Also known as: House Speaker Mike Johnson · Speaker Mike Johnson
US House Speaker who warned against rapid AI regulation in September 2026, citing risks to technological competitiveness with China.
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Citizen Digital
… Asked Sunday by Fox News about the numerous security incidents caused by advanced AI models, the president dismissed these concerns, saying "I'm not worried about it." Trump and Mike Johnson, the speaker of the House of Representatives, are set to meet with leading AI executives …
Anthropic CEO Amodei to dine with Trump at White HouseCitizen Digital
US House Speaker warns curbing AI too sharply could leave China ahead By AFP September 13, 2026 05:33 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Audio By Vocalize House Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday warned that movin …
US House Speaker warns curbing AI too sharply could leave China aheadCitizen Digital
… Speaker Mike Johnson and other senior House Republicans have largely avoided commenting, while Ohio congressmen Jim Jordan and Mike Turner described the accusations as a private or judicial matter. …
Abuse scandal roils Republicans ahead of US midtermsThe Standard
… epublicans have failed the American people," House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said Thursday, announcing an affordability campaign built around groceries, gasoline, housing and health care.Republicans insist the election will offer a choice between what Speaker Mike Johnson …
Trump faces midterm reckoning with 100 days to US voteCapital News
… after the US launched its first strikes on Iran in late February. “There were two pilots involved, both are safe and uninjured,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Nevertheless, the United States must, of necessity, respond to this attack.” In Washington, US House Speaker Mike Johnson …
US and Iran exchange fire after American patrol helicopter downed in HormuzCapital News
… Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson praised the Secret Service for their response to the shooting, with Thune writing on a social media that he was “grateful” for Secret Service agents “decisive action” to protect the president. …
White House shooting suspect killed in gunfight with Secret Service agentsCitizen Digital
… Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson are listed as guest speakers. …
White House mass prayer event seeks to reclaim US Christian rootsThe Standard
… The hostilities that began on February 28, 2026, have terminated," he wrote in letters to House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate president pro tempore Chuck Grassley.Lebanon says 13 dead in Israeli strikes Lebanon's health ministry said 13 people were killed Friday in Israeli stri …
The latest developments of the war in the Middle East:Capital News
… House Speaker Mike Johnson, who had resited bringing the Senate-passed bill to a vote for weeks, calling it inadequate and insisting that immigration enforcement be fully funded, eventually relented.
US House votes to end government shutdown over immigration operationsCapital News
… Grassley, 92, is third in the line of succession after Trump, Vice-President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson – all of whom were at the correspondents’ dinner. …
White House to review Trump’s security after shooting at dinner eventPresident Donald Trump said he will have a late dinner with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, marking their first one-on-one meeting. The dinner comes after months of conflict between the AI startup and the Trump administration, and two days after a federal appeals court upheld the Pentagon's decision to classify Anthropic as a supply chain risk.
28 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
President Donald Trump said he will have a late dinner with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, marking their first one-on-one meeting. The dinner comes after months of conflict between the AI startup and the Trump administration, and two days after a federal appeals court upheld the Pentagon's decision to classify Anthropic as a supply chain risk.
28 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
House Speaker Mike Johnson cautioned that moving too quickly to regulate AI could cost the US a technological race to China, calling instead for responsible innovation alongside regulation and proposing a Congressional meeting with top AI executives.
13 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
US congressman Max Miller is facing growing calls to drop his reelection bid after domestic abuse allegations emerged. Miller has denied the allegations from his former wife and insisted he will remain in the race.
3 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
With 100 days until the US midterm elections, Republicans face polling suggesting losses in the House of Representatives, while Trump's administration contends with low presidential approval ratings, high living costs, and an ongoing war with Iran affecting energy markets.
26 July 2026 · The Standard →
The US conducted strikes on Iranian air defence systems, ground control stations and radar sites near the Strait of Hormuz after an American Apache helicopter was downed on Monday. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps retaliated by launching drones and missiles at 21 targets at US bases in Bahrain and Jordan, with Kuwait also intercepting an attack.
10 June 2026 · Capital News →
A 21-year-old man identified as Nasire Best was killed in an exchange of gunfire with Secret Service agents near the White House on Saturday evening. A bystander was wounded in the shooting, but no Secret Service officers were injured, and Trump, who was in residence, was not impacted.
24 May 2026 · Capital News →
Thousands gathered on the National Mall for a mass prayer festival organized by the White House, featuring Christian music and speeches by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Speaker Mike Johnson, and video addresses by President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Critics view the event as an overt display of Christian nationalism that undermines the separation of church and state.
18 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The United States approved a $4 billion sale of Patriot missiles to Qatar and a nearly $1 billion sale of precision weapons systems to Israel, citing support for US foreign policy and national security objectives. The Pentagon also announced the withdrawal of about 5,000 troops from Germany within the next year.
2 May 2026 · The Standard →
US lawmakers approved a Senate-passed bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, ending a 76-day partial shutdown over disagreement on immigration enforcement funding. The measure reopens DHS but excludes ICE and parts of Customs and Border Protection, which Democrats refused to fund without agency reforms after deadly shootings involving federal immigration officers.
30 April 2026 · Capital News →
The White House will hold a meeting to review President Trump's security following a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday, where an armed suspect got near a ballroom with over 2,000 people including Trump and cabinet members; a federal agent was wounded in a brief exchange of gunfire, but is expected to fully recover.
28 April 2026 · Capital News →