WASHINGTON >> President Donald Trump pressed Republican senators today 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.

US President Donald Trump has admitted that Democrats' sweeping election wins reflected mounting challenges for Republicans, attributing the disappointing results to the record-breaking government...

President Donald Trump is finding that Senate Republicans have a limit as he pushes them to scrap the filibuster.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and his caucus mulling ways out of the government shutdown from a host of offers Republicans have made throughout the 36-day ordeal.