"Mandate" – that was Trump's rallying cry as he returned to the White House with very narrow Republican majorities in the U.S ...

Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate, said he would vote to end the filibuster, indicating sufficient support among ...

Democrats have reasons to filibuster the Republican bill that keeps the government open without restraining mass government ...

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.

President Trump continued to threaten tariffs as DOGE continued its cuts of the federal workforce. It was another ...

Donald Trump’s second presidency will take a novel path this week as he turns to Congress to enshrine part of his effort to ...

Barack Obama clung to leadership of the Democratic Party after leaving the presidency, but Democrats may move on.

After being shocked by President Donald Trump's flurry of activity to slash and burn the federal government, progressive ...

A majority of voters are against President Trump’s plans to close the Education Department, according to a new poll from Quinnipiac University.   The survey released Thursday found 60 percent of ...

Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York broke with his party Thursday and lined up enough Democrats to advance a Republican-written bill to keep federal funding flowing past a Friday night deadline.

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The House passed a government funding bill, daring Senate Democrats to oppose it and risk a partial shutdown as stocks wobble ...