Senate Republicans defeat Democrats' effort to force the release of Epstein files

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., holds an impromptu news conference with reporters just outside the chamber to say he has filed an amendment on the Senate floor to require the attorney general to release the Epstein files and Republicans will have to vote on it, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)