US shutdown enters second week as Senate again rejects rival funding bills

Competing bills fail to pass 60-vote threshold, while Trump hints at possible deal with Democrats over health subsidies

The US government shutdown entered its second week as the Senate again rejected rival bills to restart funding and Donald Trump suggested he might be open to negotiating with Democrats over the healthcare subsidies they have put at the heart of the stalemate.

A fifth Senate vote to advance a Republican-written bill that would reopen the government failed on a 52-42 tally - well below the 60-vote threshold needed for advancement. The Democrats' proposal was defeated in a 50-45 party-line vote. No lawmakers changed their votes from recent days, though there were a handful of absences.