UPI en Español  |   UPI Asia  |   About UPI  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Topic: Chuck Schumer

Latest Headlines

Travelers can expect U.S. flight delays starting Monday as air-traffic controllers take furloughs required under federal-sequester budget cuts, officials said.
Opponents said planning 'poison pill' to kill immigration reform
Conservative U.S. senators hope to kill immigration reform with "poison pill" amendments that divide the bipartisan bill's authors, lawmakers and aides said.
Details of bipartisan Senate immigration measure released
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators Tuesday released details of a plan to overhaul an immigration system lawmakers and the president agree needs fixing.
Deal reached on gun background checks
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators announced Wednesday they have agreed on a proposal to expand background checks for gun purchases to all commercial sales.
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said a sweeping bipartisan immigration-reform package may be reached this week by Senate leaders working on the issue.
Background-check deal said getting close
A bipartisan deal to expand gun-purchase background checks looks promising, U.S. Senate aides said, as the White House began a strong gun-control push Monday.
Sen. John McCain said the United States finds itself at risk of ending up entangled in a war on the Korean peninsula "by accident."
News from United Press International, around the world around the clock ...
Half of Gang of Eight senators at border
Half of the Gang of Eight U.S. senators working on immigration reform visited Arizona for a first-hand look Wednesday at the U.S. border with Mexico.
Reid: Gun bill to include background checks
U.S. gun legislation reaching the Senate floor after a two-week spring break will include universal background checks, Majority Leader Harry Reid said.
1 of 18
Palestinian  Security Forces Patrol the Border With Egypt.
View Caption
A members of the Hamas security forces patrol the border area between Gaza and Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip May 20, 2013. Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again for four days, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, As Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza closed and border was declared as military zone. Palestinian security forces patrol around the border, witnesses said. UPI/Ismael Mohamad