Government shutdown updates: Thune rebuffs Trump's repeated call to change filibuster

The Senate is scheduled to reconvene at 3 p.m. on Monday, as the shutdown of the federal government approaches a record set ...

Senate majority leader says he doesn’t have the votes to eliminate filibuster despite Trump’s wishes

Under former President Joe Biden, Senate Democrats tried but failed to abolish the filibuster. The party encountered ...

Republican leaders reject ending the Senate filibuster despite Trump’s call to nuke it

The top two Republicans in Congress are showing no interest in taking the unprecedented step of ending the legislative ...

Trump's push to abolish the Senate filibuster hits immediate Republican resistance

In a pair of late-night posts, Trump told Senate Republicans to use the "nuclear option" to eliminate the 60-vote threshold ...

Speaker Johnson doubles down on defense of filibuster

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) doubled down on his support for the Senate filibuster, even as President Trump has pushed the upper chamber to use the so-called “nuclear option” to forgo it and ...

MAGA Speaker splits with Trump on key issue: This protects us from Democrats!

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) split with President Donald Trump on Monday over his demand to eliminate the filibuster in the Senate. Trump urged Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) last ...

Trump battles shutdown filibuster as millions prepare to vote: Live

President Donald Trump has repeated his call for Republicans on Capitol Hill to abolish the Senate filibuster in order to use ...

Karoline Leavitt Insists Trump Needs Filibuster Abolished to Deal With ‘Crazed’ Democrats

Karoline Leavitt fully supported President Trump's call to abolish the filibuster during an appearance on Fox News, saying it ...