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LAWMAKERS WILL RETURN from August recess next week to dive into funding fights and multiple controversies involving the Trump administration: one focused on Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and another over convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Congress will also gavel back into session Tuesday with speculation swirling around the future of Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa). Ernst is expected to announce next week she does not plan to seek reelection in 2026, leaving an open seat in a tough midterm elections environment for Republicans.

But first, Washington will be gripped by a funding fight, with the clock ticking toward a government shutdown at the end of September.

The Hill’s Alexander Bolton re

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