During a Mexican Border Defense presentation from the Oval Office several days ago, Donald Trump lashed out at Republican ...

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Senate Republicans are increasingly chattering about changing the filibuster’s rules if Democrats do not end the shutdown, even though Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says he opposes ...

President Trump’s fresh push for Republicans to abandon the Senate filibuster is showing little sign of success, even as lawmakers struggle to find a way out of the ongoing government shutdown.

But Trump is finding that Senate Republicans have a limit as he aggressively pushes them to scrap the filibuster, the longstanding Senate rule that requires 60 votes to pass most legislation. The ...

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, speaks at a news conference at the US Capitol in ...

Democratic leaders in both chambers are challenging Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to stage a vote on a ...