Donald Trump again denies ever visiting Epstein’s island and repeats threat to sue journalist – US politics live
by Robert Mackey (now); Shrai Popat, Lucy Campbell an from World news | The Guardian on (#738ZQ)
US president, who is also threatening to sue comedian Trevor Noah over Grammys joke, says he will sue Michael Wolff and reasserts he wasn't friendly' with Epstein
House speaker Mike Johnson is set to swear in Christian Menefee, a Democrat who recently won a runoff election for a reliably blue seat in Texas.
Menefee's victory, however, means the margin in the House is even more slim: 218 Republicans to 214 Democrats. His current term will end at the end of the year, and he'll have to start campaigning almost immediately for the 2026 midterms. But this time, it will be for a new district, after the GOP-controlled legislature successfully gerrymandered the state's congressional map.
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