On Day 36, the government shutdown is the longest ever as Trump pressures GOP senators to end it

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On Day 36, the government shutdown is the longest ever as Trump pressures GOP senators to end it

[html]President Donald Trump speaks during a breakfast with Senate and House Republicans in the State Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

2025-11-05T05:01:11Z

                                       

WASHINGTON (AP) — The         data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/hub/government-shutdown">government shutdown has entered its 36th day, breaking the record as the         data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-longest-trump-democrats-senate-filibuster-1f147746aab58daffd8a8cb578df0b81">longest ever and         data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/government-shutdown-photos-trump-congress-fa2b017fa487ec2e7e732319087092cd">disrupting the lives of millions of Americans with         data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/article/food-aid-snap-health-care-government-shutdown-41f4bb2b838c738e0d56e620bf396c8f">program cuts,         data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/article/airlines-flights-delays-shutdown-538fcee7931eefed1acc50b104a67d1f">flight delays and federal workers nationwide left         data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/article/furlough-federal-workers-unemployment-government-shutdown-e0c73357aab61c7a6162cfb26c659c03">without paychecks.

        data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump">President Donald Trump has refused to negotiate with Democrats over their demands to salvage expiring         data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/article/congress-health-care-tax-credits-obamacare-shutdown-f1ee636ddba7f65baa5234c55cb0c96e">health insurance subsidies until they agree to reopen the government. But skeptical Democrats question whether the Republican president will keep his word, particularly after the administration         data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/article/snap-government-shutdown-court-order-b354aa0b596dcb8bfc6dc59a3382e811">restricted SNAP food aid despite         data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/article/snap-shutdown-lawsuits-deadline-4af8b0dec6cd31cddd023cc99c131b73">court orders to ensure funds are available to prevent hunger.

           
               
                   

   

       
   


       

       
     
   

   
   
       

   

   
       

   

   
       

   

   
       

   

   
       

   

   
       

   
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President Donald Trump speaks during a breakfast with Senate and House Republicans in the State Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

               
           
       
       
   

   
   
   


               
           
       

Trump, whose first term at the White House set the         data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/article/30769167ab7a4ef9adf880d020b775dd">previous government shutdown record, said this one was a “big factor, negative” in the GOP’s election losses Tuesday and he repeated his demands for Republicans to end the         data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-filibuster-shutdown-congress-2b46e610460d1c2448c3c7c816454de6">Senate filibuster as a way to reopen government — something senators have refused to do.

   
       
   

“We must get the government back open soon,” Trump said during a breakfast meeting Wednesday with GOP senators at the White House.

Trump pushed for ending the Senate rule, which requires a 60-vote threshold for advancing most legislation, as a way to steamroll the Democratic minority on the shutdown and pass a long list of other GOP priorities. Republicans now hold a 53-47 majority in the Senate, and Democrats have been able to block legislation that would fund the government, having voted more than a dozen times against.

   
       




   

“It’s time for Republicans to do what they have to do, and that’s terminate the filibuster,” Trump told the senators.

   
   

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The AP has journalists around the country covering the shutdown of the federal government.         data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://modules.wearehearken.com/associated-press/embed/12545/share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">What questions do you have for them?

   

That push is likely to go unmet by Republican senators but could spur them to deal with the Democrats.

   
   
       
           
               
   
   


   
   

       
   

           
       
   
   

Trump has remained         data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-shutdown-government-business-normal-cebf7f8d2ff64a98328460d4a0a8deb3">largely on the sidelines throughout the shutdown, keeping a robust schedule of global travel and events, including at his private Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. Instead, talks have intensified among a loose coalition of centrist senators trying to negotiate an end to the stalemate.

   
       
   

Expectations are high that the logjam would break once election results were fully tallied in the off-year races widely watched as a gauge of voter sentiment over Trump’s second term. Democrats swept key contests, emboldening progressive senators who want to keep fighting for health care funds. Moderate Democrats have been more ready to compromise.

The top Democrats in Congress demanded that Trump meet with Capitol Hill leaders to negotiate an end to the shutdown and address health care.

“The election results ought to send a much needed bolt of lightning to Donald Trump that he should meet with us to end this crisis,” said Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York.

           
               
                   

   

       
   


       

       
     
   

   
   
       

   

   
       

   

   
       

   

   
       

   

   
       

   

   
       

   
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Trump sets another shutdown record

Trump’s approach to the shutdown stands in marked contrast to his first term, when the government was partially closed for 35 days over his demands for money to build         data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/article/immigration-north-america-donald-trump-nancy-pelosi-ap-top-news-2cb11c3652bb4f18a760216bf53b58ed">the U.S.-Mexico border wall. At that time, he met publicly and negotiated with congressional leaders. Unable to secure the money, he relented in 2019.