Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) on Sunday extended a cautious embrace of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) amid fallout from the leader shrinking away from a government shutdown fight with Republicans. Appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press, Murphy said Schumer “certainly can lead this caucus.” Pressed by host Kristen Welker if he was the “best […]

Voters are souring on the Democratic Party amid inner turmoil among Democratic congressional leadership, according to a new poll released Sunday. Democrats’ favorability rating stands at a record low of 29% in a CNN poll, per a history of the outlet’s surveys. A majority of Democrats and Democratic-aligned independents, 57%, say the party should focus […]

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) condemned the Democratic members of the House and Senate that voted “to shut the government down to try to make some sort of aimless political point.” Johnson is fresh from successful votes from both chambers of Congress to fund the government and avoid a government shutdown through September […]

KOCANI, North Macedonia (AP) — A massive fire tore through a nightclub in North Macedonia’s eastern town of Kocani early Sunday, killing 59 people and injuring 155, authorities said. The blaze broke out around 2:30 a.m. during a concert by a local pop group at Club Pulse, Interior Minister Panche Toshkovski told reporters. He said 39 […]