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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A US Capitol Police officer stands guard in the empty hallway outside the darkened Senate Floor on Friday. - Jonathan ...

FIGHTING THE GOVERNMENT-CLOSING DEMOCRATIC FILIBUSTER. In the last week or so, there have been two conflicting interpretations of what is going on among the Senate Democrats who are using the ...

“TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER NOW … END THE RIDICULOUS SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATELY,” President Trump wrote on Truth Social. And, also in capital letters, he explained why: “AND THEN, MOST IMPORTANTLY, PASS EVERY ...

Republican candidates running in some of the most competitive Senate races in 2026 are increasingly weighing in on a growing fight inside the GOP over whether to force Democrats into a “talking ...

President Donald Trump isn't dropping his quest to eliminate the filibuster. That's going to get complicated for Senate Republicans in an election year. The president's fixation with undoing the ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is on a collision course with President Donald Trump over nixing a longstanding legislative tool to end the 36-day government shutdown. Thune, who pledged to defend ...

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 ...

Doing Nothing about ‘Cooked’ FDA Safety Standards Isn’t an Option Audio By Carbonatix Proponents of the “talking filibuster” quagmire like to point to the success of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as ...

Some days you sit down to write a column and realize all the ideas you have are going to piss a large section of the audience off. At that point, you have a choice to either pick one and plow ahead, ...

TPM Reader TB dropped me a note this afternoon about today’s second post. He liked it. Then he wrote this: “You’ve pretty much conclusively won the argument on SCOTUS reform, starting with immediate ...

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman has reversed his position on eliminating the Senate filibuster. During his 2022 campaign, Fetterman advocated for abolishing the filibuster to help pass legislation. Fetterman ...