Politics

NPR - Nearly 30 House Republicans are not seeking reelection next year, NPR's Claudia Grisales says. Speaker Mike Johnson saw pushback from his own party when he virtually closed the House during the 43-day shutdown. With a potential government shutdown in January and spiking health care premiums, affordability is expected to dominate the campaign trail — and Republicans aren’t guaranteed to hold on to their majority, Grisales notes.