A shutdown would give Donald Trump the keys to the city, the state and the country,” Schumer said on the Senate floor when he announced his decision. But nobody really knows

In a clandestine twist, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) whispered to fellow Democrats over a private lunch Thursday that he’d nudge along a House GOP funding bill, hinting at a retreat from the brink of a Saturday government shutdown.

N.Y., said he will vote to advance the Republican funding extension and avoid a government shutdown at the end of the day Friday. "While the CR bill is very bad, the potential for a shutdown has consequences for America that are much,