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POLITICS September 25, 2024

Senate passes funding bill without SAVE Act, avoiding potential shutdown

A short term spending bill passed the Senate, avoiding a partial shutdown despite Republicans' demands to include a citizen voting requirement.

POLITICS September 24, 2024

Dems look to force votes on emergency abortion as abortion pill deaths make headlines

Democrats will try to pass a resolution affirming the right to emergency abortions after the deaths of two Georgia women that they blame on the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Supreme Court September 20, 2024

Dems roundly condemn death threats against Supreme Court they've repeatedly disparaged

Democrats roundly condemned political violence on Thursday after news that a suspect had been arrested for threatening to hurt and kill six of the Supreme Court's nine Justices and some of their family members.

POLITICS September 19, 2024

Schumer coins 'Trump shutdown,' slamming GOP amid spending fight

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is laying the groundwork to blame Trump and Republicans for a possible partial government shutdown.

POLITICS September 18, 2024

Russo-Chinese Arctic war games spur US response as Alaska officials warn only strength can deter crisis

The Army deployed about 130 airborne members to Shemya Island on the far end of the Aleutian chain in response to aggression from Russia and China this week.

POLITICS September 17, 2024

Republicans block Dem-backed IVF bill revived by Chuck Schumer

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is reviving an IVF bill blasted by Republicans after former President Donald Trump backed a key component of it.

POLITICS September 4, 2024

Schumer sounds off on GOP plan to tie citizenship voting requirement to spending bill

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer responded to a GOP plan to attach a bill mandating proof of citizenship in order to vote to a must-pass short term spending package.

CRIME September 3, 2024

Shooting victim at West Indian Day parade in NYC dies, lone gunman still on the loose

A man who was shot in New York City on Monday has died and the lone gunman is still at large, according to police.

POLITICS August 21, 2024

Schumer condemns antisemitism, blames Trump while anti-Israel agitators burn US flag outside DNC

Anti-Israel agitators outside the United Center in Chicago burned a U.S. flag while Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was inside delivering a speech condemning antisemitism.

Chuck Schumer August 16, 2024

Chuck Schumer defends legislation restricting the Supreme Court: Founding Fathers 'turning in their graves'

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer penned a Washington Post opinion piece Thursday defending his “No Kings Act" measure restricting the Supreme Court.

Joe Biden August 14, 2024

Biden remains bitter at top Democrats as they plan to formally usher him out the door: report

President Biden is still angry with top Democrats who forced him out of the presidential race, even just days away from the Democratic National Convention.