Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Monday urged House members to begin returning to the Capitol after a more than 50-day recess as the chamber prepares to vote later this week on an agreement to end the record-long government shutdown. “Air travel has been grinding to a halt in many places, and as of Sunday, nearly half of all domestic flights, U.S. flights, were either canceled or delayed,” he said. “I’m stating the obvious to all my colleagues, Republicans and Democrats in the House, you need to b

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) came out Sunday night against the deal brokered by rank-and-file senators on both sides of the aisle to end the government shutdown. “I must vote no. This health care crisis is so severe, so urgent, so devastating for families back home that I cannot in good faith support this CR that fails to address the health care crisis,” he said ahead of a procedural vote to advance the measure. “But let me be clear: however this vote turns out, this fight will an

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday that the White House supports the Pentagon’s decision to open an investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) after he appeared in a video with several Democratic lawmakers urging U.S. service members to ignore unlawful orders. “Sen. Mark Kelly well knows the rules of the military and the respect that one must have for the chain of command, and that all lawful orders are presumed to be legal by our service members,” she told reporters. Sen. K