Chuck Schumer

American politician (born 1950), Minority Leader of the United States Senate (2017–2021) and again since 2025

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I am running for re-election for leader,
Democrats expanded the map deep into GOP territory and created new opportunities to flip seats — putting us in the strongest position yet to win the Senate majority,
  • Schumer’s campaign arm, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, spokesperson Maeve Coyle said
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Today, we reaffirm our commitment to the security of the Israeli people, to the aid and wellbeing of the Palestinian people and the recovery of the devastation in Gaza that the ensuing conflict brought, and to doubling down on efforts for a lasting peace resulting in two states where Israelis and Palestinians can live side by side in equal measures of peace, security, dignity, and mutual recognition,
Americans sat down to watch football, not to be force-fed Trump’s propaganda on their own dime.”
I bet it can't,"
The bottom line is one of the reasons that we want to make sure we do everything we can to take back the Senate is not let Trump put such horrible justices, MAGA justices on the Supreme Court and the lower courts,

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Democrats eye ambitious Senate map that was once unthinkable as anti-Trump backlash grows

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The top super PAC for Senate Republicans recently diverted millions of dollars to Kansas to defend its incumbent, Senator Roger Marshall, instead of spending in other states long seen as the main battlegrounds, like North Carolina

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Half a billion dollars in GOP spending does little to move polls

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans are entering the final month of the midterm campaign increasingly anxious that the $1 billion at their disposal may not be enough to fend off sweeping losses as the party reckons with President Donald Trump's unpopularity, persistent cost concerns and the fallout from the war in Iran

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Dems hand GOP fresh midterm weapon by opposing widely used voter ID

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Ahead of the November midterm elections, top Democrats are planning for doomsday scenarios for how President Donald Trump and his administration could intervene in the voting process and laying the groundwork for a forceful response

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Steve Bannon turns on Trump to team up with Bernie Sanders over AI threat

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Recent surveys by the University of Maryland’s Program for Public Consultation found 85% of Democrats and 79% of Republicans want a new federal agency to monitor and regulate AI; and 82% of Democrats and 78% of Republicans favour government safety tests for AI making critical decisions

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