Live updates: Johnson won't recall House amid shutdown; Trump bid for Nobel Peace Prize falls short
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) rebuffed calls Friday morning to bring the House back, telling reporters that lawmakers needed to be at home to assist their constituents amid the government shutdown.
The move comes as Johnson has faced pressure over not recalling lawmakers to vote on military pay amid the lapse in funding. The shutdown will now stretch into next week, as senators departed Washington Thursday after a seventh vote on stopgap funding failed.
President Trump's hopes of taking home the coveted Nobel Peace Prize in 2025 were also dashed earlier Friday, after the committee announced Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado as this year's winner.
Jorgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said Machado was chosen as a unifying figure in Latin America, determined in her commitment to protecting democracy.
Trump made no secret of his desire to win the prize when he touted his role in helping to resolve at least seven conflicts — including the latest ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza — since returning to office.
The president is receiving his annual checkup Friday at Walter Reed Medical Center and will give remarks from the Oval Office at 5 p.m. EDT, expected to be about lowering drug prices. First lady Melania Trump is also giving an announcement.
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