Donald Trump wants to wield the sword of power once again and cut off any appendage of US society that does not conform to his authoritarian views.

Scott Bessent called the 60-vote threshold mechanism a "procedural fossil" that has held the country "hostage." ...

As the government shutdown nears its 40 th day, Republican senators are balking at President Donald Trump’s demand to end the filibuster, a rule change that would allow a simple Senate majority vote ...

Amid the U.S. government shutdown, which has stretched into its second month, President Donald Trump is ramping up the pressure on Republicans to abolish the Senate filibuster—an action commonly known ...

The so-called silent filibuster — an objection that blocks action without speeches — exists only because leaders rarely ...

The word “filibuster,” which derives from a Dutch term for pirates and plunderers, somehow came to describe those who disrupt ...

HAMPSHIRE SEEKING TO RETURN TO WASHINGTON ARE NOT ON BOARD. JOHN SUNUNU AND SCOTT BROWN, BOTH FORMER U.S. SENATORS NOW VYING FOR THE 2026 REPUBLICAN U.S. SENATE NOMINATION, BOTH SAT DOWN FOR ...

Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) offered a nuanced position on the future of the legislative filibuster during an interview on ...

EXCLUSIVE: Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is glad the Senate finally managed to break through its weeks-long standoff on the government shutdown, he told Fox News Digital on Monday morning. "It's a ...