Live updates: House faction aims to freeze Johnson’s agenda; Trump set to huddle with energy executives

As House Speaker Mike Johnson tries to get through a legislative agenda this week, a group of hard-line conservatives may block his progress.

Reps. Chip Roy (R-Texas) and Andy Harris (R-Md.) are among those threatening to oppose a rule vote to protest a Senate-passed government funding bill the lower chamber is set to take up Tuesday.

The House has teed up a the stopgap measure that will keep the government funded into December, which also includes a delay on a hemp ban that some members oppose. The chamber also will conduct a censure vote on Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.), referred from the Ethics Committee.

President Trump will meet Tuesday with oil and gas executives at the White House and is expected to discuss how to expand U.S. refining capacity as part of an effort to lower gasoline prices, according to a White House official.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright will head to Venezuela later Tuesday, days after the nation entered into a 25-year deal to acquire majority U.S. control of more than 65 million barrels of Venezuelan oil.

The Massachusetts Democratic primary Tuesday night will pit incumbent Sen. Ed Markey, who has held the seat since 2013, against Rep. Seth Moulton, as the 47-year-old House lawmaker mounts a long-shot bid to oust his 80-year-old progressive opponent. Surveys have consistently favored Markey , and whoever wins the primary will likely take the seat in the fall. Polls close at 8 p.m. EDT.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and the Group of 20 (G20) finance ministers and central bank governors will conclude their meeting in Asheville, N.C. And Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has scheduled conversations with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in Chapel Hill, N.C., to discuss global innovation in artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies.