Padilla cuffed, McIver indicted: Can Congress come back from the brink?

You have lots of places to choose from to get your message out to the press if you’re House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.

It’s best to get your message out succinctly, clearly and free of interference.

So when Johnson decided to boast about the House making good on the first bill to codify DOGE cuts and slash $9.4 billion from USAID and public broadcasting, he stepped just outside the House chamber and into a throng of reporters gathered by the Will Rogers Statue.

"Republicans will continue to deliver real accountability and restore fiscal discipline," said Johnson.  

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But the Will Roger...