Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer relented Thursday rather than risk a government shutdown, announcing he’s ready to ...

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.

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

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 ...

House Democrats were gathered in Virginia for their annual issues conference when they received the news that Senate Minority ...

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 Democrats are dancing with the devil in the sinister form of a Schumer shutdown. Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer (NY) ...

Senate Minority "Leader" Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced on Thursday that he would vote with Republicans to push a GOP-backed ...