Democrat Senate Minority Leader and New York Sen. Charles Schumer is facing a significant challenge to his leadership role in ...

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said on Sunday that Americans want Democrats to “take risks right now” to “save our democracy” ...

Washington has until the late spring or summer to raise the borrowing limit past its $36 trillion cap, setting up a test with economy-reverberating consequences for Republicans.

Massachusetts state Sen. Peter Durant, a Republican from central Massachusetts representing the Worcester and Hampshire ...

Sen. Chris Murphy says he still has confidence in Minority Leader Chuck Schumer but Democrats must change tactics in ...

Unlike in Trump’s first term, Democratic voters say 2-to-1 they want party leaders to fight rather than compromise, even at ...

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Democrats at the state Capitol and other school choice opponents are raising concerns about the potential long-term cost of the program.

Minority Leader Schumer, as chair of the Democratic Caucus in the Senate, broke with the vast majority of his caucus to allow ...

A renewed attempt to enact a state-run paid worker leave plan bit the dust Saturday in a Senate committee, as changes made to the bill in an attempt to get it across the Roundhouse finish line instead ...

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 ...