In a post-mortem on how House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) negotiated and cajoled his caucus into passing what Donald Trump has called his "big beautiful bill," details are coming out from Politico on how he used Donald Trump to seal the deal with his special brand of bullying.

Republican Representative Scott Perry of Pennsylvania on Wednesday night urged House Speaker Mike Johnson to allow time for the House to examine revisions to the fiscal plan dubbed a "big, beautiful bill" by President Donald Trump.

Mike Johnson wins his toughest battle yet – and shows he’s here to stay - ANALYSIS: The House speaker proves that no one can do it like him, writes John Bowden

Johnson’s urgency comes ahead of Memorial Day, when lawmakers will want to leave Washington for a long holiday weekend.

WASHINGTON (AP) — With President Donald Trump’s multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package at risk of stalling, House Speaker Mike Johnson and conservative Republican holdouts are heading Wednesday to the White House for the last-ditch talks to salvage the “big, beautiful bill.”

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson called President Donald Trump a "monster" after the U.S. Justice Department indicated it was launching a probe into whether the city is engaging in race-based discrimination.

The speaker spent months keeping flare-ups from growing into a conflagration even Donald Trump couldn’t extinguish.