Trump calls for Senate to scrap filibuster in order to force end to month-long government shutdown - US politics live

President Donald Trump urged the Senate to scrap the filibuster, saying Republicans should trigger the “nuclear option” to end the shutdown that began 1 October. Returning from visits to Malaysia, Japan and South Korea, he said he’d given the move “a great deal” of thought on his flight back. As the standoff deepens, four GOP senators joined Democrats to reject his global tariffs, and states declared emergencies to shore up food aid with SNAP at risk. Separately, the UN human rights chief condemned lethal US strikes on alleged drug boats as “unacceptable.”

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