Cuts to the Social Security Administration have caused “customer service chaos” for millions of older Americans and those with disabilities who rely on the agency’s services, according to a new report from a group of Democratic senators. An investigation found...
Proposed IRS rules scrapping reporting requirements for complex partnerships will neutralize one of the few remaining tools the agency has to identify abusive partnership transactions, Senate Democrats are warning in a new missive to IRS and Treasury Department officials. The...
Proposed IRS rules scrapping reporting requirements for complex partnerships will neutralize one of the few remaining tools the agency has to identify abusive partnership transactions, Senate Democrats are warning in a new missive to IRS and Treasury Department officials. The...
A bipartisan group of senators is raising concerns that a merger between United Airlines could harm travelers. In a letter to United Chief Executive Scott Kirby and American CEO Robert Isom, the senators said a potential deal could result in...
Last year, four huge companies pledged tens of millions of dollars to help fund the creation of Donald Trump’s presidential library, a planned monstrosity in Miami that—in a perfect Trumpian twist—may also double as a hotel. The companies—ABC; Paramount; Meta;...
A group of senators has called on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to answer questions about his execution of military operations against Iran, saying several of his actions violated federal and international laws and weakened norms for protecting civilians. The 11...
Democratic lawmakers will introduce a bill Wednesday to ban the president, vice president and their families from collecting lawsuit settlement payments from the government. The bill, dubbed the “Ban Presidential Plunder of Taxpayer Funds Act,” comes after President Donald Trump...
Earlier this year, the Department of Defense announced that it would be taking greater editorial control over the longrunning military news organization, which has previously operated with editorial latitude. In a memo in March, the Pentagon said the publication must...
A group of Democratic lawmakers called on the internal watchdogs of the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department on Tuesday to investigate the “unlawful and costly” policy of sending people to third countries to which they have no...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) and Rep. Pat Ryan (D., N.Y.) are urging the federal government to crack down on a sports media ecosystem where prices are soaring while access shrinks for fans, citing ESPN’s growing footprint as a prime...
A pair of Democratic senators are warning that technological changes to state unemployment insurance systems by outside vendors may be hurting displaced workers’ ability to access safety net benefits. “When a vendor’s modernization efforts go awry, the livelihood of Americans...
A group of Democratic senators led by Elizabeth Warren is pushing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to rein in abuses from Medicare Advantage insurers as the Trump administration considers a policy that would enroll more seniors in the...