Charles Schumer

The partial closure, now in its third week, has already become the second-longest in history. Public opinion is on the side of the Democrats, according to polls

Democrats refute Republicans’ accusations: undocumented immigrants do not have the right to public health care, nor do they request it

The city awoke on Wednesday to a Sunday vibe, with very little traffic and tourist attractions closed ‘until further notice’ due to the lack of agreement between Republicans and Democrats

Disagreement over funding for public health services threatens to turn off the tap of public money for the first time since 2018

The piece of legislation, to which Republicans in the upper house have made numerous changes, now goes back to the House, where quick passage is not a given

The bill seeks to expel from the country any undocumented migrant who is arrested or charged with minor crimes, even if they have not been convicted

The president has appointed 235 magistrates, the most in a single term since Jimmy Carter, and expects them to defend the Constitution in the face of the Republican’s return to power

The most radical wing of the Republican Party wants to ban Sarah McBride, the first transgender legislator, from using women’s bathrooms in the Capitol

Republicans have again rejected a bipartisan border security bill in the Senate to continue using the issue as an electoral gambit

Congress approves funding for government on a dramatic day marked by rebellion in the hard-line wing of the Republican Party

Republicans and Israeli officials accused the Democratic leader of breaking the unwritten rule against interfering in a close ally’s electoral politics

‘He made a good speech,’ the president said in the Oval Office during a meeting with Ireland’s prime minister. ‘I think he expressed serious concerns shared not only by him but by many Americans’

Under the new plan, Congress would temporarily fund one set of federal agencies through March 8 and another set through March 22

The US president is also attempting to unblock aid to Ukraine and Israel approved by the Senate

Senators approved advancing to a vote, a day after rejecting a bill combining the foreign aid with immigration reform

The presidential candidate’s growing influence among Republican lawmakers is causing cracks in the party, leading to a day with several lost votes

President Joe Biden blames Donald Trump for the lawmakers’ resistance and calls on Congress to pass the legislation as soon as possible

Butler is a longtime fundraiser and strategist in the state’s Democratic circles and was the head of Emily’s List, a national organization that raises money for women candidates who support abortion rights

The former president posted a photo of Judge Arthur Engoron’s principal law clerk, Allison Greenfield, with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., posing for a picture at a public event. He wrote that it was ‘disgraceful’ that Greenfield was working with the judge in the courtroom

The closed-door forum on Capitol Hill will include almost two dozen tech leaders and advocates, and some of the industry’s biggest names

Time is running short for Congress to act on the budget: the House is scheduled to meet for just 11 days before the government’s fiscal year ends September 30

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, his closest rival, did not defend Trump, but he said that he would “end weaponization of government” if elected president

Senate passage, 86-11, sets up a clash with the House, which passed its own version of the annual defense bill along party lines earlier this month

President Biden is expected to sign it into law on Friday, just three days before the government runs out of money

“That’s no way to govern,” the Republican leader has said. The White House “does not have a plan B,” he added

Biden’s ability to avert a contagion among financial institutions will test his contention that his administration represents competence and stability