White House–Congress Relations

At a White House news conference about the Kennedy Center, Donald Trump abruptly named Rep. Neal Dunn and described what Speaker Mike Johnson called a “terminal diagnosis,” saying doctors told Dunn he “would be dead by June” from a heart problem. Johnson confirmed those medical details had not been public as Trump said he enlisted White House doctors to get Dunn evaluated and into surgery at Walter Reed, and added he acted partly because he “liked him” and needed Dunn’s vote in the one‑vote GOP majority.