Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) likened President Trump’s onslaught of executive action to a “blitzkrieg” whose ultimate goal is to “collapse our democracy.” “The freezing of federal grants, the

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the memo reversal would end "confusion" about the funding freeze.

US Senators Patty Murray, Chuck Schumer, Amy Klobuchar, Chris Murphy, and Andy Kim held a press conference in Washington, DC, to discuss the Trump administration’s memo to freeze federal funding on Tuesday.

Having leaned so hard on defending democracy during the campaign only to see voters narrowly choose the autocrats, Democrats were left without a unifying message, let alone a consensus messenger, to describe the new president and his allies.

N.Y., told Fox News Digital's Aishah Hasnie that he supports action by Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., to delay confirmation of some of President Trump's more controversial Cabinet nominees. (edited)

N.Y., said he supports Democrat efforts to slow down the confirmation of President Trump's Cabinet, including for key national security roles.

The effort, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sens. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Andy Kim (D-N.J.), would declare that the Senate “disapproves of any ...

Senate Republicans are trudging through the process to confirm President Trump's nominees as Democrats push back on their speedy approval.

Chris Murphy objected to a time agreement that ... Murphy’s objection to Ratcliffe comes after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer appeared to commit to working with Senate Republicans on ...