Congressional Republicans are pushing back on calls from the White House to end the filibuster so that Republicans don't need ...

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

David French is an Opinion columnist, writing about law, culture, religion and armed conflict. He is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and a former constitutional litigator. His most recent book is ...

It was completely predictable that President Donald Trump would call on Senate Republicans to end the custom of the filibuster, which has bedeviled majority parties for years.

Trump mentioned in his Truth Social post that eliminating the filibuster would help Republicans get the “best Judges” and the ...

With major shutdown impacts beginning to set in, a scholar of Congress says the House has all but abdicated its position as ...

The Senate was created to represent the interests of the states and to slow down radical measures from the House, but it has failed to live up to its ideal due to a lack of deliberation, ...

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Lawmakers continued their bitter battle throwing partisan blame on Capitol Hill with Senators set to vote today, Wednesday, Oct. 15, amid the government shutdown 2025. And while Congress is getting ...

The U.S. Capitol on the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, just hours before a federal government shutdown. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom) A website created Tuesday ties Senate Leader Phil ...

WASHINGTON — At the two-week mark, Republicans and Democrats are bracing for a long government shutdown, with both parties seeing more upside in persisting with their conflicting demands. As a result, ...