US president Donald Trump's attempts to press two female members of Congress to withdraw their backing for a key vote appear to have failed. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
Donald Trump is facing the prospect of a politically damaging congressional vote on releasing the Jeffery Epstein files after attempts to press two female members of Congress to withdraw their backing for it appeared to have failed.
The reported refusal of Lauren Boebert, a Republican representative from Colorado, and Nancy Mace, from South Carolina, to remove their names from a discharge petition to force a vote leaves Mr Trump exposed on an issue that carries the possibility of turning segments of his Maga bas
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