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The government shutdown is now the third-longest funding lapse in modern history, and the Senate won't meet until Monday.
Congress has made virtually no progress toward a deal to reopen the government as the standoff drags into its fourth week.
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
Speaker Mike Johnson has managed to spearhead passage of a House-led budget blueprint, an early year funding bill, and Trump’s tax and immigration law through his single-digit margin majority — at times burning out Republican holdouts in marathon overnight sessions until they voted for the legislation.
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Raw Story on MSNMike Johnson directly accused of silencing Epstein victims to cover Trump
An analyst says House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is using the government shutdown to cover for President Donald Trump's fears over the Epstein files, saying there is "little doubt" that Johnson wants to silence the survivors.
House Speaker Mike Johnson battled ABC News host Jonathan Karl over the "No Kings" protests and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's Pentagon press policy on Sunday.
Republicans and Democrats aren’t talking. They’re pressuring each other to give in as effects of the weekslong government shutdown are taking hold.
We are heading into another week of a government shutdown. Democrats and Republicans remain at odds over how to fund the government. The Senate failed a 10th time Thursday to try to pass a bill that has already passed the House.