The fallout over Epstein case continues to engulf the Trump administration and the Republican Party. The Eleventh Hour Nightcap discusses the latest.

Tea party Republican Thomas Massie (R-KY) posted on X that he believed Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) would call the House and Senate into session to dodge recess appointments.

President Donald Trump continues to wrestle with the Jeffrey Epstein controversy. He once promised to release the files. Now, it has become a tug of war even within his supporters, as Democrats are not letting up either.

CHICAGO (AP) — A judge in Illinois dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit Friday that sought to disrupt limits Chicago imposes on cooperation between federal immigration agents and local police.

At least one GOP senator is starting to feel out of place within the party. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) told CNN's Kaitlan Collins on Thursday that the Republican Party she grew up supporting has become a party completely controlled by Donald Trump and the MAGA movement.

Ashley Michaels reports on Richard Holtorf being elected as the new vice chair for the Colorado state's republican party.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin helped navigate SALT deduction caps and Byrd rule complexities as the de facto liaison between Senate and House Republicans to pass the "big, beautiful bill."

In Iowa, Rep. Zach Nunn had been weighing a run for governor until his own conversation with Trump, after which he opted to seek reelection to a seat that national Republicans feel would have been more competitive without an incumbent on the ballot. Trump offered a full-throated endorsement of Nunn’s reelection after he said he spoke with him.