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The Senate passed the bill in a 54-46 vote, preventing a government shutdown despite strong Democratic opposition ...

( NewsNation) — U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., on Thursday sharply criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for voicing his intent to vote for a Republican-sponsored budget bill to ...

Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Md., protests against DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, as he and other House Democrats ...

The Senate on Friday passed a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ahead of a midnight deadline.

Democrats are divided after a Republican-led funding bill to avert a government shutdown passed with the help of 10 Democrats ...

Democrats are infuriated with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer over his support of the GOP’s spending bill to avoid a ...

The uproar prompted House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) to trek back 35 miles to the Capitol to hold an ...

The liberal organizing group Indivisible said Saturday it was calling for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to step down from his leadership role, the latest fallout after he backed a GOP bill to ...

JUST A SMALL STRAY SHOWER CHANCE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, MAINLY WEST OF HARRISBURG. SO I’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE TIMING OF THOSE STORMS AND THE THREATS COMING UP IN MY FULL FORECAST. OKAY. THANKS, ...

President Trump continued to threaten tariffs as DOGE continued its cuts of the federal workforce. It was another ...

U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump nominee, denied a request to block the administration from canceling $65 million ...