What to know on Day 31 of the government shutdown:

Senate Majority Leader John Thune's stance on the filibuster remains "unchanged," a spokesman said, despite President Trump's call for the Senate to invoke the "nuclear option" to end the government shutdown .

In a post on Truth Social late Thursday night, Mr. Trump said the Senate should do away with the 60-vote threshold needed to advance most legislation, which would allow Republicans to fund the government without Democratic votes.

But Ryan Wrasse, a spokesman for Thune, said Friday that "Leader Thune's position on the importance of the legislative filibuster is unchanged." The South Dakota Republican has vowed to uphold the filibuster, saying earlier this month that it has "been a bulwark against a lot of really bad thi

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