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Mike Johnson just cemented Kevin McCarthy’s debt bomb

“This is the most the Republican Party has accomplished in over a decade,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said in a “Dear Colleague” letter over the weekend announcing his latest surrender to Joe Biden. “Represents the most favorable budget agreement ever reached.” Hmm…where did you hear that bromide from Republican leadership? Seven months ago, Johnson's […]

Washington’s Dillon Johnson ‘all good’ for CFP championship game

HOUSTON — Washington's 1,000-yard rusher Dillon Johnson expects to play in Monday night's national championship game against Michigan despite suffering knee and foot injuries late in the Sugar Bowl. . “Everything is going well” for the showdown, Johnson said. “I'm ready to rock and roll and give whatever the team needs. I'm ready, man.” While […]

Speaker Mike Johnson, White House Strike Spending Framework Deal

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) and Congressional leaders have struck a spending framework agreement that could avert a government shutdown. But it could frustrate conservatives who want even deeper cuts. The bipartisan framework is set This fiscal year's defense funding is $866 billion, and non-defense spending is $704 billion, which is the spending level set […]

Johnson defends Trump’s ‘poisoning’ immigrant remark: ‘It’s not hateful’

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) defended former President Trump's “blood-poisoning” comments, saying he wouldn't use the word himself, but he emphasized the “urgency” of President Trump's warnings against immigrants. He claimed to understand. Asked by CBS News' “Face the Nation” anchor Margaret Brennan if he agreed with President Trump's “poison the blood” comment, Johnson said, […]

Speaker Mike Johnson asks Biden to Mar. 7 State of the Union

House Speaker Mike Johnson has invited President Biden to Congress for the annual State of the Union address, setting a historically late date in the midst of the presidential primary election. A brief two-sentence memo sent to the White House on Saturday asked Biden to appear before a joint session of Congress on Thursday, March […]