WASHINGTON (CNN) — Republicans re-elected Mitch McConnell as Senate majority leader Wednesday while Democrats tapped Chuck Schumer as their leader as both sides prepare for critical battles with the ...

The Senate minority leader is seeking to redeem himself as the government shuts down. Democratic insiders say it may be too ...

With Mitch McConnell nearby, state House Speaker David Osborne said statues at the Capitol tell Kentucky's story — and "maybe ...

“Always a bad idea,” former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said of shutdowns in 2024. A potential “disaster,” Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said of the shutdown the ...

There are other issues at play that undoubtedly factored into Mr Schumer’s thinking. Elected Democrats have seethed at ...

Trump invited nearly every Republican senator for a “Rose Garden Club” lunch to rally his party as the government shutdown ...

Elon Musk and the MAGA online right had pushed for Sen. Rick Scott to be chosen for the position over Thune.

From paying troops to protecting federal jobs in their home state, these Democrats have plenty of reasons to cross the aisle on a continuing resolutiuon, Eric Garcia reports ...

The U.S. Congress should include a fresh wave of coronavirus stimulus in a must-pass $1.4 trillion spending bill aimed at heading off a government shutdown in the midst of a pandemic, top Senate ...

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Saturday that Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearings will proceed as planned even though two Republicans on the Judiciary ...

Democrat Chuck Schumer, will no longer be majority leader. That’s a pity; Schumer has been a strong voice for New York who steered passage of many productive pieces of legislation. Mitch McConnell, ...

Senate Democrats continued to hold the line on their standoff with Republicans as the government shutdown went into its second day on Thursday. Already, President Donald Trump has said he would meet ...