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Fetterman might view things through a different lens. Democrats have little power. I doubt they will stop speaking out until Republicans start helping people instead of allowing Elon Musk to hurt them ...

After Speaker of the House Mike Johnson succeeded in pushing a stopgap spending measure through his chamber Tuesday, Senate ...

Washington Democrats finally have a first point of leverage against President Donald Trump — but it comes with a dilemma that ...

After meeting with his conference, the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said "Republicans do not have the votes" to ...

Democrats are still divided over whether they should attempt to utilize their leverage to extract concessions from Republicans or risk a shutdown.

Democrats are stuck between a rock and a hard place as they must choose between shutting down the government or folding to ...

The top Senate Democrat said his members were not ready to provide the votes to allow the Republican-written stopgap spending ...

U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride used the same strategy her Democratic colleague used last month when a Republican misgendered her.

WASHINGTON >> U.S. Senate Democrats huddled for hours today plotting a course forward on a stopgap funding bill passed by the ...

With less than three days to go before government funding runs out, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is calling ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democrats huddled for hours on Wednesday plotting a course forward on a stopgap funding bill passed ...