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. * Protesters took to the streets in multiple U.S. cities on Labor Day to criticize Pres