These haven’t been the best of times for Chuck Schumer, the besieged leader of the Senate’s Democrats.

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Sen. Michael Bennet’s town hall at Harrison High School in Colorado Springs Thursday marked his third stop in the state this ...

At town halls across the country, constituents have confronted Democratic lawmakers with anger at what they see as a lack of organized opposition to the Trump agenda.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order that calls for closing the Department of Education, prompting mixed ...

Another seemingly plausible Schumer claim is that the main check on Trump is the courts, which would be closed during a ...

The Trump administration began the process earlier this month when it got rid of nearly half of the department's staffers.