Charles Schumer

• House hardliners complicate ending government shutdown as Speaker Johnson moves ahead - The U.S. government partially shut down Saturday morning after Congress failed to pass legislation to keep it funded.
• Funding bill fails to clear key Senate procedural vote before shutdown deadline - Democrats are demanding changes to the way federal immigration agents work after the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens.
• After second Minneapolis shooting, Congress hurtles toward a partial government shutdown over DHS funding - Senate Minority Leader Schumer said he will vote against a package to fund DHS and a wide swath of the government after federal agents killed a U.S. citizen.
• Epstein Files: Schumer to force Senate vote on suing DOJ over partial release - President Donald Trump signed a law compelling the full release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. But the DOJ has released just a fraction.