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Today — 9 October 2025Main stream

Inside the Capitol, a Heated Spat Over the Shutdown and Epstein

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By: Annie Karni
9 October 2025 at 05:31
A pair of Democratic senators confronted the Republican speaker of the House over his refusal to swear in a colleague during the shutdown.

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Speaker Mike Johnson outside his office at the Capitol on Wednesday.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Elected but Not Seated, Grijalva Waits to Sign Epstein Petition

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Michael Gold
7 October 2025 at 01:56
The Democratic representative-elect won her Arizona seat overwhelmingly. But so far, the Republican speaker will not swear her in.

© Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, 54, was elected last month to fill the seat that was occupied by her father, who died in March.
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