President Donald Trump on Thursday revoked the Secret Service detail for former Vice President Kamala Harris that was previously extended by former President Joe Biden.
Meanwhile, fallout continues from the White House’s attempt to remove Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez.
Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill has been tapped as the interim director of the CDC, a White House official confirmed to ABC News.
Chairman James Comer announced Sunday that the House Oversight Committee will hold a private and bipartisan meeting with victims of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s abuse on Tuesday.
“The Committee is in contact with Epstein survivors and a private, bipartisan Oversight Committee Member Meeting with survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislane Maxwell’s crimes will be held on Tuesday, September 2,” Comer said in a release.
The survivors are also slated to join a news conference on Capitol Hill with Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna on Wednesday.
Additionally, Comer sent a letter on Sunday to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent requesting “relevant suspicious activity reports (SARs) to assist the Committee’s oversight of the federal government’s enforcement of sex trafficking laws, specifically in connection with the investigation and prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.”
“It is essential that Treasury produce to the Committee certain SARs to assist the Committee’s oversight of the federal government’s enforcement of sex trafficking laws generally and specifically its handling of the investigation and prosecution of Mr. Jeffrey Epstein and Ms. Ghislaine Maxwell. This oversight will inform legislative solutions to improve federal efforts to combat sex trafficking and reform the use of non-prosecution agreements and/or plea agreements in sex crime investigation,” Comer said.
The committee wants the information from Treasury on or before Sept. 15.
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said Sunday “it will be the end of the United States” if Trump’s global tariffs are ultimately blocked by the Supreme Court.
“This was weaponized partisan injustice at its worst,” Navarro said in an interview on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.”
Navarro echoed Trump’s critical comments after a federal appeals court on Friday ruled that most of the sweeping global tariffs were unlawful.
“So it was a bad decision. But the good news is the dissent was very, very strong. I think it provides a very clear road map to how the Supreme Court can certainly rule in our favor,” he added.
“We feel very optimistic. If we lose the case. President Trump is right. It will be the end for the United States,” he said.
Trump later Sunday reiterated his claim on his social media platform, saying that without tariffs, “our Country would be completely destroyed, and our military power would be instantly obliterated.”
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said Sunday that he’s confident his discharge petition to release the full Jeffrey Epstein files will have enough signatures and then pass on the House floor once the lower chamber returns this week.
Khanna told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the petition — which is also being led by GOP Rep. Thomas Massie — will officially go live on Tuesday. Khanna and Massie need 218 signatures to force GOP leaders to hold a vote on the floor.
“We have all 212 Democrats committed to signing it. He [Massie] has 12 Republicans. Only six of them have to sign it,” Khanna said.
House Speaker Mike Johnson told ABC’s “Good Morning America” last week, “If it’s necessary, we will,” regarding a vote on the measure. Johnson had previously voiced strong opposition to the legislation.
But Khanna said a scheduled Wednesday news conference at the Capitol with Epstein victims will be “explosive.”
There will be “10 Epstein victims, many who have never spoken out before,” Khanna said. “They’re going to be on the steps of the Capitol. They will be telling their story, and they will be saying clearly to the American public that they want the release of the Epstein files for full closure on this matter.”
President Donald Trump said on Saturday night that he plans to issue an executive order to require voter identification for all elections in the United States.
“Voter I.D. Must Be Part of Every Single Vote. NO EXCEPTIONS! I Will Be Doing An Executive Order To That End!!!” Trump wrote in in part in a post on Truth Social.
Trump did not divulge specifics or timing about the executive order. ABC News has reached out to the White House for comment.
The president also reiterated that he’ll restrict mail-in voting except for people who are “very ill” and the “far away military.”
