A statement by influential Chicago advocacy groups against Sen. Dick Durbin's vote, coupled with a climate group protest ...

N.Y., has served since 1999 as a U.S. senator, has led the Senate Democratic Caucus since 2017, served as Senate majority leader from 2021 to 2025 and has served two stints as Senate ...

It may be playing with fire, but it’s the best hope the party has to extract concessions from a reckless Trump administration.

Candidates for governor next year ― or U.S. Senate, or House, or local drain commissioner, have one thing to worry about, and ...

Congress returns to Capitol Hill this week with a budget plan in place for the rest of fiscal 2025 but uncertainty over when ...

Chuck Schumer has shown leadership and good political judgement by urging U.S. Senators to vote for the House budget ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he will not step down from his position amid calls for him to do so after ...

The minority leader may have botched the politics of what was ultimately a sound decision. “A lot of people are pissed off,” ...

The budget deal in Congress cut off a funding source for local initiatives involving child care, health care and housing.

Passed largely along party lines, the bill removes the threat of a government shutdown by ensuring that state government ...

Last week, the Senate passed a government funding bill, narrowly avoiding a shutdown with a 54-46 vote. Some Democrats, ...

Rep. Chellie Pingree and Rep. Jared Golden uphold Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives. Sen. Susan Collins and Sen.