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Greetings and salutations to the American political ongoing coverage. I am Tom Ambrose, and I will be bringing you all the latest news lines over the next few hours.

The President Rejects Greene's Danger Claims

We start with the development that President Donald Trump intensified his attacks against GOP congresswoman Representative Greene on Sunday, even as his reversal on resisting the release of the Epstein files.

He persisted in rejecting her claim that his remarks were endangering her and stated he did not believe anyone was targeting her. Greene said on Saturday that Trump’s social media posts had triggered a wave of menaces aimed at her.

“Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Greene,” he remarked, referring to the congresswoman. “I don’t think her life is in danger... I don’t think anybody cares about her,” the president told the press before entering Air Force One on Sunday evening.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, a House member from the state of Georgia who was long known as a staunch Trump supporter, has lately adopted stances contrary to the commander-in-chief. She said on Saturday she has been alerted by private security firms warning about her security and that strong criticisms against her have in the past resulted in threats on her life.

Epstein Files Release Initiative

This dispute occurred while the President urged his GOP colleagues in the legislature to vote for the publication of records concerning the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, reversing his prior opposition to such a move.

Trump’s post on his social media platform followed House speaker Mike Johnson previously stated that he thought a vote on releasing DOJ documents in the Epstein case should help dispel claims “that he [Trump] has something to do with it”.

He posted on his Truth Social platform on that day: “House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein documents, because we have no secrets.

“And it’s time to move on from this political stunt perpetrated by Radical Left Lunatics in order to deflect from the significant achievements of the Republican Party, including our latest win on the government funding issue,” he added.

While Trump and Epstein were photographed together decades ago, the president has claimed the two men had a disagreement before Epstein’s convictions. Emails disclosed recently by a House committee indicated the convicted sex offender, who took his own life in jail in 2019, thought the President “knew about the girls,” though it was uncertain what that phrase signified.

Other Developments

• GOP representative Congressman Massie had questioned the President over whether the commander-in-chief was making a “final attempt” to prevent the complete records on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein from being disclosed by ordering a fresh investigation. The congressman and Democratic representative Ro Khanna, the two lawmakers spearheading the cross-party effort to have all the files held by the government public both raised fresh concerns about the steps by the White House.
• US forces conducted a further attack on an suspected drug trafficking boat in the Pacific region on the weekend, resulting in the deaths of three people on board, the Pentagon said on the following day. “Information verified that the boat was engaged in illegal drug trafficking, transiting along a established drug route, and transporting drugs,” the military command announced in a post on online platforms.
• Trump said the United States may begin discussions with President Maduro, the leader of Venezuela, who is under escalating pressure from Washington during a huge US military buildup in the Caribbean region. “We may be having some discussions with the Venezuelan leader, and we’ll see how that turns out. They would like to talk,” the US president said on that day, in one of the first signs of a possible path to easing the growingly strained circumstances in the region.
• Donald Trump on the weekend brushed aside worries about conservative commentator Tucker Carlson's recent discussion with a extremist figure recognized for his antisemitic views, which has created a schism within the GOP. The President supported the host, saying the former Fox News host has “said positive remarks about me over the years.” He added if he chooses to speak with the activist, whose supporters consider themselves defending America’s cultural heritage, then “people have to decide.” Trump did not condemn Carlson or Fuentes.
• The President suggested on Sunday that he intends to meet with NYC's mayor-elect Mamdani and stated they will “reach an agreement”, in what could be a detente for the Republican president and Democratic rising star who have portrayed one another as political foils. He has for an extended period slammed the mayor-elect, falsely describing him as a “communist” and predicting the ruin of his city, New York, if the democratic socialist were chosen.
• A collective of 17 transgender US air force members has filed a lawsuit against the federal government for denying them retirement benefits and benefits. The legal filing, submitted in a US court, describes the administration's action against them as “unlawful and invalid”.