Congress is experiencing a mass retirement wave, with House lawmakers bolting for the exits at a higher clip than they have in at least the past decade amid pressure on older members to step aside.

Northern California and Central Valley members of Congress largely voted with their parties - except for Rep. Adam Gray -Wednesday as the House passed legislation to end the 43-day federal government shutdown by a 222 to 209 vote.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) swore in Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) on Wednesday, more than a month after she was elected to fill the House seat. The ceremony, which occurred around 4 p.m. EST on the House floor,

Grijalva was sworn in by House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Wednesday shortly before the House returned to session to vote on a deal to fund the federal government. After delivering a floor speech, Grijalva signed a discharge petition to eventually trigger a vote to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein, giving it the needed 218 signatures.

A group of 40 lawmakers sent out letters today warning 19 Democratic governors that they might be unknowingly sharing DMV data with ICE and Homeland Security through a platform called Nlets, as reported by Reuters.

A disruptive passenger caused a flight with four Arizona Congress members to be diverted to MCI Tuesday. The lawmakers were returning to Washington, D.C., to vote on reopening the government.

A flight carrying four members of Congress from Phoenix to Washington, D.C., was diverted to Kansas City International Airport Tuesday night due to a “disruptive passenger.”

A commercial flight carrying members of Congress made an unscheduled landing at Kansas City International Airport Tuesday evening after a passenger became unruly on board.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna will vote “yes” to fund the government through the end of January. “I think the framework right now is pretty good,” Luna said. “So, I don’t want to throw anything out there since frankly there are a lot of people.”

Most LGBTQ+ members of Congress oppose the proposed deal to reopen the federal government.