Lindsey McPherson

Schumer under pressure to deliver a win after giving the left the showdown it wanted

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer is in the hot seat as Republicans try to paint him as the face of the government shutdown and Democrats expect him to deliver something that can be sold as a victory.

October 2, 2025

Jeffries calls for ‘nothing less’ than permanent enhanced Obamacare subsidies to end shutdown

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries advocated Thursday that his party should not agree to end the government shutdown without securing a permanent extension of Obamacare subsidies that were expanded during the pandemic and are set to expire this year.

October 2, 2025

Speaker Johnson says Schumer handed Trump ‘the keys to the kingdom’ with shutdown

President Trump is using his executive authority to direct the harshest impacts of the government shutdown toward Democratic priorities, and Republicans say it's the Democrats' fault.

October 2, 2025

Senators start informal bipartisan discussions to end shutdown but obstacles abound

Senators began talking Wednesday about how to end the government shutdown but were still stuck on Democrats' demand to revise the House-passed stopgap that could quickly reopen the government.

October 1, 2025

Senate’s bid to end government shutdown fails in another partisan showdown

The government shutdown that began Wednesday will not end in a single day after the Senate, for the third time, rejected dueling stopgap funding bills.

October 1, 2025

Republicans double down on not negotiating with Democrats during government shutdown

Republican congressional leaders said Wednesday they will not negotiate with Democrats while they hold government funding "hostage" for their "radical" demands of $1.5 trillion in health care and other spending.

October 1, 2025

Democrats, GOP blame each other as federal government shuts down

A government shutdown is here, and the partisan messaging wars over who is to blame are in full swing with no sign of compromise.

September 30, 2025

Government shutdown looms as Democrats demand health care provisions in funding bill

Congressional Democrats are taking a rare gamble on government shutdown politics they've decried in the past, wagering that health care is a winning cause with Americans.

September 29, 2025

Trump, congressional leaders end meeting no closer to averting a government shutdown

President Trump and Democratic congressional leaders ended their high-stakes meeting Monday without a plan for averting a government shutdown that will begin Wednesday morning.

September 29, 2025

Democrats dig in on health care demands; fight pushes government to brink of shutdown

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said Monday, ahead of a meeting with President Trump and GOP leaders, that his party will not agree to keep the government open without a solution that addresses rising health care costs.

September 29, 2025

Jeffries slams Trump for attending Ryder Cup just days before potential government shutdown

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries criticized President Trump for attending the Ryder Cup golf tournament in New York on Friday instead of staying in Washington to prevent a government shutdown at midnight Tuesday.

September 26, 2025

What’s the beef over Obamacare subsidies threatening to shut down the government?

Congressional Democrats' key demand for averting a government shutdown next week -- extending enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies -- is dividing Republicans who outright oppose the policy and those who want to limit health care price increases.

September 26, 2025

Thune ‘very concerned’ about Trump advising pregnant women not to take Tylenol

Senate Majority Leader John Thune made a rare break from President Trump on Wednesday and cautioned against pregnant women following the president's advice not to take Tylenol.

September 24, 2025

Chuck Schumer: Donald Trump ‘totally deficient’ in uniting country against political violence

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Wednesday in the wake of another politically motivated shooting that President Trump has been "totally deficient" in toning down divisive political rhetoric that has contributed to such attacks.

September 24, 2025

Shutdown fight escalates with Trump calling off meeting with Democrats

President Trump and Democratic leaders traded barbs Tuesday after the president canceled a bipartisan meeting to discuss averting a government shutdown.

September 23, 2025

Hakeem Jeffries calls Trump ‘unhinged’ for canceling meeting on government funding

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said President Trump's social media post Tuesday canceling a planned meeting with him and Senate Democratic leader Charles E. Schumer to discuss funding the government was "unhinged."

September 23, 2025

Trump rejects meeting with Democrats on avoiding shutdown until they drop ‘ridiculous’ demands

President Trump said Tuesday he will not meet with Democratic leaders to discuss how to avert a government shutdown unless they get "realistic" and drop their "unserious and ridiculous" demands.

September 23, 2025

Schumer, Jeffries demand meeting with Trump over government shutdown

Two top Democrats -- Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries -- wrote a letter to President Trump urging a meeting to discuss the possibility of a government shutdown on Sept. 30.

September 20, 2025

Congress careens toward a government shutdown with the Senate in the driver’s seat

Congress is in the midst of a shutdown stalemate, and lawmakers have left Washington. Only the Senate plans to return before government funding expires at the end of the month.

September 20, 2025

Senate confirms Michael Waltz to United Nations post ahead of world leaders’ gathering

The Senate has confirmed former White House national security adviser Michael Waltz to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, just in time for him to attend the body's general assembly in New York.

September 19, 2025