TONIGHT: Meet the young girl helping to save the axolotl. Go On the Road with Steve Hartman in Boston at 6:30 p.m. on the CBS Evening News. | CBS News

Exclusive: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries tells CBS News’ John Dickerson that the eight Democrats in the Senate who voted with Republicans to end the government shutdown will have to explain themselves. “House Democrats are in this fight until we win this fight,” Jeffries said. “We're just getting started.” https://cbsn.ws/4pbagEM | CBS News

House Speaker Mike Johnson told CBS News Wednesday that he would put a contentious bill that would require the Department of Justice to release the Epstein files to a floor vote next week. “We’re going to put that on the floor for a full vote when we get back next week,” Johnson said, adding, “in the meantime I’ll remind everybody the [House] Oversight Committee has been working around the clock” on its own investigation. https://cbsn.ws/4hW0FPL | CBS News