It's too early to call President Trump a lame duck. But Congress is ready to clip his wings over the Epstein files. Why it matters: Tuesday's expected House vote to release the files — over Trump's initial objections — will mark the first time this term that a GOP-led congressional chamber will so openly defy him. • The vote's inevitability led him to change tack, bless the vote — and look the weakest he's been since his inauguration.

Reality check: Trump isn't a weak president. He wields unprecedented influence in his party, which controls Congress. The GOP base loves him. • But Tuesday's vote will show that some laws of political physics still apply to the gravity-defying Trump, who's grappling with the karma of setting the mess in motion. • "House Republicans should vote to relea

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