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Trump Urges Senate Republicans to End Filibuster Today

Not ending the long-standing parliamentary tool ‘would be a tragic mistake,’ Trump warned the GOP lawmakers.
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Trump Urges Senate Republicans to End Filibuster Today
President Donald Trump speaks during a breakfast meeting with Senate Republicans in the State Dining Room of the White House on Nov. 5, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP
Emel Akan
Emel Akan
Senior Reporter
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WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump invited Senate Republicans on Nov. 5 to the White House to ask them to end the filibuster and reopen the government.

“We have to get the country open, and the way we’re going to do it, this afternoon, is to terminate the filibuster,” Trump told the lawmakers.

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Emel Akan
Emel Akan
Senior Reporter
Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
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