The Senate Democrats on Tuesday picked among its ranks a new team to lead the minority party to balance the GOP's looming "trifecta" control of the White House and both House and Senate chambers.

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), vice chairman of the Policy and Communications Committee, had expressed interest in Klobuchar’s post, but he agreed to take the No. 4 position in Senate leadership, avoiding the prospect of a contested election. He will lead a new role as chairman of the Strategic Communications Committee.

Democrats chose to reselect U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) as Senate Democratic minority leader, a role he filled under the previous Trump Administration, and also reappointed U.S.

Senate Republicans offered mixed responses to President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of Pete Hegseth, a Fox News personality accused of sexual assault, to lead the Defense Department following the release of a police report concerning sexual assault allegations against him.

Senate Democrats on Tuesday reelected Sen. Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) to serve another two years as the Senate Democratic leader and promoted Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) to the third-ranking leadership

Chuck Schumer was unanimously re-elected as Senate Democratic Leader on Tuesday as he aims to move the party forward.

Senate Democrats met Tuesday morning to elect their leadership for the next two years, after Republicans flipped the chamber in the 2024 elections.

Senate Democrats reelected Chuck Schumer as party leader on Tuesday as the party moves into a deeply uncertain time, with no real consensus on a strategy as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office.