Speaker Mike Johnson will hold a press conference at around 10 a.m. on Tuesday. THUNE PIVOTS TO FEDERAL WORKER PAY AS LATEST SHUTDOWN TRIAL BALLOON Johnson speaks to the press as the government shutdown continues into its 21st day.

Amid growing frustration, Johnson has indicated he will not recall lawmakers to Washington for votes until the government is reopened

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) this weekend confessed that he’d welcome former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) back to Congress with open arms if he ran for a seat again and won.

A rush transcript of "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" airing on Sunday, October 12, 2025 on ABC News is below. This copy may not be in its final form, may be updated and may contain minor transcription errors. For previous show transcripts, visit the "This Week" transcript archive.

Republicans in Louisiana's congressional delegation are writing to DHS after a suspected Oct. 7 terrorist was arrested in their state after entering the U.S. over a year earlier.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) struggled to justify his failure to swear in a new Democratic House member when pressed on the subject in a Sunday ABC News interview.

Speaker Johnson is yet to swear in Adelita Grijalva, and circled around his reasonings for the long wait in a very awkward interview.

Many are criticizing House Speaker Mike Johnson for Freudian slip after saying Republican Party "defended" Nazism. See Social media reactions.

In a Thursday interview with Axios, she took aim at Johnson over his refusal to answer questions about Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.), who has been hit with a restraining order after a former girlfriend, Lindsay Langston, accused him of threatening to release sexually explicit photos of her following their split.