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Defying their party’s leadership, four House Republicans on Wednesday joined Democrats in signing a rarely successful discharge petition, giving lawmakers the votes needed to force a floor vote on extending enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies that are set to expire at the end of the year. The move hands Democrats …

A bipartisan push to compel the Justice Department to release long-secret materials related to Jeffrey Epstein cleared a major hurdle Wednesday after House Speaker Mike Johnson had delayed a new Democrat’s swearing-in for seven weeks — a move that had stalled the effort. The measure, known as the Epstein Files …