House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was warned Tuesday that, just because a faction of Democrats caved on the government shutdown, his path to getting the House up and running smoothly again is still fraught with peril.

House Speaker Mike Johnson has tapped Senate Majority Leader John Thune to take up the torch of blocking the release of the government’s files on Jeffrey Epstein. During a press conference Tuesday, Johnson announced that he would support the House petition to release the government’s files on the alleged sex trafficker—but not without throwing one final wrench in the plans of lawmakers who support the measure.

The federal government may be open, but the House of Representatives is closed for business. Again. The record-shattering 43-day-long shutdown coincided with an impromptu 53-day vacation for House Republicans.

The representative-elect and the state of Arizona sued Johnson in October 2025 over his refusal to swear her in.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday he will bring a bill to the House floor next week requiring the Justice Department to release all of its files related

House Speaker Mike Johnson decided to quickly schedule a House vote on an effort to force the release of all of the Jeffrey Epstein case files once the calculation was made that it couldn’t be stopped.

House Speaker Mike Johnson spoke in favor of a discharge petition demanding the Justice Department release more records on the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, accusing Democrats of politicizing "the unspeakable tragedies" to damage the Trump administration.