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Bankrupt nursing home company Genesis pauses lawsuits against owners, employees
A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Wednesday agreed to stop wrongful death lawsuits from proceeding against Genesis Healthcare employees, shareholders and staffing agencies, saying the litigation could derail efforts to sell Genesis nursing homes. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Stacey Jernigan granted Genesis' motion at a court hearing in Dallas, Texas, overruling 14 objections from people who have filed personal injury or wrongful death lawsuits against the company. … Read the full story … Continue Reading
October 07, 2025
Natural Disasters Are a Rising Burden for the National Guard
The National Guard logged more than 400,000 member service days per year over the past decade responding to hurricanes, wildfires and other natural disasters, the Pentagon has revealed in a report to Congress. The numbers mean that on any given day, 1,100 National Guard troops on average have been deployed on disaster response in the United States. … Read the full story … Continue Reading
October 02, 2025
Elizabeth Warren calls for Trump to release the jobs report despite shutdown
Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren is calling on the Trump administration to release the September jobs report on Friday despite the ongoing government shutdown, a Senate aide told CNN on Thursday. The monthly jobs report, compiled and published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is arguably the most critical piece of US economic data released each month. Its importance is even greater now, given concerns about weakness in the job market and the rising unemployment rate. … Read the full story … Continue Reading
September 30, 2025
Trump gutting protected status for immigrants will strain US healthcare, Democrats warn
The US healthcare system faces a “perfect storm”, more than 100 members of Congress warn today, as Donald Trump’s administration risks exacerbating pressure on its workforce by stripping nearly one million US immigrants of work authorization and legal protection. Temporary Protected Status (TPS) has granted about 570,000 US workers protection from deportation, as their home countries are regarded as dangerous, due to factors like war and natural disaster. … Read the full story … Continue Reading
September 30, 2025
Sherrill, Warren reintroduce child care affordability legislation
New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D) is teaming up with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Tuesday to reintroduce universal child care legislation with a focus on affordability. The Hill was the first outlet to view details of the legislation before it was reintroduced. … Read the full story … Continue Reading
September 30, 2025
Senate Democrats slam Social Security chief over retirement age confusion
A group of Senate Democrats slammed President Trump’s Social Security chief after he walked back comments made about possibly raising the country’s retirement age, seeking insight into the administration’s position in a Tuesday letter to the White House. “If the Social Security retirement age is increased under your watch, you would be breaking your repeated promises to protect and preserve Americans’ benefits,” the lawmakers wrote. … Read the full story … Continue Reading
September 29, 2025
BONUS, AS IN UNNECESSARY
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is pressing Congress' official tax scorekeeper over who will benefit from a newly restored business provision in the GOP megabill. It's safe to say that Warren isn't a huge fan of allowing businesses to fully and immediately deduct the cost of capital investments, something Republicans put in place without an expiration date this year. … Read the full story … Continue Reading
September 29, 2025
Senator ‘alarmed’ about barracks privatization, seeks answers from DOD
A U.S. senator who has been an outspoken critic of the military's privatized family housing wants answers from the Defense Department about its plans to privatize more barracks. "Given the significant challenges that privatization has imposed on military family housing for decades, directly resulting from the substantial failures of private housing providers, I am alarmed that the Department of Defense is considering expanding privatization to unaccompanied military housing (i.e., barracks)," … Continue Reading
September 26, 2025
Inside Elizabeth Warren's 'creator briefings,' where influencers learn about Democratic policy
In recent months, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has hosted private virtual briefings with social media influencers, equipping them with information on key policy issues and Democratic messaging to disseminate on their large global platforms. On these calls, dubbed "creator briefings," the senator and her staff answer questions from content creators on how to craft strategic messages that reach people outside of the political sphere. … Read the full story … Continue Reading
September 26, 2025
Rolex Courted Trump at the U.S. Open — Now Elizabeth Warren Wants Answers
The Swiss watchmaker’s U.S. Open invite to Trump — complete with gifts and laughs — now faces scrutiny as Elizabeth Warren accuses the brand of angling for tariff relief. Senator Elizabeth Warren has set her sights on Rolex, accusing the Swiss watchmaker of cozying up to President Donald Trump in a bid to escape steep tariffs. … Read the full story … Continue Reading
September 25, 2025
Democrats are poking at MAGA’s antitrust soft spot
Four Democratic senators accused President Donald Trump’s nominee for a top Justice Department post of allowing “outside corporate influence to corrupt” merger reviews and are seeking records of his dealings with HPE, American Express, and other companies that received DOJ takeover approvals. The lawmakers, including Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., can’t prevent the confirmation of Stanley Woodward to be the third-ranking official at DOJ. But with their new … Continue Reading
September 25, 2025
Democrats Demand Answers on Third Country Deportations
A group of more than 60 Democratic legislators sent a letter to the Trump administration on Wednesday that expresses "grave concerns" about ongoing removals to so-called "third countries" to which immigrants have no connection. The legislators are requesting that the Trump administration provide "basic information" about the scope of the third country removal program, which the Trump administration has aggressively pursued. In many cases, people have been sent to nations to which they have no … Continue Reading
September 24, 2025
Sens. Warren, Sanders Enter ESPN–NFL Media Deal Fray
Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders and U.S. House members Pat Ryan and Joaquin Castro—three Democrats and an independent—have jointly written a letter to the leaders of Disney, ESPN, MLB, and the NFL about “serious concerns” regarding ESPN’s planned new partnerships with the sports leagues, Front Office Sports has learned. Last month, ESPN announced its intention to acquire NFL Network in exchange for a 10 percent stake in ESPN, part of a wide-ranging partnership with the league … Continue Reading
September 24, 2025
Trump’s tennis invite from Rolex echoes Apple, Nvidia playbook for currying favor, Warren says
Sen. Elizabeth Warren served Rolex with a critical letter on Wednesday for hosting President Donald Trump at the U.S. Open, alleging that the Swiss company could be trying to sidestep tariffs slapped on its home country. The Massachusetts Democrat said that Rolex’s actions mark the latest example of companies benefiting from their leaders’ relationships with Trump. She said the event warrants an inquiry into “whether you are taking a page from Apple and Nvidia’s playbook.” … Read the full … Continue Reading
September 23, 2025
Democratic lawmakers demand answers from TV station owners that pulled Jimmy Kimmel's show
Four Democratic lawmakers are opening a probe into Nexstar and Sinclair, two major TV station owners that are refusing to air Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show amid criticism of his on-air comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk. In a letter, first obtained by NBC News, the lawmakers asked the corporate heads of both companies for more information about their decisions to pre-empt airings of ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and “how those decisions may relate to regulatory issues pending … Continue Reading
September 19, 2025
Department of Education watchdog to probe DOGE access to sensitive data
It comes after Sen. Warren led an effort to investigate DOGE's actions. The Department of Education's Office watchdog is launching an investigation into the agency's sensitive data systems, according to a letter first obtained by ABC News. The news comes after Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren and a group of her Democratic colleagues sent a letter requesting a probe of the Department of Government Efficiency's alleged "infiltration" of the Education Department's Federal Student Aid office, … Continue Reading
September 17, 2025
Don't Like Where This Is Headed
Four Senate Democrats are openly fearing that the Trump administration will write rules that heavily favor corporate America when fleshing out the megabill that President Donald Trump signed a couple months back. The Democrats—Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)—most specifically are worried about one of the key point men in implementing the new law: Ken Kies, the assistant Treasury secretary for tax … Continue Reading
September 16, 2025
Boeing Parts Costs Push Senators to Target Defense Price Gouging
Pentagon contractors must notify the government if the price of spare parts for sustainment contracts jumps by more than 25%, under bipartisan legislation from Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa). The bill reported first by Bloomberg Government is intended to prevent price gouging on sole-source contracts obtained without competitive bidding to sustain weapons, aircraft, ships and vehicles long-term. The Pentagon's Inspector General last year … Continue Reading
September 15, 2025
Senators pressure Jeff Bezos over Amazon schedules they say squeeze workers
Amazon, the second largest private employer in the United States, is under fresh bipartisan scrutiny from federal lawmakers over its treatment of workers. In a letter to Amazon founder and executive chair Jeff Bezos sent Friday, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) raised concerns about how the company schedules shifts for hourly warehouse and delivery workers. A 2024 survey from the Shift Project at the Harvard Kennedy School suggests those employees are … Continue Reading
September 10, 2025
The MechaHitler defense contract is raising red flags
Sen. Warren cited reports that xAI was a “late-in-the-game addition under the Trump administration” and that it had not been considered for such contracts before March of this year, and that the company did not have the type of reputation or proven record that typically precedes DoD awards. The letter requests that the DoD provide, in response, the full scope of work for xAI, how its contract differs from the contracts with the other AI companies, and “to what extent DoD will implement Grok, … Continue Reading