Trump Action Archive

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• Bill and Hillary Clinton agree to testify in House Epstein investigation — Bill and Hillary Clinton agreed on Monday to testify before the House Oversight Committee in its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, days before the chamber was expected to vote to hold them in contempt of Congress. The Clintons had previously refused to appear, arguing the subpoenas were legally invalid and part of a Trump retribution campaign. Chair James Comer insisted on sworn depositions. The agreement came after months of negotiation and threat of criminal contempt charges, which could have resulted in fines and incarceration.
• Bill and Hillary Clinton agreed to testify before House Oversight Committee — Bill and Hillary Clinton agreed to testify in filmed depositions on February 26-27 before the House Oversight Committee's investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, ending months of resistance to subpoenas from Chair James Comer. The Clintons had previously described the subpoenas as invalid and legally unenforceable and accused Comer of targeting them as Trump's political adversaries. Clinton senior advisor Nick Merrill stated the Clintons would appear publicly.
• Bill and Hillary Clinton agreed to testify in Epstein investigation — Reporting indicated that Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton have agreed to provide testimony in the ongoing Epstein investigation. The development expands the scope of the investigation and increases public visibility of the probe.
• Bill Gates denies Epstein allegations; congressional inquiry initiated — Bill Gates stated on Australian television that he "regrets" knowing Jeffrey Epstein and denied allegations from newly released Epstein files claiming he hid a sexually transmitted disease from his wife after contact with "Russian girls." His ex-wife Melinda French Gates told NPR that Gates has "questions to answer" about the relationship. Republican congresswoman Nancy Mace requested that House Oversight Committee chair James Comer subpoena Gates for questioning about his Epstein connections.

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• Rep. Luna threatened to block appropriations bills without SAVE Act attachment — Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) announced that House GOP leadership would no longer move appropriations bills under suspension of rules, requiring instead a formal rule vote to which the SAVE Act could be added. Luna claimed to have sufficient votes to tank the Senate-passed bill unless Johnson attached the SAVE Act—a measure described as a poison pill unlikely to clear the Senate filibuster. Luna stated "Voter ID and the SAVE Act are NOT negotiable."
• Rep. Anna Paulina Luna claimed Thune agreed to standing filibuster for SAVE Act — Rep. Anna Paulina Luna posted that Senate Majority Leader John Thune, "in embracing the Standing Filibuster, will go down in history as one of the greatest majority leaders once he uses this mechanism to puts voter ID (via the Save America act) on the Senate floor." Luna claimed Thune agreed to use a standing filibuster procedure to force a vote on legislation that would nationalize election rules.
• Republican House members passed 5 of 6 appropriations bills after holdout — After Republican holdouts initially resisted, the House passed 5 of the 6 appropriations bills. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), the leader of the holdouts, claimed they did not capitulate but instead secured a commitment from Senate Majority Leader John Thune to use a "standing filibuster" to bring the SAVE Act (which would nationalize election rules) to a Senate vote.
• Senate Majority Leader Thune denied commitment to standing filibuster for SAVE Act — Senate Majority Leader John Thune stated he has not made any commitments to require a "standing" filibuster to pass the SAVE Act and said "the votes aren't there" to eliminate the filibuster. Thune said some Senate Republicans have expressed interest in the standing filibuster option "so we're going to have a conversation about it," but made no binding commitment.
• Speaker Mike Johnson stated no promises were made on SAVE Act — Speaker Mike Johnson stated: "No promises were made" regarding Senate commitments to advance the SAVE Act, contradicting Rep. Luna's claims that Thune had agreed to use a standing filibuster procedure.

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• Congressional leaders demand unredacted Epstein files from Attorney General Bondi — Bipartisan House members Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY), sponsors of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, sent a formal letter to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche demanding access to unredacted files to fulfill congressional oversight duties. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also publicly accused Attorney General Pam Bondi of failing to comply with the law requiring full release of all Epstein-related documents. Schumer stated on the Senate floor that the department's handling does not satisfy the legal requirement.

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• Republican House members demand voter ID legislation attached to spending bills — Conservative House Republicans, including Florida congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna, demanded that the Save Act—legislation imposing voter identification requirements—be attached to any appropriations bills returned to the chamber. Critics argue such requirements would disenfranchise swaths of Americans, complicating passage of the spending measures in the Republican-controlled House.

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• US government partial shutdown over DHS funding and immigration enforcement restrictions — On January 31, 2026, a partial US government shutdown took effect after Democratic senators blocked a Department of Homeland Security funding bill in response to federal agents killing two US citizens (Alex Pretti and Renee Good) during immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis. Democrats demanded new restrictions on federal agents—including mask bans, body camera requirements, code of conduct provisions, independent investigation of violations, and prohibition of roving patrols. The Senate passed a broader five-department funding package and a two-week DHS extension, but House passage remained uncertain due to Republican demands to couple appropriations with voter ID requirements.
• US Senate approves government funding package with ICE restrictions negotiations — The US Senate voted 71-29 on Friday to approve a major government funding package after two US citizens were killed by federal ICE agents in Minneapolis. The deal includes five spending bills funding defense, labor, and health departments through September, while DHS funding is addressed via a two-week stopgap to allow negotiations on Democratic demands for ICE reforms including body cameras, conduct codes, and restrictions on masked agents and roving patrols. A partial government shutdown was expected to begin at midnight Friday pending House approval.
• Partial government shutdown began affecting federal workforce — A partial government shutdown commenced as Congress remained deadlocked over funding and immigration enforcement restrictions. Federal employees began experiencing immediate impacts including delayed paychecks and service disruptions while lawmakers negotiated shutdown resolution.

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• National Review editor McCarthy said DOJ should be defunded if partisan — National Review editor and Fox legal analyst Andy McCarthy stated: "If support for the president is now a condition of enforcing federal law, Congress should defund DOJ. DOJ should only exist if it's nonpartisan. Too dangerous to liberty otherwise. If AG Garland's office had posted this, MAGA and GOP would be calling for impeachment."