News Wrap: Turkish, Syrian forces clash again in Idlib province
In our news wrap Monday, Turkish and Syrian forces clashed in northwestern Syria for the second time in two weeks. As Turkish trucks rumbled into Idlib … source
Democrats Threaten To Block ‘Woefully Inadequate’ GOP Police Reform Bill
Senate Democrats on Tuesday called Republican police reform legislation “woefully inadequate” and threatened to block debate on the measure, a move that elicited partisan sniping from both sides of the…
Democrats Knock GOP Police Reform Bill, Call For ‘Improvement’
Senate Democrats on Wednesday threw cold water on Republican-authored police reform legislation, calling it an inadequate and half-hearted solution to hold police officers accountable in the wake of the death…
Chuck Schumer, other senators to ask Trump to issue national emergency declaration for coronavirus
An aide for Schumer told CNN Wednesday that the minority leader, along with Democratic Sens. Patty Murray of Washington and Gary Peters of Michigan, will call for the formal declaration,…
Leaked emails on Ukraine aid freeze bolster case for witnesses at Senate trial: Schumer
Democrats on Thursday quickly seized on freshly leaked emails in which a White House budget official told the Pentagon last August that it would keep its freeze in U.S. assistance…
Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, other key Democrats were not made aware of Baghdadi raid before it happened, Trump says
The move to not make notable leaders aware goes against the usual tradition for such high-profile operations. The bipartisan praise for the US mission was undercut by criticism that the…
Top Democrats Slam Trump Administration’s Delay Of Harriet Tubman $20 Bill
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) are not letting the Trump administration off the hook for its delay in releasing a new $20 bill…
Stacey Abrams To Deliver Democratic Response To SOTU
In an unusual move and a nod to the changing face of the Democratic party, former Georgia state Rep. Stacey Abrams will deliver the party’s response to the State of…
Kavanaugh FBI report ‘incomplete,’ say Senate Democrats
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and Democrat Dianne Feinstein hold a news conference after viewing the FBI report on Brett Kavanaugh. To read … source
Behind The Scenes Of The Bruising Bank Fight That Divided Senate Democrats
WASHINGTON ― There is nothing President Donald Trump loves more than winning. On May 24, surrounded by some of the most conservative Republicans in Congress, he savored the second major…