Facing Democratic opposition, the GOP has discarded a series of precedents and weakened minority power in order to vote through Trump's nominees and legislation.

Chuck Schumer wants to change the conversation, and John Thune wants to have it later. Donald Trump isn’t helping. The only ...

Welcome to The Logoff: The federal government is hours away from the start of a near-certain shutdown — and, potentially, an ...

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene recently called on Senate Republicans to use the "nuclear option" to pass a resolution ...

During the stalemate, President Donald Trump is seizing an opportunity to cut back on programs and threaten mass firings to ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pressure is growing among President Joe Biden's Democrats to end the filibuster, a long-standing Senate custom that requires a supermajority to advance most legislation in a ...

U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune is very wrong to weaken the Senate’s historic filibuster procedure — which allows legislation and nominations to be slowed or blocked in the absence of 60 votes.

The US government entered a shutdown on October 1, 2025, after the Senate failed to pass short-term funding bills. Social ...

The possible government shutdown that seems imminent this week would be like no federal funding crunch before it.