Speaker Johnson Visits White House as ICE Funding Deadline Passes

Republicans are returning to Washington after failing to advance party-line immigration enforcement funding in time to meet the president’s deadline.
Speaker Johnson Visits White House as ICE Funding Deadline Passes
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) attends the annual Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on May 19, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Nathan Worcester
Nathan Worcester
Senior Reporter
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WASHINGTON—House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on June 1.

The meeting, confirmed to The Epoch Times by a source familiar with the plan, follows last week’s break in both the House and the Senate.

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Nathan Worcester
Nathan Worcester
Senior Reporter
Nathan Worcester is an award-winning journalist for The Epoch Times based in Washington, D.C. He frequently covers Capitol Hill, elections, and the ideas that shape our times. He has also written about energy and the environment. Nathan can be reached at [email protected]
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