The House board flashed 427–1. Down on the floor, a Louisiana Republican named Clay Higgins had just cast the lone "no" on a bill ordering the Justice Department to release the Jeffrey Epstein files within 30 days. Within hours, Senate leaders signaled they would clear the measure by unanimous consent; on Wednesday, they did, sending it to the president’s desk. Yesterday, Donald Trump signed it .

In a year obsessed with fracture, the Epstein Files Transparency Act produced legislative agreement: a left–right coalition large enough to end a monthslong stall. The bill moved after a discharge petition—one of Congress’s bluntest tools—forced the vote.

If there’s a more bracing portrait of American political agreement in 2025, it’s hard to think of one. But it is not the only example.

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