Sen. Chuck Schumer told the president he would "go down in American history as one of the darkest figures" if he continued his campaign

When President Donald Trump accepted the Republican nomination for the White House for the third time, he told the crowd in Milwaukee, “I’m not supposed to be here.” It was a line he repeated often in the weeks following the attempt on his life in Butler,

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) offered some surprising words of support for President-elect Donald Trump's suggestion to rename the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America" -- but the Senate Democratic Leader had one demand first.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday he would “agree to working with Donald Trump on renaming the Gulf of Mexico” — if the president-elect “first agrees to work ...

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Congress has certified Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 presidential election. The proc took place four years to the day after a mob of Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol to disrupt the 2021 Electoral College count. Trump has repeatedly said he would pardon convicted rioters.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday that Democrats were open to President-elect Donald Trump's idea ... amount to a challenge to Trump to focus on the economic issues that helped him regain the presidency, rather than merely changing ...

In total, The Washington Post identified 31 major campaign promises Trump pledged for his second term. Here are some of the most consequential steps Trump has said he’ll take as president.

Unlike any other president, Donald Trump has tested the words and ideas in the literal text of the US Constitution, from the Preamble through the 27th Amendment. There are multiple passages he has said or suggested he will ignore or reinterpret.

The Democratic Party begins 2025 with several looming questions. Among them: who will lead its national party apparatus, and how it will handle President-elect Donald Trump's second term.

Senate confirmation hearings for the Trump cabinet continue on Thursday. They will include Doug Burgum for interior secretary, Scott Turner for housing secretary and Lee Zeldin for Environmental Protection Agency administrator at 10 a.m. Eastern, and Scott Bessent for Treasury secretary at 10:30 a.m.