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Record 36 House Republicans To Leave Congress Amid Growing 'Dysfunction' On Capitol Hill

A record 36 House Republicans are walking away from Congress, deepening instability on Capitol Hill and complicating Speaker Mike Johnson's efforts to defend his paper-thin majority before the 2026 midterms.

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House passes short-term DHS funding bill

Speaker Mike Johnson called the Senate-passed bill a "joke," noting the lack of border security funding.

Axios

Trump tells DHS to pay TSA despite government shutdown after agents miss another paycheck

TSA employees, including 50,000 security officers at airports, will start getting paid as soon as Monday, DHS says

The Independent UK

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Johnson calls out GOP Senate over "joke" of a DHS plan

"This gambit that was done last night is a joke," Speaker Mike Johnson said.

Axios

This is the dumbest government shutdown ever — and Americans will continue to pay the price. Here’s who’s to blame

ANALYSIS: The wraparound lines at airports will continue, ICE won’t be reined in and the Senate’s left. Eric Garcia and Andrew Feinberg break down who’s at fault

The Independent UK

Republicans whipped up a golden eagle award for Trump, making it his third fake prize in months

Trump’s cabinet of imaginary honors gets bigger

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Johnson torpedoes bill to solve airport crisis and implies Leader Thune not in control of Senate

Moments after House Speaker’s stunning move, which he said Donald Trump agreed with, the president signed an executive order to pay TSA workers for now

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Mike Johnson unleashes on MAGA trio for not backing surveillance of non-Americans

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The Independent UK

The Latest: House considers whether to approve funding for TSA and most of Homeland Security

The House is considering whether to approve funds to pay Transportation Security Administration agents and most other Homeland Security agencies after the Senate unanimously passed the measure

The Independent UK

Mike Johnson faces a rocky path to funding DHS

"Could the Senate be any more lazy than to send to us a bill that doesn't do the job and then leave town?" Chip Roy said.

Axios

Jimmy Kimmel on Mike Johnson’s new award for Trump: ‘You can almost feel his spine exiting his body’

Late-night hosts discussed the Republican party’s inaugural ‘America First’ award and a disturbing new animal story involving RFK Jr

The Guardian - US

Mike Johnson unloads at Boebert and other MAGA faithful for not backing spy act: report

‘I was getting a spanking on the floor,’ Rep. Anna Paulina Luna told Axios

The Independent UK

Trump Backs Section 702 Reauthorization After Once Calling To 'KILL FISA'

The president is much less concerned about the law's potential for overreach now that he's in charge of the government wielding it.

Reason

‘Something we’ve never done before’: Guys, what reality is this? Mike Johnson just created a whole new award just to honor Donald Trump

A masterclass in brown-nosing.

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The Guardian - US

US House speaker gives Trump so-called ‘America First’ award amid global chaos

Critics mock Mike Johnson and Republicans for presenting the president with the newly concocted award

Reason

America's Deeply Unserious Federal Government Is Becoming a Real Problem

From long TSA lines to air traffic control issues to the chaotic war in Iran, it's all the result of a government that won't take its powers or responsibilities seriously.

Axios

Scoop: Johnson, conservatives head to White House for FISA briefing

The House speaker may not have the votes to pass a clean extension of the surveillance law.

The Guardian - US

Seth Meyers on Donald Trump’s ‘present’ from Iran: ‘Is the president getting catfished?’

Late-night hosts discussed Trump’s hypocrisy over mail-in voting and his insistence that the US is not actually at war

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Fortune

Washington and Silicon Valley have found their common enemy: China

Lawmakers and tech executives may not agree on how to regulate AI, but they agree who the enemy is.

The Independent UK

Iran-US war latest: Trump extends pause on energy plant strikes and says talks with Tehran going ‘very well’

The US may send an additional 10,000 troops on top of the thousands of service members already dispatched to the region, according to a new report

The Independent UK

Trump receives yet another prize while addressing Republican fundraiser with rambling speech blasting Democrats

The president’s hour-long speech touched on voter ID, mail-in ballots and the war with Iran

The Independent UK

House Speaker Mike Johnson still says US isn’t at war with Iran — troop deployments be damned

ANALYSIS: Republicans are uneasy about sending ‘boots on the ground,’ Eric Garcia reports from Capitol Hill ... and that has them in a tough spot with President Donald Trump

Roll Call

House sets precarious path for renewing surveillance program

Speaker Mike Johnson previewed a floor strategy Wednesday that would leave little room for Republican defections as he pushes to renew a powerful surveillance authority, with chamber leadership navigating a precarious path amid objections from GOP critics of the program. The Trump administration wants to extend Section 702 of the…

The Independent UK

Mike Johnson defends Trump sending 2,000 troops to Middle East as message that Iran needs to ‘get their act together’

But House speaker won’t say deploying troops into the region constitutes US ‘boots on the ground’

Roll Call

In the Senate, Thune resurrects idea of reconciliation

For Senate leaders, pursuing another budget reconciliation bill this year was once considered a no-go. But in a matter of days, it’s become a distinct possibility. Using the often arduous budgetary maneuver would represent a shift for both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, necessitated by Republican needs to reopen the Department…

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