The word “filibuster,” which derives from a Dutch term for pirates and plunderers, somehow came to describe those who disrupt legislative business. The practice is much older — Cato the Younger was ...

As the government shutdown stretches into its 36th day — now the longest in American history — pressure is mounting in Washington. President Donald Trump returned from the White House after once again ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has resisted President Donald Trump's pleas to kill the filibuster, but Republicans circumvented it to try to fund immigration enforcement agencies.

Trump spoke to Republican Senators at the White House on Monday morning, urging them to change the Senate rules to end the filibuster and "pass all the things we wanted." "Last night was, you know, ...

SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- The leader of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) set a new record Tuesday for the longest filibuster speech as he delivered a marathon address to protest a ruling ...

Frustrated by the ongoing government shutdown, President Donald Trump has repeatedly called on Senate Republicans to go for the “nuclear option” and get rid of the filibuster in recent days. “It is ...

Donald Trump—juggling a war that shows more signs every week of dragging on far longer than he imagined, a nation of enraged air travelers, and a day of protests against him that was the largest of ...

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 ...

The word “filibuster,” which derives from a Dutch term for pirates and plunderers, somehow came to describe those who disrupt legislative business. The practice is much older — Cato the Younger was ...