Live updates: Jeffrey Epstein disclosures takes center stage; Judge blocks Trump Venezuela deportations

Lawmakers are settling back in on Capitol Hill as they stare down a hefty legislative agenda and a looming government shutdown. 

Business on the docket includes efforts to release files related to the Jeffrey Epstein case, as well as fraught funding negotiations amid President Trump’s move to claw back funding through a pocket recession.  

Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) will hold a press conference Wednesday morning about their bill seeking to release more Epstein files. The duo will be joined by survivors of the convicted sex offender after several lawmakers met with them Tuesday.

On Tuesday evening, the House Oversight Committee released files from the Justice Department. Most of the documents, including video, audio and court filings, had already been made public.

And overnight, an appeals court delivered a blow to the Trump administration after it ruled the federal government cannot invoke a wartime law to swiftly deport Venezuelans. This is a key legal tool Trump officials have used to implement the president’s sweeping immigration crackdown.

Federal funding also runs out on Sept. 30, requiring Congress to hammer out a stopgap measure. But this is easier said than done amid divisions over what this funding measure would look like and Democrats’ anger with the president and Republicans’ agenda. 

Meanwhile, President Trump is slated to meet with Poland’s President Andrzej Duda at the White House later Wednesday morning. 

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