Speaker Johnson defends agencies blaming Democrats for shutdown

Oct 2, 2025 - 19:00
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Speaker Johnson defends agencies blaming Democrats for shutdown
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Thursday defended the Trump administration for using official agency websites to politicize the government shutdown, saying the departments are just stating an “objective truth” about who bears the blame for the budget impasse.   A number of departments — including State, Justice and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) — have posted…