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Trump reverses course, calls on House Republicans to release Epstein files

Trump reversed his stance to support a House vote compelling the Justice Department to release Epstein-related files amid growing GOP support, with over 100 Republicans backing the measure.

  • On Sunday, President Donald Trump instructed House Republicans to vote to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein, posting on Truth Social that `we have nothing to hide`.
  • Rep. Thomas Massie's discharge petition secured 218 signatures, including four Republicans, forcing Speaker Mike Johnson to bring the bill to the floor amid GOP pressure.
  • The House Oversight Committee released about 20,000 pages of material last week, including a 2019 email from Jeffrey Epstein and thousands of private files while the Justice Department still holds witness interviews.
  • A House vote is expected on Tuesday to consider unsealing Epstein records, but the bill's Senate prospects remain uncertain and would require President Donald Trump's signature if approved.
  • Amid GOP fractures, President Donald Trump withdrew his endorsement of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, while the Epstein Files Transparency Act mandates full release with victim protections and redactions.
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The US and Russia have secretly drawn up a peace plan to end the war in Ukraine. Trump appears to have once again negotiated without Ukraine's participation. According to several reports, the plan gives Russia all the advantages: Ukraine must give up more land in Donbass and significantly reduce its defense forces.

·Stockholm, Sweden
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On 19 November, several Western media outlets immediately revealed the details of a new peace plan for Ukraine, which was not publicly worked on by men from Vladimir Putin's and Donald Trump's teams (without inviting either Ukraine itself or the European Union to the talks), a document consisting of 28 points that largely echoes the Kremlin's maximalist demands, and it seems that it is neither realistic in Ukraine nor in the West, nor, paradoxic…

·Riga, Latvia
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The U.S. is bursting in Selenskyi's diversionary tour with a peace plan that puts massive pressure on the Ukrainian president. Ukraine will not get any better for the time being, however bad the plan may be.

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Las Vegas Sun broke the news in Las Vegas, United States on Sunday, November 16, 2025.
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