Johnson spars with White House over border funding claims: ‘Desperate’

House Speaker Mike Johnson and the White House are locked in a war of words over who is to blame for the ongoing crisis at the southern border, as talks are ongoing in Washington.

"Now, in a desperate attempt to shift blame for a crisis their policies have induced, they have argued it’s a funding problem. Clearly, they have no facts to back up their claim," it said. Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.

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The White House repeated claims this week that Republicans had voted to eliminate over 2,000 Border Patrol agents and erode the federal government’s capacity to seize fentanyl.