Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, along with House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., are opposed to ...

Schumer (D-New York) is preparing for a confrontation with President Donald Trump over government funding, insisting that Democrats will not vote to avert an Oct. 1 shutdown unless Republicans agree ...

Schumer’s threat comes as Republicans are considering a short-term stopgap spending measure to avoid a Sept. 30 shutdown.

Passing a government funding bill to avoid a shutdown would require at least some Democrats to go along. While a Republican ...

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) and other high-ranking Democrats say any government funding package to keep ...

Centrist Democrats fear their party could blunder into a government shutdown this month as Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) are ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed an executive order allowing pharmacies to administer COVID-19 vaccines to anyone who wants it.

With less than three weeks before the deadline to pass legislation to keep the federal government running, lawmakers are ...

Roughly 450,000 New Yorkers could be deemed ineligible for a free government health insurance program based on a plan released Wednesday by Gov. Kathy Hochul to shrink its scope.

Moms Clean Air Force, a nonprofit and nonpartisan group, is taking a firm stance against the President Donald Trump-led EPA's ...

Governor Abbott signed bills to improve rural Texas healthcare, ensuring support for hospitals and ambulance services.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said he is ready to risk a government shutdown over health care provisions in a ...