President Donald Trump and Republican House leaders spent months trying to quash an effort to compel the release of all the government files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

US President Donald Trump has called on House Republicans to vote to release the Epstein files, in a reversal from his previous position.

A federal court on Tuesday blocked Texas from moving forward with its new congressional map, hastily drawn in hopes of netting up to five additional Republican seats and securing the U.S. House for the GOP in next year's midterm elections.