Democrats appear on the cusp of voting to avoid a shutdown because they fear the consequences of standing up to the Trump administration could be worse.

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

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said she supports a new plan from Gov. Kathy Hochul to ban cell phones, bell-to-bell in schools.

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand held a virtual press conference calling out the Trump administration’s plan to fire more than ...

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said he'll vote to let the GOP-drafted stopgap funding measure pass, likely ...

The raucous lunch came as Senate Democrats struggle to unify on how to vote for a House-passed continuing resolution that ...

Senate Democrats remained tight-lipped on Thursday after meeting on the fast-approaching government funding deadline.

Many Democrats are agitating for their party’s senators to block the measure in defiance of President Trump, but the leader said doing so would prompt a shutdown that would only empower Mr. Trump.

The reversal comes just one day after Schumer warned Republicans they did not have the votes needed to advance the bill. ...

A memo last week revealed plans for the Trump Administration to cut thousands of jobs at Veterans Affairs Offices across the country. That memo from the VA's Chief of Staff outlined 83,000 job cuts as ...

New homebuilding is another industry that is poised to feel the brunt of federal tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico.