As Republicans and Democrats battle for the upper hand in the federal government shutdown, President Donald Trump has zeroed in on a new target for potentially breaking the deadlock: eliminating the ...

Senate Democrats are filibustering a Republican measure to reopen the federal government. As the shutdown approached and reached record length, Donald Trump grew impatient at the stalemate and ...

Government gridlock is not always dysfunction. Government gridlock is not always dysfunction. We could have used more of it during COVID — remember how governments acted then? The filibuster is a tool ...

Instead of caving on the shutdown, Democrats should have waited for the GOP to cave on Trump’s demand to scotch this antidemocratic tactic. Senator Tim Kaine, one of eight Democrats who voted to end ...

The most extended government shutdown in U.S. history has revived a familiar argument: The Senate’s filibuster is to blame for congressional paralysis. It’s a compelling narrative with a convenient ...

The Republican scheme to redraw red-state congressional districts is a blatant, gloves-off power play to retain a House majority in the 2026 midterm elections. Well, sort of. Republicans are removing ...