Old Headaches Will Plague Mike Johnson in New Year

“Congress is back for the new year. But Speaker Mike Johnson isn’t exactly getting a fresh start in 2026,” Politico reports.

“The House returns from the holiday recess to confront old issues that continue to bedevil Johnson — from politically perilous battle over health care and the ongoing release of the Jeffrey Epstein files to a messy intra-GOP fight over lawmakers’ stock trading and another looming government shutdown cliff.”