Schumer has faced intense backlash from Democrats for instructing members of his party to vote last week for the House GOP’s funding bill that will keep the government funded through September.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday he backs Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) continuing in his role despite their divergence on shutting down the government last ...

The vitriol aimed at Chuck Schumer seems infused with emotion, and lacking in the kind of cold calculus this moment demands.