"Terminate the filibuster, not just for the shutdown, but for everything else," Trump wrote Nov. 2 on Truth Social. He said Democrats would end the filibuster "immediately, as soon as they get the chance. Our doing it will not give them the chance."

Trump is ramping up pressure on Republicans to abolish the Senate filibuster—an action known as the “nuclear option.”

WASHINGTON -- The government shutdown has entered its 36th day, breaking the record as the longest ever and disrupting the lives of millions of Americans with federal program cuts, flight delays and federal workers nationwide left without paychecks.

The Senate failed for the 14th time to advance a bill to end the government shutdown, now the longest in U.S. history.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says the votes “aren’t there” to eliminate the filibuster to reopen the federal government and pushed back on President Trump’s prediction that the

And on Wednesday morning, Trump could take his most significant action yet as he hosts Republican senators at the White House, buoyed by the belief there is a critical mass of Democrats who are ready to end the likely record-breaking government shutdown.