Meanwhile, a federal judge has laid out a path for the administration to fund SNAP benefits, which ran out on Saturday, saying the administration could tap more than $5 billion in emergency funds, as well as a much larger pot of tariff revenue collected by the Agriculture Department to fund the program.

Trump called on GOP senators to ditch the filibuster, which requires 60 votes to pass most legislation, in an Oct. 30 social media post.

President Donald Trump is pushing Congress to end the filibuster, but Republican members of the Senate say such a move would be shortsighted. On Thursday, Trump posted via Truth Social about his recent trip to Asia,

Judges blocked the Trump administration from halting SNAP aid during the shutdown, ordering the use of contingency funds to keep payments going.

President Donald Trump's administration cannot suspend food aid for millions of Americans during the ongoing government shutdown, two federal judges ruled on Friday, saying the government must use contingency funds to pay for the benefits.

Senate Republicans have long resisted the temptation of going nuclear on the filibuster, a move more often made by Senate Democrats when they controlled the upper chamber.