WASHINGTON – It's a bad week to be a Senate Democrat.

Republicans will, of course, try to blame Democrats if we have a government shutdown. But a shutdown could not happen if Trump really had a mandate.

With funding set to run out at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, several more Senate Democrats remain non-committal while others publicly ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives to speak with reporters as Republicans work to pass an interim spending ...

The party had been torn between pushing back against President Trump and triggering a shutdown with unknown consequences.

The Senate minority leader said voting for the bill would be less harmful than allowing a shutdown. Top House Democrats are ...

Shutdown risk fades; Senate Dems to join GOP  Trump raises tariff heat on Europe  Putin backs away from ceasefire with Ukraine  Judge: Fired workers should be reinstated ...

Democrats have been struggling in how to deal with the dizzying flood of unilateral actions coming from Donald Trump these past 54 days, but tonight’s midnight deadline to keep the federal ...

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

President Trump said Thursday that Democrats would be to blame if government funding runs out this week and suggested a shutdown could delay GOP efforts to extend expiring tax cuts. “They do ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top U.S. Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer on Thursday said he would vote to advance a stopgap funding bill ...