Remember back in August, when Senate Democrats struck a deal with Mitch McConnell to confirm a package of 15 judges to lifetime appointments on the federal judiciary? That was fun. So fun, in fact, that we’re doing it all over again: Politico reported this morning that McConnell is preparing another package of…

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is staring at a second Donald Trump-nominated Supreme Court justice who has multiple sexual assault allegations levied against him. If Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed, it will be by a razor-thin margin. What’s Schumer’s big takeaway from this? That the Democrats should make things…

Following the death of Sen. John McCain on Saturday, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer made this proposal to honor him:

The presidency of Donald Trump is just one long, drawn-out argument about the American flag. In our newest installment, Trump is using the dang flag as a weapon as he insists on continuing his years-long feud against a man who is now dead and thus physically unable to continue. And unsurprisingly, for a mainstream…

One thing that’s as true now as it was in 2016 is that people fucking hate Congress. And while there’s been recent backlash against House candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for barring the press from a public event, at least she had the guts to face the people who are likely going to be her constituents. It turns out…

New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez spent more than two and a half years embroiled in a criminal case against him before a mistrial last November. Immediately afterwards, he secured the backing of every prominent Democrat in the state, including Senator Cory Booker and Governor Phil Murphy. Months later, he was restored…

A lesson Chuck Schumer is quickly learning, if he hadn’t already: He won’t be able to count on “centrist” (read: right-leaning) Democrats to help him sink Donald Trump’s newest nominee to the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh.

Chuck Schumer, a political genius, has apparently hit on a wild new idea: Democrats should oppose Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

It was widely reported on Thursday that President Donald Trump has narrowed his demonic list of possible Supreme Court nominees to three contenders: Judges Brett Kavanaugh, Raymond Kethledge, and Amy Coney Barrett.

With the news of Anthony Kennedy’s retirement from the Supreme Court, the question for anyone to the left of Roseanne is: What will the Democrats do to try and prevent the court from devastating protections for women, people of color, the poor, and LGBTQ people? How will they stand up for us?

Congratulations, Political Newcomer! That was some thrilling upset victory you pulled out over Joe last night! You beat a good man. The BEST man. We’re gonna miss Joe around here. He really understood what we Democrats in Congress are all about. Such an enormous loss for us. We think you could learn a lot from how Joe…

Joining a chorus of political and media elites tut-tutting the left for its supposed lack of decorum, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer took to the Senate floor on Monday for an entirely predictable lecture about the importance of “civility” and “respect” in our hallowed discourse.

Last year, we were inundated with stories about Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut and his push to be a voice for a “progressive” foreign policy. Here’s how Murphy explained his post-Iraq, liberal vision to the Atlantic last year (emphasis mine):

Apparently, Donald Trump just rips up papers when he’s done with them. This is a violation of longstanding federal law about official presidential records, so instead of just getting Trump not to do this, the White House had an entire office dedicated to putting these papers back together piece by piece. This is very…

I’m not sure there’s a better possible illustration of “not up to the challenges of the political moment” than Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer standing outside a Washington filling station demanding that President Trump lower gas prices.

Earlier this month, Mike Pompeo looked like he might face a historic battle against his confirmation to become the next secretary of state. Republican Senator Rand Paul had signaled for weeks that he would vote against him. Jeff Flake said he was undecided, and it was still up in the air as to whether Senate Democrats…

You would think that the Republican Party being in control of the entire federal government would mean conservative infighting might cool off a bit. You would be wrong.

Seven Jewish activists were arrested on Monday after dozens of protesters barricaded the entrance to Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer’s Manhattan office, demanding that Schumer condemn Israel’s ongoing killing of Palestinians in Gaza.

This week it looks like a huge chunk of Donald Trump’s Cabinet is on thin ice. On Tuesday, Trump fired his Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and has hinted that a further shakeup is in the works, with Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin and Attorney General Jeff Sessions reportedly among those who could possibly…

Chuck Schumer is dealing with what’s probably the biggest intra-party crack-up of his tenure leading the Senate Democrats yet, a division laid bare over the banking deregulation bill. As Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin told Politico on Wednesday, “It’s a painful and challenging issue for him.”