Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is vetoing U.S. attorney nominations in two of the country’s most high-profile districts. This is ...

"I will not let the Senate move forward on President Trump's nominees for U.S. Attorney for the Southern and Eastern ...

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) has invoked the Senate’s “blue slip” tradition to block President Trump’s ...

Senator Chuck Schumer had said he would block the permanent appointment of Jay Clayton, the president’s choice to head one of ...

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said he plans to block the nominations of Jay Clayton and Joe Nocella as US attorneys in the ...

The Senate minority leader's move could energize the party base but challenge longstanding institutional norms.

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Wednesday that he'll use a Senate procedure that allows home state senators to object to judicial nominees to attempt to block President Donald Trump 's picks ...

While it is not law, Senate custom for vetting U.S. attorneys and district court nominees has long required the approval of ...

The fight over money for Medicaid is at the center of the big-picture funding fight in Washington, D.C. Republicans say ...

More than half of New Yorkers said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) should be replaced by another Democrat in ...

As the Trump administration presses on with its plan for global tariffs, Sen. Chuck Schumer warns New York could get more ...

New York Sen. Chuck Schumer is calling on federal authorities to revoke the operating permits of the helicopter tour company ...