Senate agrees to automatically pass bill to release Epstein files as Trump claims to not care – US politics live

President says I don't care when the Senate passes the House Bill' after it agrees to unanimous consent request to pass act as soon as legislation arrives from House

• House passes bill to release Epstein files with near-unanimous support

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The Harvard professor and economist Larry Summers said he would be stepping back from public life after documents released by the House oversight committee revealed email exchanges between Summers and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who called himself Summers' wing man".

Politico reported on Monday that Summers, a former treasury secretary, expressed deep regret for past messages with Epstein.