The White House said it's complying with a court order to pay SNAP benefits, after Trump said no benefits will be given until Democrats vote to reopen the government.

Bipartisan efforts in the U.S. Senate to reopen the federal government as early as this week gave way to fresh signs of frustration on Tuesday, even as Republicans and Democrats aired details of a possible path out of the five-week-old impasse.

President Donald Trump once again blamed Democrats for the ongoing U.S. government shutdown as it tied the record for the longest in American history at 35 days on Tuesday (November 4). Trump shared a lengthy post on his Truth Social account claiming Republicans needed to terminate the filibuster in order to avoid defeat in next year's midterm elections as voters in Virginia,

The shutdown is set to overtake the 35-day record Tuesday night. The divisions among Democrats over whether it's time to negotiate a way out — or even what that way out should be — comes as Senate Republicans grow increasingly confident about their posture,