WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat, is ready to relinquish his title as Senate majority leader, but the most senior Jewish elected official in U.S. history will get to remain ...

Schumer’s top priority in the new Harris administration would have been to eliminate the legislative filibuster that has long protected minority rights in the Senate. That way, even if the ...

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is cutting a different tone, compared to his pre-election hype where he posited a Democrat win in the Senate and then potentially getting rid of the filibuster ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats reelected Chuck Schumer as party leader on Tuesday as the party moves into a deeply uncertain time, with no real consensus on a strategy as President-elect ...

Sen. Chuck Schumer was unanimously re-elected to serve another two years as the Senate Democratic leader Tuesday, ahead of the party officially losing control of the upper chamber in January.

Schumer faced no opposition in the party leadership elections, in which Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin was also reelected to the No. 2 spot and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar became the new No. 3.

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is cutting a different tone, compared to his pre-election hype where he posited a Democrat win in the Senate and then potentially getting rid of the filibuster, among ...

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to schedule a vote on the bill that would expand Social Security benefits to roughly 2.8 million retirees.

On Sunday, Schumer asked Thune, who will soon become Senate majority leader when the new Congress is sworn in, to consider Democrats in the confirmation process. “Senate Democrats stand ...

Washington — Senate Democrats reelected Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York as Democratic leader on Tuesday as the party prepares for the next two years in the minority. Schumer, who's led Senate ...