Author: Lauren Green, Washington Examiner

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said Monday he “doesn’t know anything about that,” when asked about the crypto billionaire President Donald Trump said he knew “nothing” about after pardoning him. “I don’t know anything about that. I didn’t see the interview,” Johnson said. “You’ll have to ask the president about that. I’m not sure.” Trump told…

Capitol Hill staffers, already frustrated by the prospect of a first missed paycheck on Friday due to the government shutdown, have begun highlighting how seemingly everyday, small tasks are becoming increasingly difficult. “There have been so many small inconveniences where we don’t realize are essential to having an open and effective government — the doors being…

The Trump administration and House Republicans have accused Democrats of “celebrating” the government shutdown after Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) admitted that it is one of the “few leverage times we have.” “I mean, shutdowns are terrible, and of course there will be, you know, families that are going to suffer,” Clark, the No. 2…