Trump administration live updates: House returns to D.C. for shutdown vote

What to know today
HOUSE RETURNS: House members are returning to Washington for a vote this evening on the Senate-amended bill to reopen the government, which would end a federal shutdown that has now continued for 43 days — the longest in U.S. history.
GRIJALVA SWEARING-IN: Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva is scheduled to be sworn in today, nearly two months after the Arizona Democrat won her late father’s seat in a special election. Democrats will have 214 members to the Republicans’ 219, and Grijalva is expected to be the 218th signature on a discharge petition to force a House vote on whether the Justice Department should release the Jeffrey Epstein files.
SCHLOSSBERG’S RUNNING: Jack Schlossberg, the only grandson of late President John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy Onassis, announced he’s running for the New York City congressional seat long held by Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., who has announced he will retire.
VIRGINIA BATTLEGROUND: Former Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., a member of the Jan. 6 committee who lost re-election in 2022, told NBC News that she’s launching a bid for her old congressional seat against GOP Rep. Jennifer Kiggans, one of the most competitive districts in next year’s election.
Former Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria launches bid for her old seat in Virginia
Former Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., a member of the Jan. 6 committee who lost re-election in 2022, is launching a bid for her old congressional seat against GOP Rep. Jennifer Kiggans.
In an exclusive interview with NBC News announcing her plans, Luria said the “chaos” in Washington compelled her to run again for the battleground district.
“I’ve watched the chaos here in Washington — really, it’s a do-nothing Republican Congress, and they haven’t even been to work for about 50 days,” Luria said. “I said to myself, this is the time for me to continue to serve in that capacity and go back to being representative for Virginia’s 2nd District again.”
Luria will likely face several opponents in the Democratic primary before the general election in what is expected to be one of the most competitive seats in the 2026 midterms, when control of the House is up for grabs.
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Jack Schlossberg, member of Kennedy political dynasty, is running for Congress
Jack Schlossberg, the only grandson of late President John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy Onassis, announced Tuesday night that he’s running for U.S. Congress.
The 32-year-old son of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg said he’s running for the New York City seat long held by U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-NY, who in September announced he will retire.
“I’m running for Congress to represent my home, New York’s 12th congressional district, where I was born and raised, where I took the bus to school every single day from one side of the district to the other,” Schlossberg said in a video announcing his candidacy.
“This is the best part of the greatest city on Earth,” he said.
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Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva to be sworn in today, nearly two months after she was elected
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is scheduled to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva today — nearly two months after the Arizona Democrat won her late father’s seat in a special election.
Johnson has consistently said he would administer the oath of office to Grijalva when Democrats vote to reopen the government. The Senate passed a bipartisan measure to do just that Monday night, with the House expected to vote on the legislation this evening.
When Grijalva is sworn in, the House breakdown will be 219 Republicans to 214 Democrats.
Grijalva is expected to be the 218th signature on the discharge petition to force a House floor vote requiring the Justice Department to publicly release all the files related to the Jeffrey Epstein case. There is still an additional waiting period of seven legislative days before any of the signers of the petition can force a vote on it. The House speaker then has two legislative days before he must call up the measure for a vote on the floor.
What Democrats say they won in the 43-day government shutdown
Democrats shut down the federal government to secure a key demand: extending health care subsidies for millions of Americans.
After a more than 40-day standoff, they threw in the towel — with no guarantee from Republicans that they would agree to renew the expiring Obamacare tax credits.
Progressive activists and their Democratic allies in Congress, who had wanted the party to fight on longer, decried it as a monumental “cave” to an authoritarian in Donald Trump.
But others in the party see a silver lining in the six-week standoff.
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