Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has claimed President Donald Trump and Republicans set a government shutdown “trap” for Democrats as he defended backing the short-term spending bill that passed ...

Schumer said that while the Continuing Resolution was "certainly bad," a shutdown "would be 15 or 20 times worse." ...

Schumer said he would help advance a GOP spending bill because a shutdown "has consequences for America that are much, much worse." ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer relented Thursday rather than risk a government shutdown, announcing he's ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led government ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced ... passed bill to fund the federal government through the end of September, all but ensuring a partial shutdown beginning at 11:59 p.m. Friday.

Schumer said he is the "best at winning Senate seats" amid questions about his leadership after he voted to advance a GOP ...

“For one thing Chuck Schumer has a long record of standing up for what ... In three weeks, he said, the same people who argued for risking a government shutdown “would come to us and say, ‘Why’d you ...

N.Y., said he would not resign and defended his vote in favor of the spending bill to avoid a government shutdown.

The rage among Democrats trained on one figure: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, who signaled a day earlier ...

N.Y., announced that he will vote to keep the government open and warned that a shutdown has worse consequences for Americans.

Chuck Schumer won’t give it ... Donald Trump owns the chaos in the government. He owns the chaos in the stock market,” he added. “In a shutdown, we would be busy fighting with Republicans ...