House returns to Washington as GOP moves to avert shutdown before midterm elections

The House returns from its monthlong August recess on Monday, with Republican leadership looking to usher through a spending bill to fund the government beyond the midterm elections. The lower chamber is also expected to vote on a resolution to condemn and denounce “socialism in all its forms,” specifically pointing to

‘Defend the Vote’ March follows a wave of changes to voting laws and redistricting that civil rights groups have condemned as detrimental to Black Americans