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October 30, 2025

Personal Finance Senate Democrats propose increasing VA, Social Security benefits by $200 a month for six months

To help Social Security and Veterans Affairs beneficiaries cope with higher prices, a group of Democratic senators are proposing to increase benefits by $200 per month for six months. The bill — called the Social Security Emergency Inflation Relief Act — is backed by Democratic Senators including Mark Kelly of Arizona, Alex Padilla of California, Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, Angela Alsobrooks and Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Tina Smith of Minnesota, Kirsten G… Continue Reading

October 15, 2025

Millions of student loan borrowers at risk of default as late payments climb

For months, experts have warned that student loan borrowers who are behind on their payments may trigger a “default cliff.” Recent reports show that cliff is now looming. The resumption of federal student loan delinquency reporting on consumers’ credit earlier this year caused a spike in the rate of severe delinquencies, which now near a record high, according to September’s Credit Insights report from credit score developer FICO. … Read the full story here.… Continue Reading

October 15, 2025

Senate Democrats want to know: was YouTube’s Trump settlement a bribe?

A group of Democratic lawmakers are asking questions about YouTube’s $24.5 million settlement with President Donald Trump. In a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Neal Mohan, five Senators — Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) — asked for details about any settlement talks between those companies and the Trump administration. They’re interested in whether Google secured favorable treatment as a resu… Continue Reading

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November 12, 2025

Warren, Duckworth, Dingell, Simon Lead Democrats in Pressing Labor Secretary to Explain Elimination of Key Protections, Programs for Workers with Disabilities

— In a new letter, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), along with Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), Chair of the Bipartisan Disability Caucus, and Lateefah Simon (D-Calif.) led 56 members of Congress in pressing Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer about the Department of Labor’s (DOL) dismantling of key disability employment protections. Secretary DeRemer’s rollbacks include regulations that prohibit discrimination by federal contractors, a proposed … Continue Reading

November 12, 2025

Warren, Lawmakers Urge U.S. Trustee to Investigate Whether Genesis Healthcare Is Abusing the Bankruptcy System to Avoid Paying Victims and Families

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, alongside Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Maggie Goodlander (D-N.H.), urged the Acting Director of the Executive Office for U.S. Trustees to investigate whether Genesis Healthcare Inc. (Genesis) is attempting to exploit the bankruptcy system at the expense of victims, workers, and other businesses. “Genesis [...] may be abusing our bankruptcy system to wipe away Genesis’s debts and cl… Continue Reading

November 10, 2025

Warren, Senate Dems Press Government Accountability Office to Investigate Trump Administration’s Partisan Government Shutdown Messaging

— U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Andy Kim (D-N.J.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) pressed the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to open an investigation to determine whether the Trump administration violated federal appropriations law by publishing partis… Continue Reading

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Op-eds

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

April 09, 2025

Financial Times: Elizabeth Warren: It falls to Congress to unravel Trump’s reckless tariffs

Since President Donald Trump announced his massive tariffs, the stock market has experienced its biggest decline since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Economic experts are warning that a recession is likely. Consumer confidence has tumbled to levels not seen since the height of the pandemic. Some big companies and local businesses are already handing out pink slips. Tens of millions of Americans are anxiously wondering what will happen to their jobs, their retirement savings and their future… Continue Reading

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