The Senate is now adjourned until Monday afternoon, which will mark the 34th day of the government shutdown. Senate Majority Leader John Thune appeared exasperated in his calls for the Democrats to turn the lights back on in Washington, D.C.

Donald Trump, in a long Truth Social post, said the GOP should end the shutdown by doing away with the filibuster to pass legislation.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday the United States and Canada will not restart trade talks, a week after he called off negotiations over an advertisement aired by the Canadian province of Ontario.

Shades of optimism filled the Senate this past week as bipartisan talks on a way out of the government shutdown increased.