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WATCH LIVE: Mike Johnson holds press conference on day 15 of government shutdown
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is holding a press conference on day 15 of the government shutdown. The press conference is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. HERE ARE THE GROUPS TRUMP HAS DESIGNATED AS TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS Johnson has held a press conference nearly every day since the shutdown began,

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House Speaker Mike Johnson Has An Ominous Prediction About The Government Shutdown
House Speaker Johnson says he won’t negotiate with Democrats on the shutdown
Government Shutdown Could Be the Longest Ever, House Speaker Johnson Warns
Republican Speaker Mike Johnson predicted Monday the federal government shutdown may become the longest in history, saying he “won't negotiate” with Democrats until they hit pause on their health car...

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Sen. Coons warns Trump’s policies ‘make America less healthy and less safe’
Watch: Johnson, GOP leadership hold shutdown press conference
Hardly working: Senate heads home with House already gone as shutdown persists and Americans suffer
Democrats insist that any continuing resolution include a plan to salvage the COVID-era enhanced tax credits for the Affordable Care Act marketplaces.

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'I don't have any strategy': Johnson still backs GOP plan as shutdown drags on
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Government shutdown could be the longest ever, Speaker Johnson warns

Mike Johnson’s nightmare: Kevin Kiley is unhappy with the speaker and has nothing to lose

The California Republican has emerged as an outspoken and fearless critic at a crucial moment for the speaker.

Speaker Johnson suggests House would return to fund DoD — but only if the government is reopened

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) suggested Wednesday that the House will not return to the Capitol to vote on an $852 billion Pentagon bill the Senate is set to consider Thursday — unless

Mike Johnson slams Obamacare funds as a 'boondoggle' as shutdown drags on

Johnson also addressed conservative calls to repeal Obamacare, whose enhanced tax credits form the main dispute between the two parties that led to the funding impasse.

U.S. House Speaker Johnson calls Portland’s latest naked bike ride ‘threatening’

At a news conference Tuesday, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said Portland’s “Emergency” naked bike ride last weekend was, “the most threatening thing I’ve seen.”
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Fact Check: Speaker Mike Johnson called nude cyclists in Portland 'the most threatening thing' he's seen. Here's context

Amid protests of federal troops in Portland, Oregon, in October 2025, rumors circulated online that Mike Johnson, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, claimed "the most threatening thing" he'd seen in the city were "the naked bicyclers."

CNN's Dana Bash to Hakeem Jeffries: Have You Tried Talking To Speaker Johnson?; Jeffries: "We Can Have A Conversation"

House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) revealed he hasn't attempted to converse with Speaker Mike Johnson on the ongoing government shutdown. Jeffries told CNN anchor Dana Bash that Johnson hasn't received "permission" to talk to him.

Johnson: ‘We’re barreling toward one of the longest shutdowns in American history’

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Monday that the government shutdown is on its way to being one of the longest in history unless Democrats accept the House-passed, GOP-crafted stopgap bill to

Mike Johnson infuriated by Dems, says party 'playing politics' with Americans' lives as shutdown continues

House Speaker Mike Johnson accuses Democrats of playing politics with Americans' lives during the ongoing government shutdown in "Fox & Friends" interview on Friday.
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