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New Warren Report Destroys Trump’s Claim He Is “Most Pro-Worker President” in American History
A new exclusive report obtained by MeidasTouch from Senator Elizabeth Warren directly challenges Donald Trump’s repeated claim that he is the “most pro-worker President in American history,” arguing instead that his second administration has systematically undermined workers’ rights, weakened labor protections, and left American workers worse off. The report, titled “10 Ways President Trump Has Hurt American Workers,” lays out a sweeping case that Trump’s policies have frozen job growth, … Continue Reading
June 17, 2026
Democratic senators raise alarm over credit reporting errors from student loan servicers
A group of Democratic lawmakers are pressing the three largest U.S. credit bureaus over allegations that the agencies have let incorrect reports from federal student loan servicers go unchecked. In a letter shared exclusively with The Hill ahead of its release on Wednesday morning, Senate Banking Committee ranking member Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) raised concerns that Experian, TransUnion and Equifax have failed to catch credit reporting mistakes and that the Trump administration’s actions … Continue Reading
June 15, 2026
Sen. Warren wants info on private equity deals for data centers
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Friday sent letters to four large infrastructure investors, requesting more information on their data center deals, Axios has learned. She's specifically interested in possible overlaps between ownership of data centers and utilities (i.e., the demand and supply), but does not allege any wrongdoing. … Read the full story … Continue Reading
June 15, 2026
Sen. Warren asks Trump if administration plans to raise Social Security retirement age
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is calling on the Trump administration to clarify its stance on raising the retirement age. In a new letter sent to President Donald Trump on Sunday night, Warren cited details from the Social Security Administration’s latest trustees report. In late 2032 — just a bit more than six years from now — the trust fund Social Security relies on to pay retirement benefits will run out, according to new projections in the report. At that time, 78% of those benefits … Continue Reading
June 15, 2026
Morning Defense: FIRST IN MD — FIGHT TO REPAIR
Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Tim Sheehy are vowing to “fight tooth and nail” to keep right-to-repair provisions in this year’s NDAA, a year after the proposals were stripped out in final negotiations of the policy bill. For the second consecutive year, the senators successfully lobbied SASC members to insert a series of measures into the legislation designed to force defense firms to share parts and technical information with troops. Pentagon officials have voiced support for the idea but have … Continue Reading
June 15, 2026
Senators vow to fight ‘tooth and nail’ for troops’ right to repair equipment
A Democrat and Republican are vowing to fight “tooth and nail” to ensure troops are given the right to repair their own equipment after the authority was removed from last year’s defense policy bill. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., successfully included “right to repair” provisions in the Senate Armed Service Committee’s draft of this year’s National Defense Authorization Act and said they will push for them to stay. … Read the full story … Continue Reading
June 15, 2026
Pentagon’s use of JAGs in civilian roles would be probed under NDAA provision
The Trump administration’s use of military lawyers for civilian roles would be probed by Congress’ watchdog agency under language added to the 2027 defense policy bill. The provision was added to the Senate Armed Service Committee’s version of the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. It orders the Government Accountability Office to review the Pentagon’s use of judge advocate generals to support the Justice Department’s operations, “including their use as … Continue Reading
June 12, 2026
Democratic senators question DOJ decision to drop case against billionaire
Democratic senators are questioning why the Justice Department moved to drop fraud charges against billionaire Indian businessman Gautam Adani, a significant reversal in a high-profile case. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut wrote a letter asking acting Attorney General Todd Blanche about the “reportedly ‘transactional nature’” of the decision to forgo the case. … Read the full story … Continue Reading
June 10, 2026
Massachusetts senator urges military to audit Express Scripts
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., urged the Defense Department to audit Express Scripts to determine if the pharmacy benefit manager is overcharging for prescriptions and steering military families to its own pharmacies. Express Scripts is the exclusive pharmacy benefit manager for Tricare, managing benefits for more than 9 million uniformed service members, retirees and their families. … Read the full story … Continue Reading
June 08, 2026
Trump faces renewed push to cancel student debt for eligible borrowers and stop the transfer of accounts to the Treasury
Millions of student-loan borrowers are in default. Lawmakers want the Trump administration to keep more from falling deeper into trouble. On Monday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Jeff Merkley, and Reps. Ayanna Pressley and André Carson, led over 60 of their Democratic colleagues in pushing Education Sec. Linda McMahon to provide student-debt relief to eligible borrowers. … Read the full story … Continue Reading
June 08, 2026
Morning Tech: Warren ramps up criticism of Trump’s AI policy
Senate Banking ranking member Elizabeth Warren is calling on committee Chair Tim Scott to hold a hearing with senior White House officials to discuss the administration’s approach to artificial intelligence policy. While the committee is set to hold a hearing this week with industry experts to discuss the economic and national security implications associated with AI, Warren (D-Mass.) is urging Scott (R-S.C.) to hold an additional hearing with key administration officials including Treasury … Continue Reading
June 08, 2026
Democrats Press Trump to Hike Port Fees on Chinese Ships
National security depends on President Donald Trump imposing port fees on Chinese vessels to help support the domestic shipbuilding industry, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said in a June 7 letter to US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. Trump in October paused such fees following retaliatory actions by Beijing and lobbying by import-dependent retailers. Warren and Kelly want Trump to reverse course as they continue efforts to pass the bipartisan SHIPS for America … Continue Reading
June 05, 2026
Trump officials planned to mark 2.7 million living people as dead, whistleblower claims
A former Social Security executive said the plan, which was not carried out, would have used a death database to pressure immigrants to leave the country. The Trump administration had plans to classify 2.7 million living people — including some U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents — as dead as part of its immigration enforcement efforts, according to a former senior Social Security executive. … Read the full story … Continue Reading
June 04, 2026
Elizabeth Warren And Other Democrats Press Treasury Secretary For Foreign Ownership Review Of Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and three other Democratic lawmakers again are pressing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to conduct a foreign ownership review of Paramount‘s proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Such a review - via the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which Bessent chairs - would add an additional regulatory hurdle for the transaction. … Read the full story … Continue Reading
June 03, 2026
AI lobbying intensifies around unlikely deal
Barely a day after President Donald Trump signed an order on advanced artificial intelligence technology, the industry pivoted to harder lobbying of Congress to address the patchwork of state and local laws it’s contending with. But AI giants are likely too late, as prospects for passage of any bill this year grow narrower by the day. … Read the full story … Continue Reading
June 03, 2026
Lawmakers Demand Answers After the White House Initiated a $620M Loan to a Firm Tied to Donald Trump Jr.
In a letter, a group of Democratic Congress members wrote that ProPublica’s reporting on the deal “reveals a staggering level of corruption and influence.” A group of lawmakers demanded answers from the White House this week following a ProPublica investigation revealing that a top aide to the president intervened to secure a $620 million Pentagon loan to a startup linked to the president’s eldest son. … Read the full story … Continue Reading
June 01, 2026
Punchbowl News AM: Tax
June 01, 2026
Punchbowl News AM: Tax
The GAO will conduct a review of options for free tax filing at the request of Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Angus King (I-Maine). … Read the full story … Continue Reading
May 28, 2026
Senate Dems urge investigators to check Pentagon's math on Iran war
Outside estimates project the cost is up to tens of billions of dollars more than the Pentagon says. Senate Democrats are pressing federal budget investigators to examine the gap between the Pentagon's stated cost for the Iran war - $29 billion - and outside estimates that peg the cost up to tens of billions of dollars higher. … Read the full story … Continue Reading
May 28, 2026
Elizabeth Warren Has Some Questions for the Private Prison Executive Running ICE
Donald Trump’s pick to lead the agency spent more than a decade at GEO Group. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has a few questions for the head of ICE. On Wednesday, the Massachusetts Democrat sent a letter to David Venturella, the new acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, asking him to disclose any financial entanglements with the private prison giant GEO Group, where Venturella previously worked. … Read the full … Continue Reading