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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump may have his name on the building, but it’s still the Kennedy Center to Congress. A bipartisan spending package released Monday by House Speaker Mike Johnson includes $32 million for operating expenses at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts through Sept. 30, 2027.
"Trump’s military actions against Venezuela last night were unconstitutional. Period,” Carter said. “This was reckless and risked American lives with no plan for the aftermath. I voted for a war powers resolution to end hostilities against Venezuela without congressional authorization, which failed on a near party line vote.”
Speaker Mike Johnson declined an opportunity to rebuke comments by President Donald Trump regarding the murders of Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner.
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When MAGA Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) tried to oust Rep. Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) as House speaker in May 2024, she got a backlash not only from fellow Republicans, but also, from Democrats.
US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has defended President Donald Trump's military action in Venezuela following lawmakers being briefed on the situation in Washington, DC.
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When all non-essential government services were suspended at the beginning of October, that also seemed to include the House Speaker Mike Johnson’s brain-processing power. But unlike the rest of the government, the Louisiana Republican has no intention of turning it back on.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other top officials have briefed leaders in Congress on the striking military operation in Venezuela.
House Speaker Mike Johnson finally found a point of contention with Donald Trump — unable to defend the president for hurling at Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz a slur used to denigrate people with disabilities when The Independent asked him about it Tuesday.
Speaker Mike Johnson was often found to be out of the loop when questioned by the press over the latest Donald Trump controversy during 2025. Despite overseeing the longest government shutdown in history,
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