Schumer Again Defends Decision to Avoid Shutdown Amid Calls to Resign
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Schumer Again Defends Decision to Avoid Shutdown Amid Calls to Resign

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, remained defiant in the face of continuing criticism and growing calls to resign more than a week after he cleared the way for a Republican spending bill without negotiating any major concessions….

Opinion | Chuck Schumer Isn’t Jewish Like the Pope Isn’t Catholic
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Opinion | Chuck Schumer Isn’t Jewish Like the Pope Isn’t Catholic

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Harvard was also the place where Schumer first saw left-wing antisemitism in action — using the cloak of anti-Zionism, as it often does today. At a 1970 campus speech by the Israeli foreign minister, Abba Eban, students in the gallery unfurled a banner…

Opinion | Democrats Are Playing With Tea Party Fire
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Opinion | Democrats Are Playing With Tea Party Fire

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines On Friday the Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, committed the grave sin of accepting reality, and his party is now furious. Democrats were outmaneuvered by House Republicans on a measure to fund the government, and the only options for Democrats by late last…

Ocasio-Cortez Lashes Out at Schumer Over His Support for G.O.P. Measure
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Ocasio-Cortez Lashes Out at Schumer Over His Support for G.O.P. Measure

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, is facing a torrent of criticism for choosing to vote with his Republican counterparts to head off a government shutdown. Some of the sharpest barbs have come from another New York Democrat, Representative Alexandria…

Senate Advances Bill to Avert Government Shutdown
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Senate Advances Bill to Avert Government Shutdown

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Senate on Friday cleared a critical hurdle to avert a government shutdown at midnight, after Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, and nine other members of his caucus joined Republicans in voting to advance a stopgap spending bill, effectively…

Opinion | Chuck Schumer: Why Democrats Must Not Allow the Government to Shut Down
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Opinion | Chuck Schumer: Why Democrats Must Not Allow the Government to Shut Down

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Over the past two months, the United States has confronted a bitter truth: The federal government has been taken over by a nihilist. President Trump has taken a blowtorch to our country and wielded chaos like a weapon. Most Republicans in Congress, meanwhile,…

New Yorkers Protest as White House Defends Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil at Columbia
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New Yorkers Protest as White House Defends Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil at Columbia

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As hundreds of demonstrators made their way through Lower Manhattan on Tuesday to protest the detention of a prominent pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia University, the White House defended the arrest and rebuked the school for what it called lack of cooperation. The activist,…

Here’s How Democrats Are Protesting Trump’s Speech to Congress
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Here’s How Democrats Are Protesting Trump’s Speech to Congress

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Some are bringing fired federal workers. Others plan to hand out stickers accusing Elon Musk of “stealing Social Security.” Several will boycott President Trump’s speech altogether. Congressional Democrats are planning to use Mr. Trump’s first address to a joint session on Capitol Hill…

Overnight ‘Vote-a-Rama’ in the Senate Frames a Contentious Budget Debate
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Overnight ‘Vote-a-Rama’ in the Senate Frames a Contentious Budget Debate

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Senate was on track to pass Republicans’ budget plan on a straight party-line vote sometime early Friday morning. But first, it was time for a well-worn parliamentary ritual: the hourslong marathon of votes on proposals that will never become law (and were…