As shutdown deadline nears, Democrats have rare leverage over Trump. They're digging in.

In a recent interview with Punchbowl News, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Republicans aren't interested in negotiating on health care right now. Their priority is keeping the government open ... Read More

Democrats Oppose Stopgap Bill, Raising Odds of a Shutdown

The chances of a government shutdown rose on Tuesday after top Democrats in Congress said they opposed Republicans’ stopgap plan to fund the government past a Sept. 30 deadline. Their opposition ... Read More

Why Democrats Should ‘Treat Trump Like a Normal, Unpopular President’

A political scientist explains why doing nothing right now is probably the best strategy for congressional Democrats. Read More

Trump tells GOP to cut Democrats out of funding bill as Schumer warns of shutdown

Republicans say they're considering a short-term funding bill to keep the government afloat for seven weeks. But they'll need bipartisan votes to pass it. Read More

Schumer: Democrats ‘will force votes’ on Trump tariffs after disappointing jobs report

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) vowed Friday that Democrats “will force votes” on President Trump’s tariffs after a subpar jobs report showed fewer jobs were added during August than ... Read More

Democrats can't beat Trump on common sense. No wonder voters are abandoning them. | Opinion

It's not hard to see why registered voters are abandoning the Democratic Party. Progressives continually take the opposite side of common sense. Read More