House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is holding a press conference on day 15 of the government shutdown. The press conference is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. HERE ARE THE GROUPS TRUMP HAS DESIGNATED AS TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS Johnson has held a press conference nearly every day since the shutdown began,

White House budget director Russell Vought said on Wednesday he wants to close the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

“We’re barreling toward one of the longest shutdowns in American history, unless Democrats drop their partisan demands and pass a clean, no-strings-attached budget to reopen the government and pay our...