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Massachusetts Playbook: BY THE NUMBERS
Sen. Elizabeth Warren's office has new numbers on how the so-called Big Beautiful Bill will impact Bay State residents. According to data Warren's office pulled from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, up to 350,000 Massachusetts Medicaid recipients could be at risk of getting booted from their health care plans, and 104,000 Bay Staters could lose food assistance. Warren's take: "Kicking hundreds of thousands of people in Massachusetts off their health care and food assistance - … Continue Reading
August 05, 2025
ABC News: Sen. Elizabeth Warren touts investigations into Trump administration's federal cuts
As the Trump administration says it's continuing its effort to reduce waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government through cuts at key agencies such as the Social Security Administration and the Education Department, Sen. Elizabeth Warren is touting her ongoing investigations that she said work to protect millions of Americans from restricted access to higher education and retirement benefits. "We cannot stand by and let Trump abuse his power by ripping away the programs that help people … Continue Reading
August 05, 2025
The Hollywood Reporter: Sen. Elizabeth Warren and ‘Hacks’ Creator Paul W. Downs Talk Colbert Cancellation and Censorship
Senator Elizabeth Warren and Hacks creator Paul W. Downs have some thoughts, about the decision to cancel Stephen Colbert's Late Show, about censorship, and the role comedy plays in a healthy democratic society. Warren posted a video Tuesday to her YouTube channel, Facetiming into the Hacks writers room as Downs and his team brainstorm season five of the HBO Max comedy series, which takes a satirical look at Hollywood (and late night in particular), as well as topics that tough the third rail … Continue Reading
August 04, 2025
Business Insider: Trump's student-loan repayment overhaul could push borrowers out of the federal system. Democratic lawmakers want to know if private lenders are ready.
Private student lenders are on track for some good years ahead, Democratic lawmakers said. On Monday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren led some of her Democratic colleagues, including Sens. Bernie Sanders and Ron Wyden, in sounding the alarm on a potential influx of federal student-loan borrowers into the private lending market as a result of President Donald Trump's spending law. Trump's legislation included a major overhaul to student-loan repayment, including capping borrowing on graduate and … Continue Reading
July 31, 2025
The Hill: Warren questions HHS general counsel nominee about vaccines, abortion
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) on Thursday will press West Virginia state Senator Mike Stuart (R) about how his beliefs on topics like vaccines and abortion will impact how he potentially serves as general counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services … Read the full story … Continue Reading
July 30, 2025
Punchbowl News: Warren dismisses approps bipartisanship
First in Punchbowl News: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) will deliver a floor speech Wednesday outlining her opposition to participating in bipartisan appropriations negotiations. Warren, a leading Senate progressive, will argue that Democrats can’t trust Republicans to uphold any government funding agreement given the recent rescissions package. Here’s a key portion of the speech: “Why should Democrats come to the table in good faith and throw our support behind a quote-unquote bipartisan … Continue Reading
July 30, 2025
CNN: Electricity costs are rising under Trump. Democrats want to make it an issue for the midterms
President Donald Trump came into office promising to lower energy and electricity costs. But with the cost of electricity rising, congressional Democrats and left-leaning groups see an opening to go on the offense ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. A Wednesday letter led by Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts to six of Trump’s cabinet secretaries asks administration officials to explain why they are cutting programs to help Americans pay for high energy costs, while passing a … Continue Reading
July 28, 2025
Warren wants answers from Social Security chief on phone wait times
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is asking Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Frank Bisignano to provide additional information about the wait times for phone calls, amid reports of discrepancies in data. In a letter sent Sunday evening to Bisignano, provided exclusively to The Hill, Warren followed up on her meeting with the SSA chief Wednesday, when, the senator said, she secured a commitment from Bisignano “that SSA would undergo a public audit by the Inspector General … Continue Reading
July 24, 2025
Warren asks Social Security's inspector general to evaluate customer service amid agency overhaul
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is asking the Social Security Administration’s inspector general to audit the agency’s customer service amid concerns that the Trump administration-spurred reorganization has hurt the agency’s ability to assist the public. Warren wants to know whether telephone and in-person wait times and other key metrics have worsened and how Commissioner Frank Bisignano is calculating the data, according to a letter the Democratic senator sent to the inspector general … Continue Reading
July 23, 2025
Variety: Elizabeth Warren on Colbert ‘Late Show’ Cancellation: Is the Paramount Trump Payoff a Bribe?
President Donald Trump and CBS parent company Paramount want you to think that “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” was canceled for “purely financial” reasons. Really? During the 2024 election, Donald Trump sued CBS, making claims CBS called “meritless.” Legal experts could see from a mile away that Trump’s claims were bogus. Paramount seemed ready to fight the allegations, and it looked like they’d win that fight handily. Then Trump took office in January 2025. From the first moments of … Continue Reading
July 23, 2025
Rolling Stone: Elizabeth Warren Calls Out Paramount and Other Companies Caving to Trump
"These companies may decide that it is in their financial interests to ease up on criticism of Trump, but if they do so they forfeit the role that the media has played in our democracy." On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that Paramount and CBS News had agreed to settle a lawsuit he brought against them for way more money than originally reported. "Paramount/CBS/60 Minutes have today paid $16 Million Dollars in settlement, and we also anticipate receiving $20 … Continue Reading
July 22, 2025
Politico: Elizabeth Warren vows to fight government funding bill
Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Tuesday she’ll vote against the Senate’s first batch of government funding bills, signaling early hardball by Democrats ahead of a shutdown deadline 10 weeks away. In a statement, the Massachusetts Democrat and progressive standard-bearer cited Trump administration moves to cut and freeze VA funding as the reason for opposing bipartisan funding bills on the Senate floor this week. … Read the full story … Continue Reading
July 22, 2025
Axios: Scoop: Warren, Social Security chief to meet over agency concerns
Social Security commissioner Frank Bisignano will huddle with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in Washington on Wednesday amid deep Democratic concerns about the agency's cuts to services, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Warren will have the chance to air grievances about everything from staffing cuts to phone wait times in a meeting that follows incessant pressure from Democrats on Capitol Hill. … Read the full story … Continue Reading
July 21, 2025
The Washington Post: Senators press incoming CBS owner on Trump’s claim of settlement side deal
Three liberal senators want to know whether there is any truth to President Donald Trump's claim that Paramount is actually paying him about $32 million to settle his lawsuit against the company, double what was announced by the CBS parent company. In a late-night statement July 1, Paramount said it would pay $16 million "in total" to settle the lawsuit, which stemmed from CBS's editing of a "60 Minutes" interview featuring then-Vice President Kamala Harris. Two nights later, Trump said he … Continue Reading
July 21, 2025
Fortune: Trade partners have realized America is ‘simply not reliable’ after Trump’s tariff regime, says Elizabeth Warren—believing impact will be felt for generations to come
Economists are split on how damaging President Trump’s tariff agenda may turn out to be. Some are worried it will boost inflation, while others argue a universal 10% hike to imports introduced months ago have barely blipped in inflation data. Indeed, markets have now generally begun to look through the tariff back and forth, and are less concerned by the ultimate fallout than earlier in the Trump 2.0 administration. Goldman Sachs, for example, wrote this week that even a 15% universal tariff … Continue Reading
July 17, 2025
Business Insider: Student-loan borrowers are at high risk if Trump dismantles the Department of Education, 11 organizations told Elizabeth Warren
From higher student-loan balances to lower college attendance, education groups have a list of concerns with President Donald Trump's plans to dismantle the Department of Education. Sen. Elizabeth Warren released a report on Thursday - exclusively viewed by Business Insider - compiling responses she received from 11 national organizations regarding the impact of Trump's education plans on students and borrowers. The fate of student-loan borrowers was among the groups' top concerns. The … Continue Reading
July 16, 2025
CBS News: Critics of Trump's presidential library fundraising say "there are no rules"
President Trump's efforts to direct millions of dollars to his future presidential library has drawn fresh attention to a lack of visibility into the identities or potential interests of the donors who are funding it, a longstanding Washington concern facing past presidents from both parties. Two prominent Senate Democrats say they are preparing to introduce a bill Wednesday that would regulate fundraising for presidential libraries, according to documents shared with CBS News. … Read the … Continue Reading
July 16, 2025
CNN: Warren warns Trump’s policies could lead to another economic crash
Elizabeth Warren has seen this movie before. As a Harvard professor, Warren rang the alarm bell in the lead up to the 2008 financial crisis. Now a veteran senator, she is ringing that bell again. Where President Donald Trump’s sees his tariffs, tax cuts and sweeping deregulatory effort as the cornerstones of an economic agenda for a new “golden age,” the Massachusetts senator sees something far more ominous. “They all create this toxic stew that just takes one more push, and we’re looking … Continue Reading
July 15, 2025
HuffPost: Companies Sucking Up To Trump Are Taking It To A Whole New Level
Companies hoping for favorable outcomes from the Trump administration have pledged to give at least $63 million to Donald Trump’s future presidential library, according to a new analysis from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). Beyond that, other promised gifts and in-kind donations from special interest groups bring the total value of gifts pouring into Trump’s future library to at least half a billion dollars. “The timing of these donations - coming while Trump sits in office and makes … Continue Reading
July 15, 2025
MarketWatch: Warren slams Trump policy restarting interest on millions of student-loan borrowers
A group of prominent senators is pushing the Trump administration to abandon its decision to start charging interest for nearly 8 million student-loan borrowers. In a letter sent to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon on Monday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, Sen. Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat and the Senate minority leader, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent who causes with the Democrats, criticized a decision announced by the Education Department last … Continue Reading