Donald Trump’s movement and most ardent supporters are in revolt.

Attorney General Pam Bondi is facing President Trump's ire in the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, according to sources. Trump is suing the Wall Street Journal and its owner, Rupert Murdoch for $10 billion,