Schumer to advance GOP funding bill, unwilling to risk government shutdown as deadline nears
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer relented Thursday rather than risk a government shutdown, announcing he’s ready to ...
More possible candidates emerge in wake of Shaheen's decision not to run again
U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen's big announcement that she won't run for Senate again is having a domino effect in Granite State ...
Black Thursday in the Democratic Senate: An Explainer
They’d put their bets on Mike Johnson wouldn’t be able to get a bill through the House without Democratic votes. When he did, ...
Chuck Schumer says he won't block Republican funding bill amid Democratic divisions over shutdown strategy
Schumer relented one day after vowing that Senate Democrats would thwart the "partisan" measure, saying the "chaos" of a ...
DC fears revenue cliff as Congress debates its financial future
Washington, D.C., which has often had a tenuous peace with the federal government when Republicans controlled Congress and ...
US Senate Democrats to clear way for stopgap bill and avert shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top U.S. Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer on Thursday said he would vote to advance a stopgap funding bill ...
Ocasio-Cortez mobilizes Democrats against Schumer plan as colleagues privately urge her to consider primary challenge
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday that she plans to mobilize her massive base of followers to oppose what she ...
North Dakota Senate rejects resolution asking US Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage ruling
The resolution — which would not have any direct sway with the nation's top courts — passed the state House of ...
Democrats have to defend another open seat in uphill battle to win Senate majority
New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s departure will add another Senate seat for Democrats to defend without an incumbent after Sens. Gary Peters of Michigan and Tina Smith of Minnesota ...
Maryland Democrats unite against GOP budget offer as government shutdown looms
With just over 24 hours until the federal government was set to shut down, Maryland Democrats in Congress all said they were ...
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Trump campaigned as a protector of free speech. Critics say his actions as president threaten it
When President Donald Trump gave his joint address to Congress last week, he boasted that in his first few weeks back in the ...