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But in the face of vocal opposition from Mr. Trump, who has dismissed continued concern as a “Democratic hoax,” the maneuver stalled. 0.800

Simplified: Trump dismissed concern as a 'Democratic hoax'.

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4 months ago
Because Republicans hold a slim majority in the House, only a few of them needed to join Democrats in order for the maneuver to succeed. 0.900

Simplified: Republicans have a slim majority in the House.

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4 months ago
Republican leaders oppose the measure, but House rules allow members to bypass committees and the leadership and send legislation straight to the floor if a majority of 218 lawmakers demand it through... 0.900

Simplified: House rules allow discharge petition with 218 lawmakers.

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4 months ago
Representatives Thomas Massie, the Kentucky Republican who is a frequent critic of Mr. Trump, and Ro Khanna, Democrat of California, in July introduced their resolution to demand the Trump administrat... 0.900

Simplified: Massie and Khanna introduced a resolution to release Epstein files.

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4 months ago
The reversal angered many of Mr. Trump’s right-wing supporters, who made their displeasure known to members of Congress. 0.800

Simplified: The reversal angered Trump's right-wing supporters.

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4 months ago
After Trump administration officials promised to make public investigative files on Mr. Epstein, the disgraced financier who died in federal custody in 2019 while facing sex-trafficking charges, they... 0.800

Simplified: Trump administration backtracked on releasing Epstein files in July.

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4 months ago
Still, Mr. Johnson said last month that he would not prevent a vote on the measure, making it increasingly likely that congressional Republicans will be forced to confront a difficult vote that their... 0.900

👤 Mike Johnson

Simplified: Johnson said he wouldn't prevent a vote on the measure.

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4 months ago
Republican leaders will have time to weigh whether to try to quash the petition, including by sidelining it by turning to the influential Rules Committee. 0.800

Simplified: Republican leaders may try to quash the petition.

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4 months ago
The petition reached its threshold for action just as Democrats on the House Oversight Committee revived the debate over the Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein files, by releasing three em... 0.800

Simplified: Democrats released emails suggesting Trump knew more about Epstein's abuse.

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4 months ago
Still, Mr. Trump has undertaken an uncommonly intense lobbying effort to head off a House vote on the matter, which would put Republicans in an uncomfortable spot: torn between their loyalty to the pr... 0.800

Simplified: Trump is lobbying to prevent House vote on Epstein files.

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4 months ago
And should it reach President Trump’s desk, he would be all but certain to veto it. 0.800

Simplified: Trump would likely veto the bill.

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4 months ago
Even if the bill were to pass the House, it would need to be approved by the Republican-controlled Senate, where there is no guarantee that it would get a vote. 0.800

Simplified: Senate approval for the bill is uncertain.

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4 months ago
Her signature started the clock on a vote that Mr. Johnson on Wednesday night said would happen next week. 0.900

👤 Mike Johnson

Simplified: Johnson says the vote will happen next week.

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4 months ago
Then, in her first act as a representative, she provided the 218th and final signature on a petition demanding a vote on a resolution directing the Justice Department to release all of its Epstein fil... 0.900

Simplified: Grijalva signed petition demanding release of Epstein files.

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4 months ago
In a speech after taking her oath, Ms. Grijalva called Mr. Johnson’s tactic “an abuse of power,” and criticized Republicans for their handling of the Epstein matter. 0.900

👤 Adelita Grijalva

Simplified: Grijalva called Johnson's tactic an abuse of power.

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4 months ago
Speaker Mike Johnson had refused for more than seven weeks to seat Ms. Grijalva after she won a special election in September, a delay she attributed to his efforts to avoid a vote on the Epstein file... 0.900

Simplified: Mike Johnson refused to seat Grijalva for seven weeks.

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4 months ago
Just moments after being sworn in to office on Wednesday, Representative Adelita Grijalva, Democrat of Arizona, provided the final signature needed on a petition to force a House vote on releasing the... 0.900

Simplified: Adelita Grijalva signed the petition after being sworn in.

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4 months ago
Representative Adelita Grijalva at the Capitol last month. 0.800

Simplified: Adelita Grijalva was at the Capitol last month.

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4 months ago
Representative Adelita Grijalva, the Arizona Democrat who had waited weeks to be sworn in, provided the 218th and final signature needed to force action. 0.900

Simplified: Adelita Grijalva provided the final signature needed to force action.

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4 months ago
We capture scenes as they are happening, without any intervention from the photographer. 1.000

Simplified: Scenes are captured without photographer intervention.

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4 months ago