Trump demanded a government shutdown over his silly noncitizen-voting bill, believing Democrats would be blamed. The Speaker chose not to comply.

The short-term bill is expected to get a vote on the House floor this week as Congress faces a Sept. 30 shutdown deadline.

House Speaker Mike Johnson has reportedly secured a tentative agreement with his Democratic colleagues in both chambers of Congress to avert a rapidly approaching government shutdown.The development comes less than a week after defections in his own party defeated the speaker’s attempt to pass a spending bill paired with extra legislation prohibiting non-citizens from voting.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is promising that the House will not approve a single, massive bill to fund the entire government in December —  a scenario feared by conservatives —  despite a

The House plans to vote this week on a three-month funding bill to avoid a government shutdown — without an election provision Donald Trump had demanded.