In a hearing leading up to the decision, Alsup torched the Trump administration’s decision not to submit OPM director Chad Ezell for questioning as a “sham,” and called the White House’s effort to ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka called on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to ‘step aside’ after the New Yorker announced ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries tussled with reporters Friday, pushing back against the notion that the Democratic ...

Ahead of critical vote on a bill to fund the government, Democrats accused Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of ...

President Donald Trump has battled accusations that he will cut critical social programs that provide money to seniors and other eligible recipients.

A beloved leader of the state’s Legislative Black Caucus, Thompson is remembered as the conscience of the Florida Senate and ...

California’s Medicaid program has borrowed $3.4 billion from the state’s general fund — and will likely need even more — to cover ballooning health expenses for 15 million residents with low ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) urged Senate Democrats to "VOTE NO" on a Republican-sponsored spending bill, even though ...

Democrats agreed to speed up consideration of the bill to allow a vote on Friday in exchange for votes on four amendments.

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer took to the Senate floor Friday morning to defend his decision to support a Republican ...

The bill passed the Senate, 84 to 16, with all the no votes from Democrats. It next heads to the House, where a similar version has already passed with significant Democratic support.

The Senate has until midnight Friday to pass a bill to keep the government open. Meantime, President Donald Trump is delivering what the White House calls a law-and-order speech on Friday at the ...