JOEY CPELLETTI and MATT BROWN, Author at The Rapid City Post

FILE - Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz., speaks at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Grijalva will be sworn in as the House’s newest member, paving the way for an Epstein files vote

November 12, 2025

After weeks of delay, Democrat Adelita Grijalva of Arizona is set to be sworn in as the newest member of the House. That’ll be one of Speaker Mike Johnson first actions Wednesday before the House begins voting on legislation to end the government shutdown. Grijalva’s arrival comes nearly seven weeks after she won an election in Arizona to fill the seat last held by her late father, Rep. Raúl Grijalva. As one of her first acts in Congress, Adelita Grijalva plans to sign a petition to force a vote on legislation requiring the release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

FILE - Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, speaks during the confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Mike Lee’s posts about the Minnesota shootings incensed fellow senators. They refused to let it go

June 21, 2025

Sen. Mike Lee posts thousands of times, often late at night, about politics. Colleagues have grown accustomed to the Utah Republican’s online persona, mostly brushing it off. That is, until this past week, after his posts about the killing of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband incensed fellow senators. Lee has since deleted the posts but has yet to apologize. Minnesota’s two Democratic senators confronted Lee last week, and one of them, Tina Smith, said he seemed “surprised” to be called out. The backlash came at a tense moment in a bitterly divided Senate.

JOEY CPELLETTI and MATT BROWN.

Grijalva will be sworn in as the House’s newest member, paving the way for an Epstein files vote

Mike Lee’s posts about the Minnesota shootings incensed fellow senators. They refused to let it go

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