In perhaps the most publicly tense moment of this 29-day standoff, Senate Majority Leader John Thune blocked an effort by ...

Trump’s sudden decision to assert himself into the shutdown debate — bringing the highly charged demand to end the filibuster ...

We must become more vigilant in making our republic tyrant-proof. Trump's continued disruptions are evidence of just that.

WASHINGTON — Following a week of overseas diplomacy, President Donald Trump is reengaging with shutdown discussions by ...

GOP senators, including Majority Leader John Thune, have defended the 60-vote requirement for legislation.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is now calling for Senate Republicans to do away with the filibuster, a congressional ...

President Donald Trump has demanded that Congressional Republicans use the “nuclear option” to unilaterally eliminate the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster, so that the Republican majority ...

The government shutdown has now stretched for more than a month and is on pace to become the longest in U.S. history this ...

With the country nearing the record for the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, the stalemate over federal funding has continued.