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The House passed a bill to criminalize gender transition treatment for minors in a 216-211 vote, with some bipartisan support for the measure.
Under a recently signed federal law, the Justice Department had a Friday deadline to release materials concerning Epstein.
The votes follow a monthslong military campaign against alleged drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean.
The measure had little chance of consideration in the Senate, where it would need bipartisan support to move, but it reflected the priorities of the Republican majority.
The Democratic measure was defeated mostly along party lines, along with another resolution that would have halted the military’s escalating campaign of boat attacks.
The president’s approval ratings reached their lowest numbers in late November. Even some supporters say he has done too little to improve their lives.