From the Senate floor today on June 4, 2026, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) gives remarks ahead of the vote-o-rama on his Republican colleagues' reconciliation bill, which will give ICE and CBP another $70 billion in funding.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., slammed Senate Republicans for passing a measure providing billions in ICE and CBP funding.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) notified Senate Democrats on Monday they will make a coordinated effort to eliminate the Trump administration’s $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund,

Opposition to the $1.8 billion Justice Department fund, which critics call a "slush fund," helped grind Senate floor action to a halt last month.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday said his party "will launch a coordinated effort to kill" President Donald Trump's "Anti-Weaponization Fund," adding that Democrats will force Republicans to vote on the fund.

Democrats hope to shame a handful of Republicans into withholding support for the ballroom, or at least force them to take politically damaging votes to back the plan that Trump repeatedly promised would not cost taxpayers a dime.

In Senate testimony Tuesday, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche declared the slush fund dead but refused to commit to it in writing. On Wednesday, President Trump publicly declared his “love” for the slush fund and claimed to be unsure whether it was in fact dead.

Perspective: Platner's defenders insist the stakes are too high. Democrats should notice where they've heard that argument before.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is criticizing President Donald Trump’s “no hurry” approach to ending the Iran war, arguing that the conflict needs a clear resolution as Congress grows more uneasy over its costs,