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Warren Pushes RFK Jr. to Reveal Details on Negotiated Drug Deals
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is pushing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to provide Congress with copies of negotiated deals the Trump administration made with drug manufacturers and to make information on generic versions of drugs available on TrumpRx. Warren questioned the Health and Human Services secretary in a Senate Finance Committee hearing last week on prices offered by TrumpRx, where patients are supposed to find discounts on prescription drugs. The Massachusetts senator noted there are … Continue Reading
April 28, 2026
Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are calling on CFPB’s student loan ombudsman to protect student loan borrowers.
FIRST IN MORNING ED - WHAT'S GOING ON, OMBUDSMAN: Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) are pressing Geoffrey Gradler, who became the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Student Loan Ombudsman in January, to commit to protecting student loan borrowers - and said his background seems to suggest he may do the opposite. "At a time when the Trump administration is already stripping borrowers, students, and families of their access to federal support and affordable … Continue Reading
April 27, 2026
Senate Democrats say Pentagon wasn't ready for Iranian retaliation on US troops
A group of Senate Democrats are pressing the Pentagon over what they describe as failures to protect U.S. troops against retaliatory strikes from Iran. In a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Mark Kelly of Arizona and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York -- all members of the Senate Armed Services Committee -- argue the Pentagon did not take "basic precautions" ahead of expected Iranian retaliation after the U.S. and Israel launched a war against the … Continue Reading
April 23, 2026
Democrats say cuts to social security have caused ‘customer service chaos’ for American seniors
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 that phone wait times were more than 10 times higher than what the agency claimed on its website, if the calls were even answered at all. … Read the full … Continue Reading
April 22, 2026
Warren Slams Move to End IRS Partnership Oversight Regulations
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 letter, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), pushed back on regulations proposed in March that rescind final rules requiring the reporting of partnerships’ basis-adjustment transactions to the IRS. … Read the full … Continue Reading
April 22, 2026
Warren presses Trump administration for answers on evacuation of Americans amid Iran war
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 letter, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), pushed back on regulations proposed in March that rescind final rules requiring the reporting of partnerships’ basis-adjustment transactions to the IRS. … Read the full … Continue Reading
April 20, 2026
Democratic Senators Fault Hegseth’s Leadership on Iran
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 senators, all from the Democratic caucus, sent a letter to Mr. Hegseth on Sunday evening. Led by Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, the group demanded that Mr. Hegseth explain his actions by … Continue Reading
April 20, 2026
Trump Library Saga Takes Dark Turn: Where Did Millions in Funding Go?
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; and X, formerly Twitter—entered into the agreements with Trump to settle legal cases he’d brought against them, which experts had dismissed as dubious. After the companies agreed to these shakedowns—sorry, settlements—the fund created … Continue Reading
April 20, 2026
Bipartisan Senators Warn United and American Airlines on Potential Merger
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 higher airfares and a reduction in flights in markets that both airlines currently serve. … Read the full … Continue Reading
April 15, 2026
Democrats seek to bar presidents from collecting settlement money from the government
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 sued the IRS and the Treasury Department for $10 billion over the leak of his tax records, and those of his sons and his company, to news outlets. Trump said he would donate any money he received to charity, but the … Continue Reading
April 09, 2026
Democrats pressure Pentagon over new media restrictions
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 publish content consistent with "good order and discipline," a legalistic military phrase. The new rules limited syndication of external stories and content, and instructed the newspaper's ombudsman to send information intended … Continue Reading
April 08, 2026
Democrats demand DHS, State Dept. watchdogs investigate third-country deportations
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 previous connections, according to a letter obtained exclusively by NBC News. “The Trump Administration has, with little or no notice, secretly deported individuals to countries they are not from, have no connection to, and sometimes have never heard … Continue Reading
April 07, 2026
Warren, Ryan Demand FCC Action as Sports Streaming Costs Surge
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 example of the problem. In a letter that will be sent to the Federal Communications Commission later on Tuesday, the lawmakers are pushing chairman Brendan Carr to more closely scrutinize consolidation and distribution practices that they say have made live … Continue Reading
April 06, 2026
FIRST IN SHIFT
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 during periods of unemployment are put in jeopardy," Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) wrote in letters sent Sunday to three companies. "When a vendor’s modernization efforts go awry, the livelihood … Continue Reading
April 02, 2026
Warren calls for Education Department to 'rescind' student loan transfer to Treasury
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is petitioning the Department of Education to stop its transfer of federal student aid services to the Department of Treasury in her latest effort to halt the dismantling of the agency. Thursday marks the one year anniversary of Warren's "Save Our Schools" campaign -- her wide-scale investigation against President Donald Trump and Secretary of Education Linda McMahon's attempts to shutter the Education Department. … Read the full story … Continue Reading
April 02, 2026
Democratic senators demand answers from Hegseth over reported defense investment inquiry ahead of Iran war
A group of Senate Democrats are demanding more information about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's finances and investments following a report -- which the Pentagon demanded be retracted -- that he may have tried to invest in defense stocks before the war in Iran began roughly five weeks ago. "If this report is accurate, it would appear to represent an appalling effort to profit off of your knowledge of the President's plans for war," Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Richard Blumenthal, … Continue Reading
April 02, 2026
Senate Democrats call on CMS to rein in Medicare Advantage abuses
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 program. The senators allege that Medicare Advantage is rife with waste, fraud and abuse, and CMS should focus on shoring up the program, rather than enrolling more individuals in it. They argue CMS should do so by adopting the congressional … Continue Reading
April 01, 2026
Sen. Warren slams Trump administration for pressuring EU to relax tech regulations
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is demanding to know why the Trump administration pressured European allies to relax regulations that would hold big tech companies accountable for enabling child sexual exploitation online. … Read the full story … 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 … 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 … Continue Reading