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 ...

The word “filibuster,” which derives from a Dutch term for pirates and plunderers, somehow came to describe those who disrupt ...

In 2013, the then-­majority Democrats in the Senate, under the leadership of Sen. Harry Reid, changed U.S. Senate rules regarding the filibuster to eliminate it, but only for approving presidential ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...

The Senate majority leader is unwilling to pursue the “nuclear option” to blow past a Democratic filibuster and reopen the government. By Carl Hulse Reporting from Washington President Trump late ...

President Donald Trump has urged Senate Republicans to use the "nuclear option" to end the current government shutdown. The "nuclear option" would allow Senate rules to be changed with a simple ...

President Trump on Saturday claimed Democrats were cracking under the pressure of the government shutdown, days after saying the federal closure is at least partly to blame for Republican losses ...

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., right, during a lunch with Republican Senators on the Rose Garden patio at the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...