This article will appear in the January 2026 issue of Texas Monthly with the headline “The Last Temptation of James Talarico.

Users discussed the rumor in December 2025 after Newsweek published an article about the topic.

House Speaker Mike Johnson has raised the possibility that President Donald Trump could veto a bill requiring the Justice Department to release files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s (R-S.D.) assertion that a bill to expand Russian sanctions would start in the House came as a surprise to him, countering the ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he will vote on Tuesday for the bill to directing the Department of Justice to release files relating to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, even as he expressed deep ...

WASHINGTON — Congress voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to pass legislation to compel the Justice Department to release its records related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — a major ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson voiced his personal frustration after the Senate pushed through the Jeffrey Epstein disclosure bill without adopting changes he had urged, warning that the fast-tracked vote ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed Sunday that his chamber will take a vote later this week on eliminating a provision in the spending bill that ended the government shutdown, which compensated GOP ...

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson—who was so set on blocking the release of the Epstein files that he wouldn’t swear in Adelita Grijalva—says he has “concerns” about Congress’s decision to open ...

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Tuesday revealed his decision on the House's forthcoming vote on forcing the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein. Johnson told reporters ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he is “deeply disappointed” after the bill to compel the Justice Department to release documents related to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is ...

The bill will now head to the Senate, where its fate is uncertain. After months of anticipation, the House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a bill ordering the release of the ...