WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump returned to the nation's capital Thursday after nearly a week on the road meeting with Asian-Pacific leaders, with a straightforward, if lengthy message for Republican lawmakers.

Trump called for Senate Republicans to end the shutdown by using the so-called "nuclear option" to eliminate the legislative filibuster.

Major U.S. airlines are calling on Congress to reopen the government as TSA workers and air traffic controllers are continuing to work without pay.

The U.S. Senate briefly took up a long-stalled effort on Tuesday to make daylight saving time permanent and end the twice-yearly practice of switching clocks, but again failed to reach consensus.