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Speaker Mike Johnson to shut down House early amid Jeffrey Epstein drama

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USA TODAY

Daily News, News

4.41.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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USA TODAY White House Correspondent Bart Jansen discusses the latest tensions surrounding Jeffrey Epstein's case files, as House Speaker Mike Johnson sends lawmakers home early.

President Donald Trump has announced a new trade deal with Japan that sets a 15% tariff.

How much did the military parade cost last month?

New research sheds light on the six dams most at risk of failing in the U.S.

USA TODAY National Music Writer Melissa Ruggieri remembers Ozzy Osbourne.

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This is USA Today's The Excerd.

0:34.7

Today, tensions over Epstein files continue as the House goes home early.

0:38.9

Plus, what was the cost of last month's military parade?

0:41.6

And we remember Ozzy Osbourne.

0:45.8

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said he is shutting down House operations early this week,

0:50.4

sending lawmakers home today ahead of a five-week recess.

0:53.8

The move comes as tensions over

0:55.0

Jeffrey Epstein's case files continue to boil, and as federal prosecutors asked to meet Epstein

0:59.6

Associate, Gilaane Maxwell. I spoke with USA Today, White House correspondent Bart Chanson, for the latest.

1:05.6

Thanks as always for joining me, Bart. Thanks for having me. Give us a bit of a refresher here,

1:09.9

Bart, if you don't mind, in the last

1:10.9

few weeks when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein News, some of the tensions around the Trump White House,

1:15.6

and really how he got to this point. Trump and many of his allies and supporters have argued

1:22.2

for years that more information about the investigation into this allegedly notorious sex trafficker,

1:31.6

prosecutors contend that there could have been a thousand victims, that more information about

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