Updated: Senate Dems pick Schumer, Murray to lead in new Congress

Senate Democrats named Charles Schumer, a media-savvy Brooklynite, to succeed Harry Reid, the combative ex-boxer from a hardscrabble Nevada mining town, to be their party’s leader as they prepare for Donald Trump’s presidency. Senate Democrats held their leadership elections Wednesday. Aside from Schumer, Washington’s Patty Murray was selected as assistant leader. Dick Durbin of Illinois […]