Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) projected confidence Wednesday ahead of a House vote to end the record-long government shutdown, now in its 43rd day. “We believe the long national nightmare will be over tonight,” he told reporters. “It was completely and utterly foolish and pointless in the end, as we said all along.” The speaker predicted that he’ll have the votes to approve the Senate-passed government funding package. “We’re very optimistic about the vote tally tonight. We think this is going to

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday that the White House supports the Pentagon’s decision to open an investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) after he appeared in a video with several Democratic lawmakers urging U.S. service members to ignore unlawful orders. “Sen. Mark Kelly well knows the rules of the military and the respect that one must have for the chain of command, and that all lawful orders are presumed to be legal by our service members,” she told reporters. Sen. K

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Monday urged House members to begin returning to the Capitol after a more than 50-day recess as the chamber prepares to vote later this week on an agreement to end the record-long government shutdown. “Air travel has been grinding to a halt in many places, and as of Sunday, nearly half of all domestic flights, U.S. flights, were either canceled or delayed,” he said. “I’m stating the obvious to all my colleagues, Republicans and Democrats in the House, you need to b