HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday he "profoundly disagrees" with the reasoning behind decisions by two prominent Democratic lawmakers to vote against the nuclear deal he negotiated with Iran. Speaking in the Vietnamese capital, Kerry said the facts do not bear out the arguments made by the Senate's No. 3 Democrat ...

Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer has come under intense pressure by Israeli groups in the United States to vote against the conclusion of Iran nuclear negotiations in Congress. More than 10,000 phone calls, organized by one group, flooded the office line of the New York senator during the past two weeks to urge him to kill the accord, POLITICO reported....

[caption id="attachment_107851" align="alignright" width="170"] The new Republican-controlled Congress wants to poison the nuclear talks with Iran, Jim W. Dean says.[/caption] Sen. Chuck Schumer signed onto a sanctions bill Monday, but it may be harder to round up other Democrats. The push to impose new economic sanctions on Iran is facing an increasingly ...

Sanctions against Iran are still needed to force the nation to negotiate over its nuclear program, Sen. Chuck Schumer said Sunday. "The Iranians didn't come to the table out of the goodness of their heart," the New York Democrat saidon NBC's "Meet the Press." Schumer said he's supporting sanctions that would kick in after six months, if the Iranians ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two senators urged President Barack Obama on Friday to consider recommending a new site for the September international summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, if Moscow continues to allow National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden to remain in the country. Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., introduced a resolution ...