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We look at how President Trump is struggling to change the narrative on the Jeffrey Epstein case, and whether his current trip to Scotland will provide any political respite.

Deported under a little-known wartime law, more than 130 Venezuelans were sent from the U.S. to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Now released, several tell NPR they endured beatings, sexual abuse, and near-total isolation. (Image credit: El Salvador Press Presidency Office)

During a week of urgent news, the administration has pushed a report on Obama and Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election. NPR Senior Political Editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro and Cybersecurity correspondent Jenna McLaughlin unpack the context and timing.

A months-long recall effort to oust lawmakers considered pro-Chinese has failed in the self-governing island’s legislature. (Image credit: Jan Camenzind Broomby for NPR)

The U.S. president is spending a long weekend in his late mother’s birth country of Scotland. There, he’s been confronted by protesters waving photos of Jeffrey Epstein. (Image credit: Jacquelyn Martin)

The independence-leaning ruling Democratic Progressive Party won the last presidential election, but the China-friendly Nationalists and the Taiwan People’s Party have enough seats to form a majority bloc. (Image credit: ChiangYing-ying/AP)

President Trump is in Scotland while the Epstein controversy continues to pressure him, his administration, and Republican Congressional leaders.

Some big companies are reporting real financial pain from tariffs and economic uncertainty — but for others, business is booming. (Image credit: Spencer Platt)

Before he entered politics, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a career out of stoking doubt about vaccines, promoting theories contradicted by mountains of scientific evidence on common vaccines which have been studied for decades and safely administered to hundreds of millions of people. Now, six months in as … How have RFK Jr.’s vaccine policies impacted America’s public health?Read more

The Constitution grants Congress the power of the purse, but President Trump is pushing the boundaries of how far the executive branch can go to control federal spending.

NPR’s Ari Shapiro speaks with Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., about his office’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial transactions — and why he is urging the U.S. attorney general to act further.

President Trump is expected to spend much of his time at his golf courses. He’ll also meet with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to talk about trade issues. (Image credit: Jim Watson)

President Trump personally inspected renovations of the Federal Reserve’s headquarters, part of a pressure campaign on its chair Jerome Powell.

President Trump is spending some time at a golf course he owns in Scotland this weekend — and plans to meet British Prime Minister Kier Starmer during the trip.

NPR’s Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with political analyst and pollster Frank Luntz about how Trump’s most loyal supporters think about the controversy surrounding the so-called Epstein files.

The usual deflection tactics — releasing unrelated information, blaming Democrats and the media — haven’t worked with this controversy. (Image credit: Win McNamee)

Moves by the Trump administration to pare back Medicaid, rescind medical debt rules and loosen vaccine requirements threaten to increase medical bills for millions of Americans. (Image credit: DNY59)

A new law includes a provision that could mean bettors pay more during tax season. Major poker players are calling on Congress to royally flush the measure down the drain. (Image credit: Getty Images)

The Federal Communications Commission approved the sale of Paramount Global after the buyer made pledges to showcase a diversity of viewpoints and root out alleged bias in CBS’ news coverage. (Image credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

Federal education policy has seen a lot of changes since President Trump’s inauguration. For example, the Department of Education itself, which Trump has vowed to close. But that hasn’t stopped the Trump administration from also wielding the Department’s power. Most recently, by withholding billions of dollars for K-12 … Six months in, how Trump has changed the Education Department.Read more

NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Travis View, co-host of the QAA podcast, about how information about Jeffrey Epstein became the issue to drive a wedge in the MAGA base.

President Trump took time to tour the headquarters of the Federal Reserve on Thursday — part of a pressure campaign on its chair Jerome Powell.

The Supreme Court has extended a pause, for now, on a lower court ruling that struck down a key tool for protecting minority voters under the Voting Rights Act in seven states. (Image credit: Jemal Countess)

It’s just the start of a summer recess for Congress, but already House Republicans are being asked questions back home about the push to release records related to the late Jeffrey Epstein. (Image credit: Tom Williams)

After pressuring elite universities, the Trump administration is now focusing on George Mason. Education reporter Katherine Mangan discusses why GMU’s president says it’s a backlash to DEI efforts.

Columbia has agreed to pay over $200 million in a federal settlement. And, President Trump’s new AI policies set requirements for companies wanting to do business with the federal government. (Image credit: Stephanie Keith)

The State Department has shuttered the team involved in South China Sea security, getting rid of top experts on the subject at a time when the administration says security in the region is a priority. (Image credit: Alex Brandon)

The ruling keeps a block on the Trump administration from denying citizenship to children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily. (Image credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Utah’s leaders worry skyrocketing home prices are keeping young people from creating wealth. It’s among a growing number of states — red and blue — passing laws to promote more affordable places. (Image credit: Adele Heidenreich)

Since returning to office, President Trump has moved swiftly to upend decades of federal policy—from education to healthcare to vaccines…but nowhere more aggressively than immigration. Congress just passed tens of billions in funding for immigration enforcement…It’s the largest domestic enforcement funding in U.S. history, fueling Trump’s mass deportation … Six months of ‘shock and awe’ on immigration enforcementRead more