Arizona attorney general Kris Mayes has sued to compel House Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva, the Democrat elected on 23 September to a southern Arizona seat previously held by her late father. Mayes says the delay amounts to “taxation without representation,” after a missed deadline she set in an Oct. 14 letter. Johnson cites the ongoing, second-longest government shutdown and says he’ll seat her when it ends; he rejects claims the Epstein files are a factor. Grijalva, unable to access basic resources, and Arizona’s Democratic senators have pressed for immediate swearing-in.

Prepared by Lauren Mitchell and reviewed by editorial team.