With the House on break for more than a month now, Speaker Mike Johnson insists he will administer the oath of office to Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva after the Senate votes to reopen the government -- resisting calls to swear her in amid the prolonged government shutdown.

The House speaker is somehow pretending that only Democrats, who control nothing in Washington, can end the shutdown.

As the federal government shutdown drags on, House Speaker Mike Johnson does not appear motivated to use his uniquely powerful position to resolve the crisis. Nor does he seem inclined to swear in Rep.

The Speaker of the House clashed with CNN's Kaitlin Collins hours before the government shutdown went into effect.

The government shutdown is now the third-longest funding lapse in modern history, and the Senate won't meet until Monday.

House Republicans remain in their districts while Senate Democrats block the GOP's funding bills seven times, extending the government shutdown into its third week.

The government shutdown began at midnight on Oct. 1 as Democrats and Republicans appeared to be nowhere close to reaching a funding deal.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) called out Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) Monday for not ‘doing their jobs’ during the government shutdown while they attended “No Kings” rallies last weekend.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and other Republicans will address reporters on Monday morning with the government shutdown in its 20th day. Johnson has been showing his anger as he becomes perhaps