The Senate minority leader appeared caught off-guard by a spending showdown that had been on the calendar for weeks.

Former Sen. Alan K. Simpson of Wyoming has died at age 93. A political moderate by current standards, Simpson’s three terms ...

A series of events in all 50 states aims to capitalize on a recent warning from Republican leadership that its lawmakers ...

Schumer relented one day after he vowed Senate Democrats would thwart the "partisan" measure, saying the "chaos" of a ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D, N.Y.) spoke from the Senate floor a day after he said Democrats were prepared to ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday that she plans to mobilize her massive base of followers to oppose what she ...

He said the introduction of 25% tariffs on steel and aluminium imported in the US on Wednesday was "disappointing". Speaking ...

Democratic U.S. Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva of Arizona, who championed environmental protection during his 12 terms in Congress, ...

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.

The party out of power is supposed to moderate the majority’s excesses — but Democrats’ over-the-top hysteria is a ...

The move by Schumer brings a potential resolution to what has been a dayslong standoff. Senate Democrats have mounted a last-ditch protest over the package, which already passed the House but without ...

Idaho Democratic Party chairwoman Lauren Necochea will retain her leadership role after the party’s state central committee ...