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President Donald Trump says Democrats who released Jeffrey Epstein emails mentioning him are trying to bring up his ties to the late sex offender again because "they'll do anything at all to deflect on how badly they've done" on the government shutdown and other issues. The emails were made public Wednesday by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee. The White House accuses Democrats of selectively leaking the emails to smear the Republican president. Epstein wrote in a 2011 email Trump had "spent hours" at Epstein's house with a sex trafficking victim and said in a separate message years later Trump "knew about the girls." Trump denies any knowledge of Epstein's crimes.

Republican Mike Johnson narrowly won reelection Friday to the House speakership on a first ballot, overcoming hard-right GOP holdouts after a tense standoff and buoyed by a nod of support from President-elect Donald Trump.

General election results for 2024 presidential race along with US House and US Senate contests.

Republican Greg Steube is seeking a fourth term serving Florida's 17th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives while Democrat Manny Lopez and Ralph Hartman, a write-in candidate, challenge.

Republicans eagerly elected Rep. Mike Johnson as House speaker Wednesday, elevating a deeply conservative but lesser-known leader to the seat of U.S. power and ending for now the political chaos in their majority.

Republicans abruptly dropped Rep. Jim Jordan on Friday as their nominee for House speaker, making the decision during a closed-door session after the hard-edged ally of Donald Trump failed badly on a third ballot for the gavel.

Rep. Jim Jordan failed badly Friday on a third ballot for the House speaker’s gavel, rejected by even more Republicans from the conservative mainstream who warned the hard-edged ally of Donald Trump that no threats or promises could win their support.

Republican Rep. Jim Jordan failed again Wednesday on a crucial second ballot to become House speaker, but the hard-fighting ally of Donald Trump showed no signs of dropping out despite losing support from even more of his GOP colleagues.

Disaster-recovery projects in Florida and other states could be affected by the looming federal-government shutdown, the White House said Thursday.