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Lawmakers Seek to Close VA Loophole That Funnels Billions to Private Medicare Insurers
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is aiming to close a loophole that allows large healthcare insurers to charge Medicare billions of dollars to cover veterans who get some or all of their treatment through the taxpayer-funded U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs health system. The group introduced legislation Monday in the House and Senate that would permit the VA to charge private health insurers in the Medicare Advantage system for medical care that it provides for the insurers’ members. The … Continue Reading
June 12, 2025
The New York Times: Elizabeth Warren: Trump Is Right About This One Thing
It is possible that hell has frozen over. President Trump and I agree on something very important: Abolish the debt limit. The debt limit is a political tool that allows the minority party to threaten economic collapse, forcing Congress to negotiate its demands. It serves no other function. None. It has no impact on spending, and it doesn’t restrain the growth of the national debt. I’ve pushed publicly and privately, whether Democrats or Republicans have been in charge, to scrap the debt … Continue Reading
June 12, 2025
Boston Globe: Warren, Markey call for probe into ‘escalating aggression’ by federal agents in immigration raids
Massachusetts Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey have called for an investigation into the “increasingly aggressive and intimidating tactics” used by federal agents in immigration raids across the country, according to a letter sent Wednesday to the US Department of Homeland Security. “ICE’s escalating aggression is not making us safer,” read the letter, which was cosigned by all nine of the state’s representatives in Congress. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are … Continue Reading
June 12, 2025
CBS News: Warren urges Trump to "abandon" DOGE's "inefficient and harmful" agenda in new letter
Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts is urging President Trump to "reverse course" on the Department of Government Efficiency's efforts to cut government spending and agencies, advocating instead that he implement her policy proposals to find savings, days after a split between Elon Musk and the president spilled into public view. "Although Mr. Musk and DOGE have failed at achieving their purported savings goals, you could choose to end this government waste while avoiding … Continue Reading
June 11, 2025
WBUR: Warren, Markey call for answers on federal funding cuts to Mass. museums and libraries
Massachusetts Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey sent a letter Tuesday evening to the Institute of Museum and Library Services Acting Director Keith E. Sonderling demanding answers on funding cuts to museums and libraries across the country. Sen. Warren's office shared the letter exclusively with WBUR on Monday. In the document, Warren and Markey asked for further information on the future of certain programs and IMLS’s plan to act in accordance with laws that require minimum funding by … Continue Reading
June 11, 2025
Wired: Senators Warn DOGE’s Social Security Administration Work Could Break Benefits
Democratic senators have concerns that the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) could break the Social Security Administration’s tech infrastructure. In a new letter addressed to SSA commissioner Frank Bisignano, senators Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden say that DOGE’s plans to “hastily upgrade” Social Security IT systems could disrupt the delivery of benefits or result in mass data losses. The warning comes after WIRED reported in March that DOGE officials were planning to … Continue Reading
June 10, 2025
Business Insider: Millions of student-loan borrowers are getting a 'financial scarlet letter' that could risk their home purchases and job prospects, Elizabeth Warren says
Millions of student-loan borrowers could be facing a financial strain that will hinder their abilities to buy a house or get a new job, Sen. Elizabeth Warren said. Ahead of a Tuesday meeting with Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump's education secretary, Warren published a blog post — first viewed by Business Insider — detailing her concerns with the Trump administration's move to restart collections on defaulted borrowers' student loans. After Trump announced on May 5 that consequences … Continue Reading
June 10, 2025
The Guardian: Senators call on company to reveal how it will profit from Trump Medicaid cuts
Two Democratic senators are demanding to know how a company that administers government benefits could profit from Republican-led cuts to Medicaid, the public health insurance program for people who are low-income, elderly and disabled. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden sent the letter to Maximus, Inc on Monday. The company is the largest private contractor to states who seek to outsource their administration of government assistance, including health insurance and food aid. “Maximus’s … Continue Reading
June 10, 2025
ABC News: Senate Democrats file bill to prevent ban on transgender military service
Democratic lawmakers will submit a bill in the Senate on Tuesday that would reverse the Pentagon's new ban on transgender military service members diagnosed with gender dysphoria who now face being forced out if they had not previously self-identified as transgender. The "Fit to Serve Act" would prohibit the Defense Department from banning transgender service members from serving in the military. If passed, the law would prevent the DOD from denying access to healthcare on the basis of gender … Continue Reading
June 09, 2025
ABC News: Warren urges Department of Education IG to investigate DOGE access to student loan data
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is requesting the Department of Education's Office of Inspector General review the Department of Government Efficiency's alleged "infiltration" of the agency's internal federal student loan database. "The full extent of DOGE's role and influence at ED remains unknown," Warren wrote in a letter first obtained by ABC News. "This lack of clarity is not only frustrating for borrowers but also dangerous for the future of an agency that handles an extensive student … Continue Reading
June 07, 2025
CBS News: Sen. Warren asks for contingency plans on national security after Trump and Musk's social media fall out
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is asking Secretary of State Marco Rubio for information on the Trump administration's contingency plans if billionaire Elon Musk breaches his companies' current contracts with the U.S. amid the ongoing public fall out between him and President Trump. In a letter to Rubio as acting national security adviser and obtained by CBS News, Warren said Mr. Trump and Musk's public disagreements about the upcoming reconciliation bill that escalated into a public online spat could … Continue Reading
June 06, 2025
The Hill: Warren, Wyden warn Trump policies could ‘decimate retirees’ savings’
Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Ron Wyden (Ore.) are pressing the Trump administration over the impact the president’s sweeping trade policies will have on the finances of retirees and people close to retirement. “The economic chaos triggered by President Trump’s disastrous tariff policy has the potential to decimate retirees’ savings,” they wrote in a letter to the White House on Friday that was obtained by The Hill. “Simultaneously, the Trump Administration has taken a … Continue Reading
June 04, 2025
Boston Globe: Warren to meet with Linda McMahon, who she criticized for giving Trump ‘a blank check to destroy American public education’
Senator Elizabeth Warren will meet with Education Secretary Linda McMahon Tuesday, June 10, according to a letter obtained the Globe. This comes after Warren invited McMahon to a public forum on higher education affordability in May — an invitation McMahon rejected in favor of a one-on-one meeting with the senator. Warren’s letter, dated June 3, refutes a number of claims McMahon had previously asserted in her own letter about the merits of the Trump administration’s higher education … Continue Reading
June 04, 2025
Reuters: US senators press antitrust enforcers over Rocket-Redfin deal
A group of U.S. Senators have demanded that federal antitrust enforcers explain why they did not seek to block Rocket Companies' (RKT.N), opens new tab $1.75 billion acquisition of real estate listing platform Redfin (RDFN.O), opens new tab, saying the deal could raise costs for homebuyers. U.S. senators including Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker, the top Democrats on the Senate banking and antitrust committees, wrote to the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday … Continue Reading
June 03, 2025
Rolling Stone: Elon Musk's Reign of Corruption Chronicled in Elizabeth Warren Report
A new report by Sen. Elizabeth Warren itemizes 130 dodgy dealings by the man who calls himself the “Dogefather” As Elon Musk departs the Trump White House — at least officially — a new Senate report examines how the world’s richest man leveraged his access to the levers of federal power to boost his myriad personal businesses including his electric vehicle company Tesla, aerospace contractor SpaceX, social media platform X, and brain chip firm Neuralink. Musk is leaving his post as a … Continue Reading
May 30, 2025
The Verge: Senators probe whether RealPage pushed state AI law ban
Democratic senators are probing whether RealPage, a software company accused of colluding with landlords to raise rents, lobbied for a proposed ban on states regulating AI for the next decade. In a letter to RealPage CEO Dana Jones, four Democratic senators — Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Bernie Sanders (D-VT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Tina Smith (D-MN) — ask for more information about the company’s “potential involvement” in a provision attached to Republicans’ budget … Continue Reading
May 29, 2025
The Guardian: Doge employees hold stock in firms set to benefit from cuts, Democrats allege
Employees of Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge) own lucrative stock in companies that stand to directly benefit from their work gutting federal agencies, Democratic senators have alleged. The potential ethics violations merit an investigation by the justice department and other oversight bodies, urges a letter co-authored by senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Ron Wyden of Oregon and Jack Reed of Rhode Island and obtained by the Guardian. “We write regarding new … Continue Reading
May 29, 2025
Boston Globe: Led by Senator Warren, Mass. lawmakers demand answers about Trump’s ongoing attack on international students
Senator Elizabeth Warren led a delegation of Massachusetts lawmakers in demanding answers from the Trump administration about its revocation of international students’ visas, what they called the latest in a string of hostile actions aimed at students from abroad, according to a copy of a letter sent Wednesday. “This trend has been particularly damaging for Massachusetts, which is home to one of largest concentrations of higher education institutions and hosts over 80,000 international … Continue Reading
May 28, 2025
Reuters: Democrat Warren raises concern that US tariff deals will favor Big Tech over workers
Democratic U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday expressed concern the Trump administration's tariff negotiations would favor big technology firms at the expense of consumers and workers. In a letter, to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Warren said Big Tech has long sought to use trade negotiations to "undermine pro-consumer, pro-competition policies." She asked for details on the officials' interactions … Continue Reading
May 28, 2025
Reuters: US senator calls for AI competition in Pentagon contracting
Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren urged the U.S. Department of Defense to ensure competitive AI contracting, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Wednesday, as tech billionaire Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok gains ground in the federal government. Warren's letter comes on the heels of Reuters reporting last week that Musk's DOGE team is expanding the use of Grok to analyze data, potentially violating conflict-of-interest laws and putting at risk sensitive information … Continue Reading