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MSNBC host shockingly announces she's quitting Democratic Party live on air

Symone Sanders Townsend said she was done with her party because she is “pissed” at Chuck Schumer for siding with the Republicans on the latest spending bill.

MSNBC host Symone Sanders Townsend announced live on air that she's quitting the Democratic Party because Chuck Schumer 'folded like a paper napkin' to Donald Trump by siding with the Republicans in the latest spending bill(X)

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Published on Mar 17, 2025 09:57 PM IST

ByArya Vaishnavi

Karoline Leavitt rips Chuck Schumer for blaming Trump for Delta crash

Karoline Leavitt blasted Chuck Schumer after the Democratic lawmaker seemed to connect the plane tragedy to Donald Trump’s recent cuts to the FAA’s workforce.

Karoline Leavitt rips Chuck Schumer for suggesting Trump is partly to blame for Delta crash (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Published on Feb 19, 2025 09:16 PM IST

BySumanti Sen

Chuck Schumer calls out Trump's ‘incredibly bad choice’ of Vance as running mate

Chuck Schumer said on Sunday, July 28, that Donald Trump should change his "incredibly bad choice" of JD Vance as his running mate.

Chuck Schumer calls out Trump's ‘incredibly bad choice’ of JD Vance as running mate (Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg, AP/PTI(AP07_28_2024_000017A))

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Published on Jul 29, 2024 07:57 AM IST

BySumanti Sen

Democrats will not formally nominate Joe Biden before August

Democrats delay virtual roll call to nominate Biden until August amid concerns of rushing process

TOPSHOT - US President Joe Biden arrives to speak on economics during the Vote To Live Properity Summit at the College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 16, 2024. (Photo by Kent Nishimura / AFP)(AFP)

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Updated on Jul 18, 2024 05:04 AM IST

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‘Ridiculous’: Netanyahu reacts to Schumer's criticism, calls for new elections

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday slammed the United States calls for new elections in Israel amid its ongoing war against terror organisation Hamas.

Appearing in an interview with CNN on Sunday, Netanyahu called Schumer's request for fresh elections in Israel “ridiculous”.(REUTERS)

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Updated on Mar 17, 2024 09:14 PM IST

ByShweta Kukreti

Old clip of Chuck Schumer slamming ‘illegal aliens’ resurfaces: Watch

An old clip of Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer talking about “illegal aliens” surfaced on social media

Old clip of Chuck Schumer slamming ‘illegal aliens’ resurfaces Photographer (Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg)(Bloomberg)

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Published on Mar 12, 2024 07:05 AM IST

BySumanti Sen

Can marijuana be legal in US? Chuck Schumer thinks a new act can pave the way

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer thinks a federal legalization of marijuana might be a reality in the near future due to the SAFER Act, which would reduce the risks to businesses in the cannabis industry.

He added that public support for recreational cannabis has increased dramatically in the past 10 years, which was recently evidenced in Ohio as well.

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Published on Nov 18, 2023 10:36 PM IST

ByJahanvi Sharma

Schumer heads bipartisan effort to unveil classified UFO records held by feds

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has introduced a bill calling for the disclosure of information on UFOs. The bipartisan bill would create a new UAP Records

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 11: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to reporters following a classified all-Senate briefing on Artificial Intelligence at the U.S. Capitol on July 11, 2023 in Washington, DC. Briefers included members from the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Drew Angerer / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)(Getty Images via AFP)

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Published on Jul 16, 2023 02:40 AM IST

ByTuhin Das Mahapatra

US secret UFO documents could be declassified: What this means

Chuck Schumer said, “I'm introducing new legislation to declassify government records related to unidentified anomalous phenomena and UFOs.

Screengrab of the video of UFO spotted in Middletown, Ohio.

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Published on Jul 15, 2023 07:54 AM IST

ByMallika Soni

US Senator Chuck Schumer pushes for declassifying documents related to UFOs

US Senator Chuck Schumer is introducing a new legislation which aims to declassify government documents around UFOs and unexplained aerial phenomena.

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Updated on Jul 14, 2023 06:29 PM IST

ByAdarsh Kumar Gupta

‘Honoured’: PM Modi accepts invite to address US Congress for 2nd time

PM Modi thanked McCarthy, Hakeem Jeffries, Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell who had jointly invited him.

Besides the address to the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during the state visit, is expected to meet President Joe Biden for a private dinner on June 21 (ANI)

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Updated on Jun 07, 2023 04:28 AM IST

ByPrashant Jha, Washington

Chuck Schumer to lead Senate delegation to India next week, China top of agenda

The Congressional delegation is expected to meet India’s top political leadership.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.(AP)

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Published on Feb 18, 2023 08:55 AM IST

ByPrashant Jha, Washington

Russia-Ukraine crisis: Zelenskyy to address US Congress on Wednesday

Russia-Ukraine war latest news: The announcement was made jointly by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, the Senate Majority Leader.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (AP)

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Published on Mar 14, 2022 08:58 PM IST

Byhindustantimes.com, New Delhi

US Capitol violence: Democrats discuss Trump impeachment for a second time

Democrats in the House of Representatives, which holds the power to impeach the president, will hold a conference call at noon (1700 GMT) to discuss their next steps, according to two Democratic aides.

Pelosi joined Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer in calling for the removal of President Donald Trump in the wake of what many lawmakers from both sides of the aisle said was his incitement of the mob that stormed the Capitol.(Bloomberg)

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Updated on Jan 08, 2021 07:48 PM IST

Washington | ByReuters | Posted by Shankhyaneel Sarkar

Mitch McConnell rebuffs Trump, Democrats by blocking $2,000 aid checks

McConnell objected to a motion by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to approve by unanimous consent a stimulus-checks bill that passed the House on Monday.

US Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.(REUTERS)

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Updated on Dec 30, 2020 04:58 AM IST

ByBloomberg | Posted by Shivani Kumar

What’s in the $900 billion US Covid-19 aid package

According to a summary released by Democratic house speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, here are the details of the package

The US Capitol seen at night after negotiators sealed a deal for Covid relief on Sunday, finally delivering long-overdue help to businesses and individuals and providing money to deliver vaccines to a nation eager for them.(AP)

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Updated on Dec 21, 2020 09:36 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Byhindustantimes.com| Edited by Mallika Soni

US congress reaches deal on $900 billion pandemic relief plan

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer announced the accord Sunday. The legislative text was still being written, but the House was expected to vote on it Monday, followed by the Senate.

The US capitol in Washington, DC, US.(Bloomberg)

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Published on Dec 21, 2020 06:53 AM IST

ByBloomberg| Posted by Mallika Soni

White House return to stimulus talks boosts chance of a deal

After largely leaving the task to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell since Election Day, Mnuchin pitched a $916 billion stimulus plan to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a Tuesday afternoon telephone call, more than a week after she and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer retreated from their previous insistence on a $2.4 trillion bill.

A hawk flies over the White House in Washington, US.(Reuters)

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Published on Dec 09, 2020 01:10 PM IST

Washington | ByBloomberg| Posted by Mallika Soni

Biden, democrats swings behind bipartisan virus aid bill, says ‘immediate held’ needed

Biden said Wednesday the developing aid package “wouldn’t be the answer, but it would be the immediate help for a lot of things.”

President-elect Joe Biden leaves The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware.(AP)

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Updated on Dec 03, 2020 11:59 AM IST

Washington | ByAssociated Press| Posted by Mallika Soni

Democrat Schumer says $30 billion needed in federal funds to distribute Covid vaccine

Schumer said that New York state alone would need “hundreds of millions” for distribution and education work around the distribution of the vaccine.

US Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer during a press conference.(Reuters/ File photo)

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Published on Nov 29, 2020 10:43 PM IST

Washington | ByReuters | Posted by Mallika Soni

Ahead of US senate trial, Democrats call it ‘rigged’; Trump says it’s ‘disgraceful’

Chuck Schumer, the senate Democratic leader, called the resolution a “national disgrace”, which, he said to reporters, seemed like it was “written in the White House and not written in the senate”.

US President Donald Trump(Reuters file photo)

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Updated on Jan 21, 2020 11:36 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Washington | ByYashwant Raj

‘A half-hour away’: How Donald Trump opted against Iran strike

Donald Trump’s decision point came at the culmination of a tense 24 hours inside the West Wing after the drone went down.

US President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida to officially launch his 2020 campaign on June 18, 2019. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)(AFP)

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Updated on May 25, 2020 08:07 AM IST

Associated Press | ByAssociated Press

Donald Trump signs deal ending longest US government shutdown

The deal includes back pay for some 800,000 federal workers who have gone without salaries. The Trump administration promises to pay them as soon as possible.

US President Donald Trump said will sign a bill to reopen the government until February 15.(AFP)

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Updated on Jan 26, 2019 11:23 AM IST

Washington | ByYashwant Raj

Trump walks out of shutdown talks meeting, warns he may declare emergency

A day after abruptly ending talks with Democrats with a “bye-bye”, US President Donald Trump has said he will “probably … may be definitely” declare a national emergency to fund his border wall.

US President Donald Trump has said he will “probably … may be definitely” declare a national emergency to fund his border wall.(REUTERS)

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Updated on Jan 10, 2019 11:05 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Washington | ByYashwant Raj

Trump talks of ‘crisis of heart and soul’ at the southern border

Democrats pushed back just minutes after, also in a national address, laying the blame for the shutdown back at the President’s feet, accusing him of throwing “temper tantrums” to have his way.

US President Donald Trump delivers a televised address to the nation from his desk in the Oval Office about immigration and the southern US border on the 18th day of a partial government shutdown at the White House in Washington, US.(REUTERS)

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Updated on Jan 09, 2019 09:35 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Washington | ByYashwant Raj, Washington

US-Mexico border situation a ‘humanitarian crisis’: Donald Trump

Trump argued for funding on security and humanitarian grounds as he sought to put pressure on newly empowered Democrats amid an extended partial government shutdown.

President Donald Trump made a somber televised plea for border wall funding Tuesday night.(REUTERS)

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Updated on Jan 09, 2019 08:56 AM IST

Washington | ByAssociated Press

Home alone and isolated, Donald Trump stands ground on border wall

US President Donald Trump’s insistence on funding for the US-Mexico border wall comes in face of opposition by Democrats on spending any money on a wall or fence

President Donald Trump says parts of the government will stay shut as long as Democrats refuse to fund building more barriers on the US-Mexico border(REUTERS)

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Updated on Dec 25, 2018 10:36 PM IST

Washington | ByYashwant Raj

‘I am all alone (poor me) in White House waiting…’: Donald Trump’s Christmas tweet

In a joint statement Monday, the Democratic leaders, Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, said as long as Trump keeps listening to the Freedom Caucus and others on the right flank, there is no easy resolution to the impasse.

United States president Donald Trump was meeting with his Homeland Security secretary and other officials on Monday to discuss border security issues.(REUTERS)

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Updated on Dec 26, 2018 09:44 AM IST

Washington | ByAssociated Press

Trump to meet with Democrats on border wall, shutdown

Republican congressional leaders have repeatedly said it’s up to Trump to cut a deal with Democrats, an acknowledgement of their own inability to produce spending bills with Republican votes alone.

President Donald Trump said that Congress should provide all the money he wants for the wall and called illegal immigration a “threat to the well-being of every American community.”(NYT)

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Published on Dec 11, 2018 11:17 AM IST

Washington | ByAssociated Press

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Symone Sanders Townsend said she was done with her party because she is “pissed” at Chuck Schumer for siding with the Republicans on the latest spending bill.

Karoline Leavitt blasted Chuck Schumer after the Democratic lawmaker seemed to connect the plane tragedy to Donald Trump’s recent cuts to the FAA’s workforce.

Chuck Schumer said on Sunday, July 28, that Donald Trump should change his "incredibly bad choice" of JD Vance as his running mate.

Democrats delay virtual roll call to nominate Biden until August amid concerns of rushing process

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday slammed the United States calls for new elections in Israel amid its ongoing war against terror organisation Hamas.

An old clip of Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer talking about “illegal aliens” surfaced on social media

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer thinks a federal legalization of marijuana might be a reality in the near future due to the SAFER Act, which would reduce the risks to businesses in the cannabis industry.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has introduced a bill calling for the disclosure of information on UFOs. The bipartisan bill would create a new UAP Records

Chuck Schumer said, “I'm introducing new legislation to declassify government records related to unidentified anomalous phenomena and UFOs.

US Senator Chuck Schumer is introducing a new legislation which aims to declassify government documents around UFOs and unexplained aerial phenomena.

PM Modi thanked McCarthy, Hakeem Jeffries, Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell who had jointly invited him.

The Congressional delegation is expected to meet India’s top political leadership.

Russia-Ukraine war latest news: The announcement was made jointly by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, the Senate Majority Leader.

Democrats in the House of Representatives, which holds the power to impeach the president, will hold a conference call at noon (1700 GMT) to discuss their next steps, according to two Democratic aides.

McConnell objected to a motion by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to approve by unanimous consent a stimulus-checks bill that passed the House on Monday.

According to a summary released by Democratic house speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, here are the details of the package

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer announced the accord Sunday. The legislative text was still being written, but the House was expected to vote on it Monday, followed by the Senate.

Biden said Wednesday the developing aid package “wouldn’t be the answer, but it would be the immediate help for a lot of things.”

Schumer said that New York state alone would need “hundreds of millions” for distribution and education work around the distribution of the vaccine.

Chuck Schumer, the senate Democratic leader, called the resolution a “national disgrace”, which, he said to reporters, seemed like it was “written in the White House and not written in the senate”.

Donald Trump’s decision point came at the culmination of a tense 24 hours inside the West Wing after the drone went down.

The deal includes back pay for some 800,000 federal workers who have gone without salaries. The Trump administration promises to pay them as soon as possible.

A day after abruptly ending talks with Democrats with a “bye-bye”, US President Donald Trump has said he will “probably … may be definitely” declare a national emergency to fund his border wall.

Democrats pushed back just minutes after, also in a national address, laying the blame for the shutdown back at the President’s feet, accusing him of throwing “temper tantrums” to have his way.

Trump argued for funding on security and humanitarian grounds as he sought to put pressure on newly empowered Democrats amid an extended partial government shutdown.

US President Donald Trump’s insistence on funding for the US-Mexico border wall comes in face of opposition by Democrats on spending any money on a wall or fence

In a joint statement Monday, the Democratic leaders, Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, said as long as Trump keeps listening to the Freedom Caucus and others on the right flank, there is no easy resolution to the impasse.

Republican congressional leaders have repeatedly said it’s up to Trump to cut a deal with Democrats, an acknowledgement of their own inability to produce spending bills with Republican votes alone.

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