11-08-2025
US politics live: Trump delivered another Epstein blow
Welcome to our coverage of US politics.
A judge has refused the White House's request to unseal papers from the Grand Jury testimony of Jeffrey Epstein. It means the Epstein drama rolls on.
Donald Trump is on Monday, US time, expected to take steps to 'federalise' Washington DC.
To comes after the US president was sent into a rage after a former member of Elon Musk's 'Department of Government Efficiency' was allegedly car jacked and beaten in the coastal city.
Washington, like Canberra, is under federal control. But also like the ACT, DC has been given a high degree of local control.
Mr Trump looks sent to try and claw some of the back with suggestion he could put as many a 1000 National Guard troops into the capital.
On the weekend, he also warned Washington's homeless population to 'leave immediately'. That's despite there being no suggestion a homeless person was involved in the alleged assault.
Meanwhile, it's remain up I the air if Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky will be invited to a planned summit between the US and Russia on Friday which could decide the future of the nation he leads.
And Mr Trump has hit out at a Nobel prize winning economist who questioned his tariffs.
Read on for more updates.
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