Johnson digs in after GOP resistance torpedoes DHS funding deal

<p>House Speaker <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/03/27/mike-johnson-dhs-funding-freedom-caucus" target="_blank">Mike Johnson</a> is inching closer to hard red lines on future negotiations over the Department of Homeland Security.</p><ul><li><strong>"They sent us a bill </strong>that literally put the number zero in the bill for the funding of border security and customs and immigration enforcement. We can't do that," Johnson (R-La.) said Tuesday on Fox News.</li><li><strong>At the same time, </strong>President<strong> </strong>Trump is weighing whether to use a rare constitutional power to force Congress to return next week, he told the <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/03/31/us-news/trump-considers-ending-congresss-two-week-recess-for-a-rare-special-session-to-end-dhs-shutdown/" target