Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he's "not stepping down" from leadership in an interview aired Sunday amid mounting pressure from within his party to abandon his post.

Why it matters: He's remaining defiant as Democratic lawmakers and outside groups pile on calls for him to step aside. But Schumer, who dealt a key blow to former President Biden's reelection bid, argued he's "absolutely" not making the same mistake Biden did when he hesitated to step down.

Sen. Charles E. Schumer gave Chief Justice John Roberts a backhanded compliment this week while wading into a national debate about “Obama judges.”

New York Sen. Charles Schumer becomes the top Senate Democrat in January with a choice: Either find areas of common ground with Donald Trump or use the minority party’s powers to stand in the way of the president-elect’s agenda.

It’s one of the most exclusive clubs in Washington, packed with mostly older, wealthier members and governed by a web of byzantine rules and backroom dealmaking. It’s the kind of place that business executive Donald Trump might enjoy — and that President-elect Donald Trump says he abhors.

The battle for America's political soul could come down to a street brawl between two boys from Queens and Brooklyn.

Schumer will be negotiating with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who was re-elected to the top leadership spot by his GOP colleagues on Wednesday. McConnell has been majority leader since 2015 and served as minority leader in the previous four Congresses.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Chuck Schumer are the two most influential Democratic voices on Capitol Hill.

They find themselves on opposite sides when it comes to support for President Obama’s Iran deal. Pelosi backs the accord. Schumer announced -- during Fox News Channel’s prime-time GOP presidential debate -- that he would oppose the agreement.

And regardless of where Pelosi, California, and Schumer, New York, stand on Iran, that mi

Mitch McConnell remembers Chuck Schumer's role during his contentious 2008 campaign like it was yesterday.

During a tense phone call with White House chief of staff Denis McDonough in early March, Sen. Chuck Schumer delivered a blunt message: He would join a growing chorus of senators defying the wishes of President Barack Obama by demanding that Congress have an official say over any nuclear deal with Iran.