Lawmakers return to Congress this week from their August recess. They face a long to-do list, with the risk of a government shutdown looming.
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Congress returns from recess, with a month-end government shutdown looming
Claudia Grisales is a congressional reporter assigned to NPR's Washington Desk.
Ayesha Rascoe is a White House correspondent for NPR. She is currently covering her third presidential administration. Rascoe's White House coverage has included a number of high profile foreign trips, including President Trump's 2019 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam, and President Obama's final NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland in 2016. As a part of the White House team, she's also a regular on the NPR Politics Podcast.