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March 30, 2026

Democratic lawmakers seek data on US gun exports linked to cartels, criminal violence

Two Democratic members of Congress are pressing the Commerce Department for detailed data on U.S. exports of semi-automatic weapons, citing concerns that legally exported American firearms are fueling criminal violence and arming cartels across the Western Hemisphere. Reuters reviewed the letter sent on Sunday by Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Representative Gregory Meeks of New York to Under Secretary of Commerce Jeffrey Kessler. … Read the full story here.… Continue Reading

March 30, 2026

Democrats push Trump administration to tackle insider trading in booming prediction markets

Over 40 Democrats in the U.S. House and Senate signed a letter to top administration regulators and ethics officials on Monday asking for governmentwide training on insider trading in prediction markets. The letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Office of Government Ethics comes after weeks of increasing scrutiny regarding potential insider trading by government employees using prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi. … Read the full story here.… Continue Reading

March 30, 2026

Democrats Probe Trump’s $38 Billion Plan for Immigrant Jails

Democratic lawmakers are starting an investigation into the Trump administration’s plan to spend billions of dollars buying and retrofitting warehouses as immigrant detention centers, ramping up scrutiny of a key piece of the White House’s push for mass deportations. In a letter, the group of more than 50 US senators and representatives asked contractors and real estate companies for details of their roles in the $38 billion plan. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is seeking to streamline … Continue Reading

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April 14, 2026

Amid Trump’s War Driving Up Costs, Warren and Schumer Lead Democrats in Pressing Trump Admin to Crack Down on Big Food, Ag Price Fixing Squeezing Americans

— As President Trump’s war in Iran drives up food costs for American families and small businesses, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Minority Leader Schumer (D-N.Y.) led a group of four senators in pressing the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to crack down on food and agriculture companies engaging in grocery price fixing. The senators pressed the administration to lower costs for Americans by taking action to stop anticompetitive practices in the fo… Continue Reading

April 13, 2026

Amazon Claims to Warren, Hank Johnson “No Improper” Bids in Melania Movie, Despite Reportedly Paying Three Times as Much as Next Highest Bidder

— In a new response to Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), Amazon claimed that there was “no improper” activity in its bid for the new Melania documentary despite what appears to be a corrupt pay-to-play arrangement with the Trump administration. Last month, the lawmakers opened an investigation into Amazon’s investment in the Melania film and questioned whether it was used to secure favorable treatment from the Trump administration on antitrust suits, pot… Continue Reading

April 09, 2026

Warren, Blumenthal, Gallego, Duckworth, Hirono, Kelly Slam Pentagon’s Restrictions on Editorial Independence of Stars and Stripes, Call for Department to Reverse Policies that Violate Press Freedom

— U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) denounced the Department of Defense’s (DoD) restrictions imposed on Stars and Stripes, the military’s editorially independent newspaper. “DoD’s new policy threatens the credibility of Stars and Stripes, and the reliable flow of unbiased news to service members…We urge you to immediately rescind DoD’s new policy and res… Continue Reading

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Op-eds

December 01, 2025

Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Education Secretary Linda McMahon should resign

Shortly after she was sworn in, I invited Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to my office. I looked her dead in the eye and asked, “Now, I just want to be clear, do you think you can shut down the Department of Education?” She looked straight back at me and said, “No, I don’t have the legal authority to do that.” But here we are. … Read the full story here.… Continue Reading

September 22, 2025

‘The Game Is Rigged’: Elizabeth Warren on America’s Next Story

Senator Elizabeth Warren arrived on the political scene during the 2008 financial crisis with a very specific story about the economy — that it’s rigged against hardworking Americans. But it was Donald Trump who ran with that message all the way to the White House. In this episode, David Leonhardt, an editorial director in Times Opinion, talks to Senator Warren about her vision for a progressive economic story and the lessons Democrats need to learn going forward. … Read the full story here.… Continue Reading

May 29, 2025

Fox News: Sens Warren, Sheehy: Pentagon wastes billions with devastating repair rules. We’re working together to stop it

Our defense industrial base is stumbling. For years, the U.S. Department of Defense - under both Republicans and Democrats - failed to address one of the most fundamental issues within our military industrial complex, perverse incentives for contractors. But with the recently announced Army Transformation Initiative, Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll and General Randy George are taking a major step to stand up for soldiers and strengthen our military readiness. Driscoll's plan will help end one… Continue Reading

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