House Republicans may be planning a "boneheaded" move in response to the looming threat of a government shutdown, Punchbowl News' Jake Sherman told MSNBC's Katy Tur on Friday afternoon.

This follows the Senate's failure to pass the House's continuing resolution to keep the government funded for several more weeks, with most Democrats and two Republicans voting against it. Democrats are demanding the GOP extend funding of Affordable Care Act subsidies as a condition of their vote.

President Donald Trump has demanded Republicans not negotiate on the issue at all, and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is in blame mode, telling reporters on Capitol Hill, "The ball is in Chuck Schumer's court. I hope he does the right thing. I hope he does not choose to shut the government down and inflict pain unnecessarily on the American people."

"He's calling out Chuck Schumer, specifically, the Minority Leader there in the Senate," said Tur. "Do you have an idea of what Chuck Schumer might do?"

"So Katy, here's the story," said Sherman. "We have one chamber that has passed a bill, the House. It is a clean C.R. A clean government funding bill until November. The other chamber rejected it. So now they need to find something, Katy, that they could both pass. Like, yes, the ball is in the Senate's court, but unfortunately for Republicans, you need 60 votes in the Senate to do anything. Like, those are the rules. So it's incumbent on both of them."

"And by the way, House Republicans, Katy, are now suggesting they're going to leave town until after the government shutdown happens, which — I've seen a lot of boneheaded political moves on Capitol Hill, that one kind of takes the cake," he said.

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President Donald Trump admitted Friday afternoon he doesn't see eye to his with his own handpicked Health Secretary, but insisted he wanted someone with "opposite views."

The admission came as reporters peppered the president with questions at the White House, including one about Robert F. Kennedy's Department of Health and Human Services.

"Secretary Kennedy's panel on vaccines changed its broad recommendations on COVID-19 vaccines today. Are you comfortable with that change, or would you like to see Americans take vaccines that were developed under your tenure?" a reporter asked.

Trump took a moment to gush about his Operation Warp Speed, which was launched during the pandemic to expedite a vaccine that would save countless lives from the brutal coronavirus.

Calling it one of the "greatest things that any president has ever done in this country," Trump insisted he's "very proud of it."

"I had the vaccine. Here I am, right?" he said.

Reporters pressed him on his stance and Kennedy's efforts to undermine confidence in vaccines.

"Bobby Kennedy seems to be undoing what you did with Operation Warp Speed," a reporter began.

Trump interjected.

"I put him in there because I want to have opposite views. That's ok," he said.

Trump then teased a "big" announcement is coming "soon" on autism, as soon as next week.

"It's out of control, autism. Out of control. And I think we maybe have the reason why," he added.

When pressed again on Kennedy's efforts, Trump repeated that Operation Warp Speed was one of the greatest achievements in American history — "and you can say the world."

Pro-Trump Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) slammed members of the Democratic caucus who voted against a resolution to honor the life of slain right-wing youth activist Charlie Kirk — only to quietly delete his social media post after it became clear that he hadn't even shown up for the vote.

According to The Daily Beast, "After a late-night vote on House Resolution 719, which condemns Kirk’s assassination and honors his life, Republican Rep. Mike Collins posted on X to call out the 58 Democrats who voted against the bill. 'Shameful,' Collins wrote, at about 1:45 a.m. on Friday."

But shortly afterwards, reporters and conservative activists realized that Collins hadn't voted on the bill at all — one of only four Republicans to skip it.

"Rep. Mike Collins just called out 58 Democrats for voting against The Charlie Kirk Resolution," wrote Debbie Dooley, a MAGA personality who helped organize some of the Tea Party protests. "Talk about hypocrisy. Guess who was the only member of the Georgia Republican House Delegation that didn’t bother to show up to vote on it? No Show Rep. Mike Collins."

Following this takedown, Collins scrubbed the post from his X account, with his top comment now being "a post commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Unabomber’s manifesto being published," per The Beast.

A spokesperson for Collins says he did show up for the vote, but accidentally left early believing he had already had his vote tallied.

Collins, who is currently running in the Georgia GOP Senate primary to take on Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff, has a history of getting into hot water. In February 2024, he suggested unauthorized immigrants should be thrown out of helicopters. A month later, he reposted, and then disavowed, an antisemitic attack on a Jewish journalist.