Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) did a digital strut on Sunday after helping Democrats stall the advancement of Donald Trump ’s latest nominees. As senators departed for their monthlong August recess, the failure to reach a last-minute deal left the nominations in limbo.

Hours of tense negotiations to strike a deal on President Donald Trump’s nominees blew up Saturday night, and now lawmakers are headed home.

President Donald Trump doubled the amount of money he claims Senate Democrats are demanding in exchange for releasing holds on his nominees. Trump complained Saturday night that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called on him to release $1 billion in federal funding for foreign aid and the National Institutes of Health that had been