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It’s Tuesday. How are we already halfway through July?? I swear it JUST began.

In today's issue:

• Epstein files spark MAGA revolt
• Trump visits Pittsburgh
• Mike Waltz grilled on ‘Signalgate’
• Inflation climbs in June

🎤 IN THE WHITE HOUSE

Let’s talk about en-er-gy. Let’s talk about you and me:

President Trump, desperate to turn the page on the Jeffrey Epstein saga that continues to consume Washington, is focusing on his economic agenda today.

Trump is en route to Pittsburgh to promote his energy and technology agenda. He will reportedly announce $70 billion in investments for Pennsylvania.

Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.) organized the summit — and published an op-ed for Fox Digital this morning to preview it.

But back in Washington, some in MAGA World are turning on the president over Epstein — and Republican senators want to stay as far as possible from the controversy. (They already have their own headaches fending off Democrats’ attacks on Medicaid cuts and the tariffs.)

Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI reached a joint conclusion that Epstein did not have a famous client list and was not murdered — Trump even encouraged his supporters not to “waste time” on the Epstein files. But that’s a drastic U-turn from the sentiment from some in Trump’s orbit just last year — and it’s raising eyebrows.

• Attorney General Pam Bondi in February suggested she had the client list sitting on her desk. But now, she insists it does not exist.
  
• In 2021, now-Vice President Vance accused the government of covering up a client list, telling journalists to be “ashamed” of themselves for not asking questions. But now the White House, which Vance serves in, denies that list exists.
  
• FBI Director Kash Patel was adamant in 2023 that the Epstein files be released. "Put on your big boy pants and let us know who the pedophiles are," he said at the time. But now, he insists, “the conspiracy theories just aren’t true, never have been.”
  
• In a 2024 Fox News interview, Trump said he would release the Epstein files. But a video from that interview has resurfaced showing Trump’s full answer. “I guess I would. I think that less so........
  

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