Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s position against eliminating the Senate filibuster has not changed, a spokesperson told ABC News Friday, after Trump on Thursday called on Republicans to go "nuclear" and eliminate the filibuster to pass the Republican funding bill and reopen the government.

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to continue paying for food stamps during the federal shutdown.

In its best form, the filibuster encourages compromise and dealmaking.

SNAP beneficiaries have expressed outrage on social media over the government shutdown that could affect their grocery benefits starting next month — with some even threatening to ransack stores if food stamp payments don’t go through starting Nov. 1.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday declared a state of emergency to issue $65 million for assistance to food banks as federal funding for the national food stamp program is set to lapse on Nov...

They also said cutting off the benefits would “cause deterioration of public health and well-being” of recipients, and that those costs would be borne by the states.

Major flight delays continue to pile up with air traffic controller shortages and workers go without pay.

After the government had been shut down for nearly a month, a conspicuously quiet President Donald Trump finally weighed in with a prescription for how to end it.

In Orlando, flights were delayed for more than two hours due to staffing issues with the FAA at one point warning there would be no ATC controllers for arriving flights at the airport.