House Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday the courts should let the Trump administration and Congress do their work as they continue efforts to root out waste in federal government spending.

“It has taken this level of audit from effectively an outside auditor — that’s what DOGE and Elon [Musk] and the group really is — to be able to get into the systems and open the literal files and expose this stuff,” Johnson said. 

Federal judges have temporarily halted several of President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive orders after dozens of lawsuits were filed challenging his actions. Read Full Story

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