Funding deadline, Donald Trump hang over Mike Johnson's head
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s fate may well depend on whether he can stay in President-elect Donald Trump’s good graces.
Chaotic scramble to avert shutdown highlights challenges ahead for Johnson
After a chaotic week in which House Speaker Mike Johnson found himself at odds, at different times, with President-elect ...
With speakership on the line, Johnson is ever more reliant on Trump
With the funding deadline looming and his speakership on the line, Johnson faces a quixotic to-do list: negotiate a new ...
Trump backs Johnson amid calls for his ouster over shutdown debacle
President-elect Donald Trump isn’t joining calls from some in his party to replace House Speaker Mike Johnson at the start of ...
Congress rejects Trump’s debt limit demands, passes temporary funding to avert shutdown
The bill would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but drops President-elect Donald Trump’s demands for a debt limit increase into the new year. Speaker Mike Johnson had insisted ...
24 hours that exposed a schism between Trump and Johnson and sent the government hurtling toward a shutdown
President-elect Donald Trump has long supported House Speaker Mike Johnson — hosting him on election night, bringing him to ...
Trump, Musk co-losers as united Democrats prevent government shutdown
After a day of upheaval and chaos triggered by a random outburst from Elon Musk, echoed by Donald Trump, that led to the ...
Elon Musk's meetings with foreign leaders alongside Trump alarm Washington insiders
Musk’s interactions with world leaders alongside Trump are raising questions about the tech leader’s potential influence on U ...