US EditionTrump seeks end of Senate filibuster as shutdown drags on, but Republicans are unmoved
- On Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, the U.S. government shutdown entered its 36th day, breaking the record as President Donald Trump urged Republicans to terminate the Senate filibuster.
- Republicans have refused to include Covid-era healthcare subsidies, prompting Democratic demands to reopen the government as premiums for more than 20 million American citizens could double from $888 to $1,904 after December 31.
- Hundreds of thousands of federal workers are furloughed or unpaid, food aid and child-care programs face interruptions, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned of "chaos in the sky" next week if air traffic controllers miss paychecks.
- Election results appear to have backfired on Republicans, increasing pressure on Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., to end the shutdown as President Donald Trump demands a legislative return.
- Senators in a centrist coalition have intensified talks to negotiate smaller bipartisan packages, while Republicans control a 53-47 Senate majority and Democrats block the House-passed funding bill, as Appropriations Committee members push to restore normal funding.
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GOP senators hold firm on filibuster after Trump’s hard sell
President Donald Trump took his pitch to nix the filibuster directly to Senate Republicans on Wednesday. They are once again saying, thanks, but no thanks. Trump spent several minutes during a breakfast meeting with GOP senators at the White House urging them to eliminate the 60-vote…
Trump seeks end of Senate filibuster as shutdown drags on, but Republicans are unmoved
U.S. President Donald Trump pressed Republican senators on Wednesday to terminate the filibuster rule in a bid to end the longest government shutdown in history, but his call to shatter the longstanding institutional hallmark of the Senate appeared to have little immediate effect.
Trump says shutdown was a 'big factor' in Democrat election wins
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the government shutdown was a 'big factor' in election results, where Democrats swept a trio of races in the first major elections since Trump regained the presidency.
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