Jeffries undercut by House Dems on Schumer’s leadership as shutdown drama persists
Congress' democratic unity appears to be in ruins after a public fracture between Capitol Hill's top two left-wing leaders over government funding. At least two House Democrats took shots with DN.Y. Sen. Chuck Schumer at their respective events Tuesday after Schumer and nine other Senate Democrats voted with Republicans to avoid government shutdown last week. […]
GOP Shutdown Plan Was to ‘Decimate the Entire Federal Government’
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Tuesday in ABC's “view” that the reason he voted to keep the government open was that Republican senators told Democrats that he “defeat the entire federal government.” Schumer said, “Here is the reason I did it. I wasn't going to take this flack just for fun. Government closures […]
Pelosi jabs Schumer over vote to avoid government shutdown
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) took a shot last week to Senate minority Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Tuesday to avoid government shutdowns in order to avoid the government's shutdown in response to a controversial vote with Republicans. Pelosi declared at a news conference in San Francisco that he is confident in Schumer's ability to […]
Judge orders DOGE to restore USAID worker access and forbids shutdown after finding Elon Musk likely violated Constitution
US District Judge Theodore Chuan order Government efficiency to reverse actions to shut down US international development agencies in response to lawsuits from USAID workers. Chuan said Elon Musk likely violated the US Constitution when the workers were fired, and attempted to close the institutional buildings and policies as head of the Doge. The judge […]
MSNBC Star Says She’s Abandoning Democrats After Shutdown Debacle
Symone Sanders Townsend, a former Democratic operative at MSNBC, said it would register as an independent Saturday in response to Senate Democrats who help pass the funding bill. New York Democrat Sen. Chuck Schumer fired fire from left-wing media figures and Democrats in Congress about his decision to break the candles on a GOP-backed spending […]
Schumer postpones book tour amid progressive revolt over shutdown vote
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer has been scrapping book tour events as progressive fumes on his maneuver to avoid government shutdown last week, sources told the Post. Sources said Schumer was denounced “security concerns.” Schumer, 74, had scheduled events in Baltimore, Washington, DC, Philadelphia and New York City to promote his upcoming Tome “American Anti-Semitism: […]
80% Of Afghanistan Services Risk Shutdown By June: World Health Organization
The World Health Organization said 80% of the services it supports in Afghanistan could close by June due to lack of funding. The UN Health Agency said the cash shortage amid massive US aid cuts is linked to a change in “development aid priorities.” “Without emergency intervention, more than 220 facilities could be closed by […]
WATCH LIVE: House votes on GOP spending bill to avert government shutdown
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Schumer on voting for funding bill: Trump, Musk 'damage' could be 'much worse' under shutdown
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (DN.Y.) said in an episode of his podcast on Sunday that President Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk could be “a lot worse” under government shutdowns. “Their goal of cutting agents after agency after agency, decimer, shutting down the entire federal government would occur under closure,” Schumer said. He told […]
Chris Murphy Flounders After Being Confronted With Video Evidence Of His Past Gov’t Shutdown Opposition
Democrat Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy quickly betrayed his support for the government's closure on Sunday after NBC host Kristen Welker faced the subject on past opposition. Before a small number of Senate Democrats helped push for the GOP-backed spending bill, several Democrats advocated for lawmakers to block the bill. While discussing the disapproval of the […]