Chuck Schumer

When Failure Is the Only Senate Option

Politics
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON — Sen. Eric Schmitt, a freshman Republican from Missouri, is new to the Senate but has already figured out that the ...

US Senate passes $95bn in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

Politics
Amanda Smith

The US Senate voted resoundingly on Tuesday to approve $95bn in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as a bipartisan super-majority united ...

Senate passes reauthorization of key US surveillance program after midnight deadline

Politics
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — After its midnight deadline, the Senate voted early Saturday to reauthorize a key U.S. surveillance law after divisions over ...

Schumer says US will provide $6.1 billion to Micron Technology for chip plants in NY, Idaho

Politics
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide $6.1 billion in government support for Micron Technology to produce ...

Biden says Netanyahu is making a ‘mistake’ with his handling of the Israel-Hamas war

Politics
Amanda Smith

President Joe Biden upped his criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s role in the Israel-Hamas war but did not indicate any ...

Republicans are finally ready for DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ impeachment trial

Politics
Amanda Smith

Mike Johnson said Republicans will deliver articles of impeachment against Mayorkas next month. House Republicans have long delayed presenting their impeachment articles ...

Senate passes $1.2 trillion government funding bill, sending it to Biden

Politics
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted 74-24 early Saturday morning to pass a sweeping $1.2 trillion government funding bill after heated last-minute negotiations ...

US Senate passes $1.2tn spending package to avert government shutdown

U.S.
Amanda Smith

The Senate has passed a $1.2tn package of spending bills, a long overdue action nearly six months into the budget year that ...

North Carolina schools candidate who called for Obama’s death put on the spot

Politics
Amanda Smith

The far-right Republican candidate running to oversee public schools in North Carolina decried “extreme agendas that threaten our children’s future”, after being ...

Trump draws ire for saying Jews who vote for Democrats hate their religion, Israel

Politics
Amanda Smith

By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump drew outrage from the White House, Democrats and leaders of ...