A rare sight in Washington: The House of Representatives is getting down to work

Welcome back, members of the US House of Representatives. The world has changed since you’ve been gone. Since the House cast its last vote, on September 19 — well before the longest government shutdown in history started — Donald Trump has brokered a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and traveled to Asia and back. The East Wing of the White House has disappeared under the president’s wrecking ball. A World Series has been won, and Taylor Swift told the globe about &ldquo