The House speaker announced that lawmakers would leave a day early for a five-week break from Washington as tensions soar ...

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Tuesday said House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) call to abruptly shut down the lower chamber ...

Speaker Mike Johnson says fear had nothing to do with shutting down the House before a possible Epstein vote, but Democrats ...

The Republican speaker truncated the legislative schedule for the week ahead of a summer recess, moving to deny Democrats the ...

Senate Republicans say President Trump has made it clear he doesn’t want a government shutdown, and they’re urging House GOP ...

New House Speaker Mike Johnson may already be losing his first big clash with the hard-right lawmakers who are making the Republican majority and the nation ungovernable as time races down to yet ...

Washington Watch As Mike Johnson becomes House speaker, analyst puts risk of government shutdown at 20% to 30% Here’s why the shutdown risk could be ‘much less than it was just a couple of ...

While House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) may have yet again avoided a government shutdown, his speakership may be on the line with some Republicans already refusing to commit to supporting him come ...

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Mike Johnson said Saturday he will seek to avoid a government shutdown next weekend with a "two-step" temporary spending plan – but his proposal drew immediate ...

Speaker Mike Johnson and his fractious Republican majority in the House won't govern. Too bad the country can't fully function until they do. Opinion: The shutdown looms, and Speaker Mike Johnson ...

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