<h1>President refuses to negotiate, urges ending Senate filibuster as shutdown leaves federal workers unpaid and SNAP at risk</h1> The president refuses to negotiate to end an ongoing federal government shutdown, insisting the opposition party must vote to reopen operations, and urging his party to eliminate the Senate filibuster to pass legislation unilaterally. The impasse leaves federal employees unpaid, disrupts air traffic operations, and risks interruption of SNAP benefits; two federal judges ordered the administration to release withheld food aid payments. Legislative resolution would require defections from five opposition-party senators to pass the current reopening bill. The standoff raises the prospect of a record-long shutdown and highlights litigation-driven pressure on executive funding decisions amid congressional deadlock.