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  • Oversight chair schedules Epstein hearing for Tuesday
  • Navarro says blocking tariffs would be ‘the end of the United States’
  • Khanna says Epstein news conference will be ‘explosive’
Here's how the news is developing.

Aug 31, 2025 6:41 PM

Oversight chair schedules Epstein hearing for Tuesday

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.

PHOTO: House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer speaks to reporters as he arrives for a deposition with former Attorney General Bill Barr, on Capitol Hill, Aug 18, 2025, in Washington.
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House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer speaks to reporters as he arrives for a deposition with former Attorney General Bill Barr, on Capitol Hill, Aug 18, 2025, in Washington.
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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.

-ABC News’ Lauren Peller


Aug 31, 2025 6:30 PM

Navarro says blocking tariffs would be ‘the end of the United States’

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.”

PHOTO: Peter Navarro, Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing for President Donald Trump, speaks to the media outside the White House in Washington, D.C., May 8, 2025.
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Peter Navarro, Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing for President Donald Trump, speaks to the media outside the White House in Washington, D.C., May 8, 2025.
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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.”

-ABC News’ Lauren Peller


Aug 31, 2025 4:51 PM

Khanna says Epstein news conference will be ‘explosive’

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.

PHOTO: Jeffrey Epstein Mug Shot
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In this handout, the mug shot of Jeffrey Epstein, 2019.
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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.”

-ABC News’ Lauren Peller



Aug 31, 2025 2:25 PM

Trump says he will be 'Doing An Executive Order' to require voter ID

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.

PHOTO: President Donald Trump answers a reporter's question as he chairs a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, August 26, 2025.
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President Donald Trump answers a reporter's question as he chairs a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, August 26, 2025.
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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."

ABC News' Lauren Peller


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