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Senate Majority Leader John Thune is on a collision course with President Donald Trump over nixing a longstanding legislative tool to end the 36-day government shutdown. Thune, who pledged to defend ...

As Republicans and Democrats battle for the upper hand in the federal government shutdown, President Donald Trump has zeroed in on a new target for potentially breaking the deadlock: eliminating the ...

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to the White House on Nov. 2, 2025. Reporter Amid the U.S. government shutdown, which has stretched into its second month, ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: A version of this story was first published in 2021, when Democrats were trying to end the filibuster. It was completely predictable that President Donald Trump would call on Senate ...

“TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER NOW … END THE RIDICULOUS SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATELY,” President Trump wrote on Truth Social. And, also in capital letters, he explained why: “AND THEN, MOST IMPORTANTLY, PASS EVERY ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday escalated pressure on Senate Republicans, renewing calls for them to “TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER” as negotiations over a Department of Homeland Security funding deal ...

Jacob Adams is a journalism fellow at The Daily Signal. Send an email to Jacob. Republican senators weighed in this week on calls to end the filibuster following the continued failure by the Senate to ...

WASHINGTON - Seemingly frustrated by the government shutdown and Democrats' unwillingness to accept a Republican funding bill, President Donald Trump is once again demanding that the Senate eliminate ...