Tonight, new emails from Jeffrey Epstein raise questions about the president's ties with the late

convicted sex offender as Congress readies a critical vote to release those files. Then the shutdown

is officially over. But what about the millions of Americans facing steep health care premiums?

Democrats say they've got a plan. Plus, big business gets a big dinner at the White

House. We're talking money-power politics as the 11th hour gets underway on this Wednesday night.

Good evening. Once again, I am Stephanie Ruhl, and welcome to the midweek nightcap. We are now

355 days away from the midterms.

And tonight, after nearly 43 days, the government is set to reopen.

The House passed the Senate-approved funding deal, and President Trump signed off on it earlier tonight.

But, of course, the big news of today centered around Jeffrey Epstein and President Trump.

Let's start in the House where Speaker Mike Johnson finally swore in a new Democratic congressman

from Arizona who immediately became the final signature needed for a discharge petition to force a vote on releasing the full Epstein files.

Tonight, Speaker Johnson said he plans to hold that vote next week.

And the big headline today, we got to look at several of the emails in the case.

They were released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee after the panel subpoenaed

the Epstein estate.

In one email from 2019 to Galane Maxwell and author Michael Wolf,

Epstein allegedly wrote that Trump, quote, knew about the girls. We should note that MSNBC

has not independently confirmed any allegations in these emails, and Donald Trump has not been

accused of any wrongdoing in the case. With that, let's bring in our nightcap MSNBC senior

White House correspondent. And my dear, dear friend Von Hilliard is here. Philip Bump, MSNBC

columnist and contributor Max Roe, former Democratic Congressman from New York. He is now a senior

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