Trump, Schumer and Shutdown
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Across the country, candidates have distanced themselves from their Senate leader amid a growing appetite for newer leaders waging aggressive fights against Trump.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer continued to play coy about whether he will endorse New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.
The American people need to see everything that’s in the Epstein file, and my amendment would make that happen,” said the Senate minority leader.
Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries criticized Team Trump’s threat to deal out mass firings if Senate Democrats force a government shutdown.
Republicans across the federal government are eager to hammer Democrats for making bold policy demands ahead of next week’s shutdown deadline. But they’re split on how to do it. Senate Republicans, led by Majority Leader John Thune,
Congressional lawmakers and their aides are bracing for a shutdown that appears inevitable after President Trump canceled a meeting planned for Thursday with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.