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.

Reactions are pouring in from Capitol Hill after House Democrats released new emails from sex offender Jeffrey Epstein referencing President Donald Trump.

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.

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.

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

Confronted with questions he should know how to answer, the House Republican leader has proven to be surprisingly ignorant about current events.