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CNN anchor Jake Tapper fact-checked House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Thursday's edition of "The Lead" about a key claim Johnson and other Republicans have made about the ongoing government shutdown.

"The democrats keep deciding to keep the government shut down; they are forcing the administration to triage federal spending," Johnson said. "Why? Because they have turned off the funding streams, Jake. That is what's happened. They can make this stop immediately."

President Donald Trump's Justice Department has been pressuring an acting U.S. attorney to indict Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) even though she hasn't been able to make a legitimate case for it, according to a report.

Writing for MSNBC.com on Thursday, Carol Leonnig, Vaughn Hillyard, Ken Dilanian, and Lisa Rubin collaborated on a report revealing that Kelly O. Hayes, a career prosecutor in Maryland, was specifically pressured by Ed Martin, who is running the "weaponization task force" investigations.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) took a swipe at CNN during an interview with anchor Jake Tapper because the network hosted a town hall with two progressive lawmakers, whom Johnson described as "socialist."

On Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) hosted a live town hall on CNN, where the duo heaped criticism on Johnson and the Republican caucus for the government shutdown.

Former national security advisor for Donald Trump, John Bolton, was indicted on Thursday, prompting a warning from another former administration official.

Miles Taylor, the former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security, explained that no American is safe because the administration is accessing information about anyone it wants.

White House press secretary is drawing criticism after alleging that members of the Democratic Party are mainly terrorists, undocumented immigrants and violent criminals.

Speaking to Fox News on Thursday, Karoline Leavitt claimed, "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) questioned what the Justice Department might be doing with the Jeffrey Epstein files while Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear her into the post.

Johnson told Fox News that Grijalva has keys to her office and can be doing her job and taking calls, prefacing it with the southern phrase, "bless her heart," and saying "she doesn't know how it works" in Congress.

ESPN's Stephen A. Smith dramatically interrupted a NewsNation panel's debate on the government shutdown, delivering a passionate critique of Washington's disconnect from everyday Americans' struggles — before storming off the stage.

"You know what I'm going to do?" he asked his co-guests on the panel, including Republican Jim Jordan (OH), as well as Democrats Ro Khanna (CA), and Madeleine Dean (PA). "I'm going to take a break."

Midway through his first term as Pennsylvania’s sole Democratic member of the Senate, Sen. John Fetterman could be headed for a rough primary for breaking with his own party on key issues and frequently defending Donald Trump.

According to a report from Axios, which Fetterman mocked as “clickbait,” there are already rumblings that three lawmakers with strong ties to the Democratic Party could challenge him for his seat.