Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., Vice President JD Vance and others, listen to President Donald Trump speak as they attend a breakfast with other Republicans in the State Dining Room of the White House on Tuesday in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday at Senate Republicans to end the government shutdown, now the longest ever at 36 days, blaming the impasse for the party’s defeat in closely-watched elections while Democrats, emboldened by their off-year victories, dug in for a fight.

Trump, whose first term at the White House set the previous government shutdown record, said this one was a “big factor, negative” in Tuesday’s races. He revived his demands for Republicans to end the Senate filibuster as a way to reopen go

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