Live updates: Congress returns to face shutdown fight, Epstein files vote

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 President Trump’s policies and demand a living wage for workers.