More than a month into a government shutdown, U.S. Rep. Mike Kennedy said Monday that he does not see any reason for the House of Representatives to reconvene, blaming Democrats for the stoppage as ...

The morning after a dominant Democratic performance in the 2025 elections, Donald Trump had one priority on his mind in remarks to Senate Republicans: eliminate the filibuster. Repeatedly at his White ...

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 ...

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., avoided answering whether he would support eliminating the filibuster, as he did under President Joe Biden on Wednesday. Raskin was asked by CNN's Dana Bash about President ...

With US govt shutdown poised to exceed 35-day mark, at which point it will become the longest ever, Trump is urging Senate to opt for the 'nuclear option'—scrapping the filibuster.

The Wall Street Journal‘s editorial board trashed President Donald Trump’s call to nuke the filibuster on Monday night, submitting that “Republicans would be dumb” to heed it. After making note of ...

After having ignored the issue for much of the year, Donald Trump has become fixated on ending legislative filibusters in the Senate. It’s not immediately obvious, however, why this has become such an ...

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 ...

The ongoing federal government shutdown is set to become the longest in U.S. history, impacting federal workers and millions of Americans. Republicans and Democrats are deadlocked over issues ...

The editorial board of The Wall Street Journal pushed back on a call from President Trump to eliminate the Senate filibuster so Republicans can pass legislation more easily. “You knew it would happen.

The argument seems to pop up every few years or so, whenever one of our political parties controls the House, Senate, and presidency: Should they end the 60-vote Senate threshold known as the ...