Amid the U.S. government shutdown, which has stretched into its second month, President Donald Trump is ramping up the pressure on Republicans to abolish the Senate filibuster—an action commonly known ...

Senate Democrats are filibustering a Republican measure to reopen the federal government. As the shutdown approached and reached record length, Donald Trump grew impatient at the stalemate and ...

Republicans and Democrats have been guilty of attempting to abolish the filibuster when they held power. The truth is that the filibuster is merely a Senate procedure to shut off debate that has ...

President Trump wants to kill the filibuster in order to break the deadlock over the record-breaking government shutdown. The big picture: Removing the filibuster would upend a Senate tradition that ...

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on his way to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. AP There are no saviors or happy endings in politics — just a grueling, soul-sucking, ...

As the government shutdown nears its 40 th day, Republican senators are balking at President Donald Trump’s demand to end the filibuster, a rule change that would allow a simple Senate majority vote ...

Republicans and Democrats have been guilty of attempting to abolish the filibuster when they held power. The truth is that the filibuster is merely a Senate procedure to shut off debate that has ...

Fairly or unfairly, the majority party pays dearly in the midterms, then ultimately loses the presidency in 2028. GOP senators shrug their shoulders and complain about how powerless they were against ...

As the government shutdown stretches into its 36th day — now the longest in American history — pressure is mounting in Washington. President Donald Trump returned from the White House after once again ...

Frustrated by the ongoing government shutdown, President Donald Trump has repeatedly called on Senate Republicans to go for the “nuclear option” and get rid of the filibuster in recent days. “It is ...

The Republican scheme to redraw red-state congressional districts is a blatant, gloves-off power play to retain a House majority in the 2026 midterm elections. Well, sort of. Republicans are removing ...

Dec. 27 (UPI) --President Donald Trump and Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent urged an end to the Senate filibuster rule ahead of an anticipated budget battle in January. Bessent submitted an op-ed that The ...