WHAT TO KNOW

* Federal funds run out on Sept. 30 and Congress will have to pass a short-term spending measure to keep the government open for a few weeks or months while they try to finish the full-year package. But Republicans will need Democratic votes to pass an extension, and Democrats will want significant concessions. * As lawmakers return, Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., are expected to try to force a House vote to require the Justice Department to release the Jeffrey Epstein files. * The House Oversight Committee will return from August recess with a slate of interviews lined up as part of its investigation into former President Joe Biden’s mental state while in office.

Government funding deadline looms Sept. 30 as Congress braces for fights over Epstein fi

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