The Senate finds itself in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare.

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.

"As bad as passing the CR is, allowing Donald Trump to take even much more power via a government shutdown is a far worse option," Schumer said.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is being encouraged to mount a primary challenge to the Senate 's top Democrat after he agreed to ...

A day before a shutdown deadline, Senate Democrats are mounting a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led spending bill that ...

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

Republicans say their spending bill would let Trump defund whatever projects he wants. Chuck Schumer and Senate Dems are expected to help advance it.

That decision sent shockwaves through the left and had many in their ranks seething at a top party leader who had sought to win them over in recent years. Ezra Levin, the co-executive director of the ...

"I believe it is my job to make the best choice for the country to minimize the harms to the American people. Therefore I ...

House Democrats were gathered in Virginia for their annual issues conference when they received the news that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was planning to vote to advance a GOP-spending bill.

A shutdown would give Donald Trump the keys to the city, the state and the country,” Schumer said on the Senate floor when he ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s strategy for fighting back against the Trump administration was subjected to a ...