“Retirement Announcement Shakes D.C.” – Chuck Schumer’s run as Senate Minority Leader has come to an end.

For decades, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has been regarded as one of the most formidable figures in American politics — a seasoned tactician, a deal-maker, and the powerful voice of the Democratic establishment in Washington, D.C.

With more than half a century of experience in public service, Schumer has survived political storms that would have destroyed lesser politicians.

But according to a growing chorus of political commentators and analysts, the winds have shifted, and the senator from New York is now facing one of the most turbulent periods of his long career — a moment defined not by partisan battles against Republicans, but by the deepening divisions within his own Democratic Party.Continue reading…