Chuck Schumer

Trump spy nominee Jay Clayton faces tense hearing after refusing to say Joe Biden won in 2020

Clayton said only that Biden had been "certified" as president, while also insisting, "I am not an election denier."

Jay Clayton, US President Donald Trump's nominee to be Director of National Intelligence, testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.
US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) attends a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing for Casey Means, nominated to serve as the next US Surgeon General, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, February 25, 2026.

Bernie Sanders urges Platner to quit Maine Senate race as Democrats vie to succeed him

US President Donald Trump reacts as he and members of his administration deliver remarks to reporters on the Trump administration's support for coal energy production, among other topics, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington

US Senate passes $70 billion bill for immigration and border patrol, ICE

US President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing held at the White House on February 20, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Most Americans say Trump growing erratic with age, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds


Schumer says US Senate will move quickly on Israel

A confirmation hearing for Jack Lew, the nominee to be the next ambassador to Israel, is scheduled on Wednesday.

 Majority Leader of the US Senate Chuck Schumer (left) with President Isaac Herzog. October 15, 2023

‘As a Jew, I had to visit Hamas victims,' Schumer says in Tel Aviv

Schumer and a four-member bipartisan delegation to Israel met with victims of the attack as well as with top Israeli officials.

 CURRENT US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is among the top Democrats who opposed the 2015 JCPOA.

Schumer group: More than just another Senate delegation - analysis

The Senate Majority Leader and his fellow representatives are sending a message to Israel, to its critics in America, and to the international community.

 US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other American representatives on a visit to Israel, October 15, 2023

Yeshiva U to receive $1.5 million to fund auditorium renovations

Yeshiva University's Main Hall is set to see renovations that will include restorations of its stained glass windows and artistic architecture.

THE YESHIVA University High School for Boys in New York

Pelosi, Schumer: Supreme Court poised to inflict greatest rights restriction in last 50 years

“If the report is accurate, the Supreme Court is poised to inflict the greatest restriction of rights in the past 50 years – not just on women but on all Americans," said Schumer and Pelosi.

 US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) joins demonstrators during a protest outside the US Supreme Court, after the leak of a draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito preparing for a majority of the court to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision later in 2022.

Chuck Schumer urges US aid for Ukraine: 'There's a Holocaust going on'

“When you see that people are lined up on buses just to leave a conflict zone, and Putin’s artillery shells those buses, that is just below humanity, below dignity.”

US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) walks through the US Capitol in Washington, US, December 17, 2020.

Chuck Schumer recites Shema prayer, joins Biden's plea for unity

Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer recited the Shema prayer at the National Prayer Breakfast.

Sen. Chuck Schumer at a news briefing with new Democratic senators at the US Capitol, Jan. 21, 2021.

Combating BDS: Now’s the time to support, enforce US Senate legislation

If the Senate can vote on the Combating BDS Act of 2021 and pass it with bipartisan support, it would be a litmus test that the American democracy’s pendulum swing to the far left is reversing.

 US Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) leaves the Senate floor following a vote on Capitol Hill on January 11

Pro-Israel orgs appeal to US Senate to replenish Iron Dome

“We ask that you urgently move forward the supplemental appropriations funding to replenish Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system,” the organizations wrote in a letter.

Jewish Community Leader Susan Stern, Dr. Rabbi Aaron Glatt, US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and second gentleman Doug Emhoff light menorah candles during a celebration of Hanukkah at the White House in Washington, US, December 1, 2021.

Chuck Schumer overheard Jan. 6 rioter calling him 'the big Jew'

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer revealed that a Capitol insurrectionist sought to harm him because of his Jewishness. Antisemitic flags and symbols were prevalent at last year's riots.

Sen. Chuck Schumer at a news briefing with new Democratic senators at the US Capitol, Jan. 21, 2021.