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Shumita Basu

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Apple News Today
Speaker Johnson has a roommate โ€” and he has a big agenda

Federal workers Weiner spoke to say the whiplash has been difficult to navigate. In some cases, they've been ordered to return to work in the office, only to find that their agencies will no longer occupy the buildings they were reporting to. Musk's team has canceled hundreds of leases.

Apple News Today
Speaker Johnson has a roommate โ€” and he has a big agenda

Federal workers Weiner spoke to say the whiplash has been difficult to navigate. In some cases, they've been ordered to return to work in the office, only to find that their agencies will no longer occupy the buildings they were reporting to. Musk's team has canceled hundreds of leases.

Apple News Today
Speaker Johnson has a roommate โ€” and he has a big agenda

Federal workers Weiner spoke to say the whiplash has been difficult to navigate. In some cases, they've been ordered to return to work in the office, only to find that their agencies will no longer occupy the buildings they were reporting to. Musk's team has canceled hundreds of leases.

Apple News Today
Speaker Johnson has a roommate โ€” and he has a big agenda

In one case at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Weiner reports managers were directed to flip a coin to determine who should use the limited available workspaces. Other workers said they've been instructed to kill time in hallways while they wait for desks to open up.

Apple News Today
Speaker Johnson has a roommate โ€” and he has a big agenda

In one case at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Weiner reports managers were directed to flip a coin to determine who should use the limited available workspaces. Other workers said they've been instructed to kill time in hallways while they wait for desks to open up.

Apple News Today
Speaker Johnson has a roommate โ€” and he has a big agenda

In one case at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Weiner reports managers were directed to flip a coin to determine who should use the limited available workspaces. Other workers said they've been instructed to kill time in hallways while they wait for desks to open up.

Apple News Today
Speaker Johnson has a roommate โ€” and he has a big agenda

After the cabinet meeting, Trump described in a social media post a more precise approach to job cuts than the administration has taken to date, writing, we say, the scalpel rather than the hatchet.

Apple News Today
Speaker Johnson has a roommate โ€” and he has a big agenda

After the cabinet meeting, Trump described in a social media post a more precise approach to job cuts than the administration has taken to date, writing, we say, the scalpel rather than the hatchet.

Apple News Today
Speaker Johnson has a roommate โ€” and he has a big agenda

After the cabinet meeting, Trump described in a social media post a more precise approach to job cuts than the administration has taken to date, writing, we say, the scalpel rather than the hatchet.

Apple News Today
Speaker Johnson has a roommate โ€” and he has a big agenda

Now to reporting from ProPublica that examines the unusual relationship between Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, one of the most powerful politicians in the country, and a conservative evangelical pastor named Steve Berger. They are housemates in Washington, D.C.

Apple News Today
Speaker Johnson has a roommate โ€” and he has a big agenda

Now to reporting from ProPublica that examines the unusual relationship between Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, one of the most powerful politicians in the country, and a conservative evangelical pastor named Steve Berger. They are housemates in Washington, D.C.

Apple News Today
Speaker Johnson has a roommate โ€” and he has a big agenda

Now to reporting from ProPublica that examines the unusual relationship between Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, one of the most powerful politicians in the country, and a conservative evangelical pastor named Steve Berger. They are housemates in Washington, D.C.

Apple News Today
Speaker Johnson has a roommate โ€” and he has a big agenda

Joshua Kaplan is a reporter for ProPublica.

Apple News Today
Speaker Johnson has a roommate โ€” and he has a big agenda

Joshua Kaplan is a reporter for ProPublica.

Apple News Today
Speaker Johnson has a roommate โ€” and he has a big agenda

Joshua Kaplan is a reporter for ProPublica.

Apple News Today
Speaker Johnson has a roommate โ€” and he has a big agenda

Speaker Johnson has been staying in the House since earlier this year, and Kaplan told us the pastor, Berger, had been working for several years to develop a political influence campaign with the explicit goal of building relationships with lawmakers and using those connections to influence policy. Kaplan walked us through some of Berger's positions.

Apple News Today
Speaker Johnson has a roommate โ€” and he has a big agenda

Speaker Johnson has been staying in the House since earlier this year, and Kaplan told us the pastor, Berger, had been working for several years to develop a political influence campaign with the explicit goal of building relationships with lawmakers and using those connections to influence policy. Kaplan walked us through some of Berger's positions.

Apple News Today
Speaker Johnson has a roommate โ€” and he has a big agenda

Speaker Johnson has been staying in the House since earlier this year, and Kaplan told us the pastor, Berger, had been working for several years to develop a political influence campaign with the explicit goal of building relationships with lawmakers and using those connections to influence policy. Kaplan walked us through some of Berger's positions.

Apple News Today
Speaker Johnson has a roommate โ€” and he has a big agenda

Johnson, like Berger, is an evangelical conservative. And according to House ethics rules, the speaker and other lawmakers are allowed to live anywhere they want if they pay fair market rent. Otherwise, it would be considered an improper gift under ethics rules. A spokesperson for Johnson says he pays fair rent for his portion of the townhome.

Apple News Today
Speaker Johnson has a roommate โ€” and he has a big agenda

Johnson, like Berger, is an evangelical conservative. And according to House ethics rules, the speaker and other lawmakers are allowed to live anywhere they want if they pay fair market rent. Otherwise, it would be considered an improper gift under ethics rules. A spokesperson for Johnson says he pays fair rent for his portion of the townhome.