“The collapse of Speaker Mike Johnson’s spending plan illustrates a painful lesson that other politicians have already learned: Absolute loyalty to Donald Trump is a one-way street,” Politico reports.
“As the U.S. teeters on the edge of a government shutdown, bitterly divided Republicans are struggling to find a way forward and Johnson’s hold on his job is in Trump’s mercurial hands.
”Washington Post: With speakership on the line, Johnson is ever more reliant on Trump.
CNN: 24 hours that exposed a schism between Trump and Johnson and sent the government hurtling toward a shutdown.