Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer had two choices as the clock ticked down to the government funding deadline: drop his threat to block the Republican bill or force a disruptive March 15 shutdown ...

In their largely symbolic counterproposals to Hochul’s budget released this week, the state Assembly and Senate rejected the ...

The United States Senate is to vote Friday on the six-month government funding bill that was passed by Congress, and while it ...

Each day brings new headlines pillorying the Democrats for failing to rise to the existential threat posed by Trump’s ...

President Donald Trump is set to visit the Justice Department to rally support for his administration's tough-on-crime agenda.

The Trump administration has not been subtle about its intentions. A White House official, speaking anonymously to the Free ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said he will vote to keep the federal government open, bailing on his party’s kamikaze mission to stick it to President […] ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he would back a Republican-led stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown, 24 hours after he said he wouldn't.

Once Brown's plans are known, plenty of other Democrats will be ready to go, predicted Greg Beswick, a former Ohio Democratic ...

The Senate will vote Friday on a temporary budget to prevent a government shutdown. Democrats are divided on the issue.

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Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) surprised Washington Thursday by announcing on the Senate floor that he would vote to advance a House Republican-drafted six-month government funding ...