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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) proposed a dramatic break with the chamber’s storied rules on Thursday, drawing sharp words from Republicans who vowed Democrats would rue the change.

Mr. Reid tangled with Republicans for more than an hour Thursday morning, engaging Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) in a heated back-and-forth over his plans to bar the use of

House Democrats are hoping to use Sen. Mitch McConnell's “legislative graveyard” as a messaging tool to topple GOP candidates in 2020.

McConnell (R-Ky.), the Senate majority leader, is embracing his role as a roadblock to the Democrats' legislative agenda, casting himself as the “Grim Reaper” poised to kill the Democrats’ top policy priorities. The barrier has frustrated Democrats as

President Barack Obama said Americans will be “judged” on what they do to combat the threat of climate change, and urged them not to vote for any politicians who don’t vow to protect future generations.

“Decades of carefully reviewed science tells us our planet is changing in ways that will have profound impacts on the world we leave to our children,” Obama said in his weekly address. “

As Congress has not taken action to fix the nation's outdated asylum laws, it seems like a "logical move" to send migrants to the United States' sanctuary cities, Marc Lotter, the director of strategic communications for President Donald Trump's reelection campaign, said Monday.

"Ultimately the plan is for Congress to finally step up and do something to adjust the outdated asylum laws