Live updates: House grinds to halt over Epstein; Trump meets with Philippines leader to talk trade

President Trump meets Tuesday with the leader of America's oldest ally in the Pacific, Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., at the White House.

Marcos, the first leader of South Asian nations to visit the Trump White House, is looking to talk trade, after Trump put a 20 percent levy on the nation starting Aug. 1. "My top priority for this visit is to push for greater economic engagement, particularly through trade and investment, between the Philippines and the United States," he said upon his departure on Sunday.

He met with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday to discuss the U.S.-Filipino military alliance in the shadow of China.

In Congress, the Jeffrey Epstein saga has ground the House to a halt. Speaker Mike Johnson made it clear any votes on related resolutions would not make it to the House floor until September. The House majority whip's office on Tuesday morning cut the week short, saying the chamber's last votes before summer recess would be Wednesday.

An a House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee voted Tuesday to subpoena Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex offender and longtime Epstein associate, as the Republicans on Capitol Hill push for the publication of more information related to Epstein’s case.

The Senate is considering whether to forgo some of its August recess to vote on more Trump nominees, as the president has pressured the Senate GOP to do.

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