Plus, the Republican-led House passed a $9 billion package that includes spending cuts to NPR and PBS, as well as foreign aid. Donald Trump is expected to sign the measure.

The tumult is well underway and multiple questions remain unanswered. Here are the latest developments, commentary, and analysis.

Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the federal prosecutor in the Sean “Diddy” Combs, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell cases and the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, according to reports.

Prominent MAGA voices have called for the attorney general’s firing amid attack over the Epstein investigation.

From claiming Barack Obama was born in Kenya to accusing Ted Cruz’s dad of involvement in the JFK assassination, Donald Trump has always loved hyping conspiracy theories for political gain, and the Jeffrey Epstein case was no exception.

The fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files flap is cascading, further roiling a Justice Department and FBI that have struggled for months to appease the demands of far-right conservative personalities and influential members of President Donald Trump’s base.

Donald Trump directed Pam Bondi, the attorney-general, to request the release of grand-jury testimony about Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted child molester. The instruction came after the Wall Street Journal published details about a risqué birthday letter Mr Trump allegedly wrote to Epstein in 2003.

President Donald Trump is facing one of his biggest political tests of the past decade, after spending years hinting at Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy theories.