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34 Former Military Members Were Put on Deportation Track in the Past Year
The Trump administration began deportation proceedings for 34 former members of the military over the past year, according to federal data obtained by The New York Times, after immigration authorities were directed to ignore previous guidance that gave service members and their relatives more deference. The 34 are among 125 former service members who were arrested over immigration violations over the past year, according to the data. Officials also placed 248 relatives of former military … Continue Reading
March 23, 2026
Contract Controversy
SASC Democrats Elizabeth Warren and Jeanne Shaheen are demanding an explanation for why DOD officials are using a Navy logistics contracting initiative to help fast-track migrant detention centers for DHS, which they said is an improper deployment of the program. The pair, in a letter to Hegseth sent Sunday evening, asked for answers by April 13 on a series of questions surrounding the Worldwide Expeditionary Multiple Award Contract, a 5-year-old program designed to streamline purchases for … Continue Reading
March 23, 2026
Sen. Warren questions DOD about Anthropic blacklist that ‘appears to be retaliation’
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said the Department of Defense’s decision to designate artificial intelligence startup Anthropic a supply chain risk “appears to be retaliation.” In a formal letter to U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday, Warren noted that the department “could have chosen to terminate its contract with Anthropic or continued using its technology in unclassified systems.” … Read the full story … Continue Reading
March 20, 2026
Iran War Puts U.S. Diplomatic Missions in the Crosshairs
The U.S. war with Iran has triggered the broadest and fastest wave of attacks against U.S. embassies and consulates in the post-9/11 era, current and former officials said, as the Trump administration grapples with continuing threats to its overseas posts. The series of missile and drone strikes has yielded no injuries to U.S. personnel and collectively caused limited damage to U.S. diplomatic compounds, the officials said. … Read the full story … Continue Reading
March 20, 2026
Elizabeth Warren demands answers on costs, economic impact of ‘illegal and reckless war’
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is demanding answers to economic questions surrounding the Iran war, ticking off a list of queries about the impact on food, energy and retail costs, among other concerns, in a letter sent Friday to administration officials. The liberal Democratic firebrand from Massachusetts ripped President Donald Trump, whom she said has “dragged the United States into an illegal and reckless war” that will hurt U.S. consumers, particularly in the middle and lower classes. … Read … Continue Reading
March 20, 2026
Nvidia’s $20 Billion Groq Deal Queried by Warren, Blumenthal
Nvidia Corp.’s $20 billion licensing deal with artificial intelligence startup Groq is being probed by a pair of Democratic senators over whether it violates antitrust laws by improperly avoiding a merger review and illegally consolidating its power in the market for AI computing. Senators Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut sent Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang a letter on Thursday night, asking for additional information on the deal, which … Continue Reading
March 19, 2026
Closed clinics, canceled care: New data shows effects of One Big Beautiful Bill’s attack on Planned Parenthood
Fewer women are getting cancer screenings. Fewer are getting birth control. And clinics are closing. Six months after a federal court cleared the way for Congress' temporary cutoff of Planned Parenthood funding to take effect as part of President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill, new data shared first with MS NOW documents the toll: Nearly two dozen health centers shuttered, breast exam visits declined 25% in December compared to the year before and IUD insertions dropped nearly 40% the … Continue Reading
March 16, 2026
Elizabeth Warren asks Meta, Amazon, and others why they're laying workers off despite tax perks
Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren is grilling several major employers, including Amazon (AMZN), Target (TGT), and UPS (UPS), about their recent spate of layoffs. In letters sent Sunday to the executives of Microsoft (MSFT), Amazon, Home Depot (HD), Meta (META), Nike (NKE), Verizon (VZ), Target, and UPS, Warren asked the companies to detail by March 30 how much of a tax cut they received in 2025 following President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, whether they anticipated any tariff refunds, … Continue Reading
March 16, 2026
Senate Democrats push Social Security on employee reassignments to phone line
Twelve Democrats want answers from the Social Security Administration about its decision to shift employees that normally perform other jobs to its phone line last month with only hours of training, a move employees have said risks adding to backlogs. SSA pushed out over 7,400 employees last year, including 1,387 contact representatives, as the Trump administration sought to reduce the size of the government’s workforce. … Read the full story … Continue Reading
March 16, 2026
Warren demands Hegseth share information about xAI's access to classified networks
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., sent a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday demanding information about the Pentagon’s reported decision to give Elon Musk’s xAI access to classified networks. In the letter, Warren raised concerns that xAI and its AI-powered chatbot, Grok, could present critical safety and reliability risks to America’s military. Warren cited the possibility that Grok could leak classified information to adversaries, be manipulated based on biased or inaccurate … Continue Reading
March 16, 2026
Senator takes aim at Amazon, questions 'Melania' movie deal
Democratic lawmakers are questioning if Amazon's deal for Melania Trump's documentary violated federal anti-bribery laws. A letter to Amazon's CEO, exclusively shared with USA TODAY in advance, demands answers on why the company paid what it did for the movie. Amazon MGM Studios reportedly paid $40 million for the film. Democratic lawmakers are questioning Amazon over concerns that its film studio's deal for first lady Melania Trump's documentary failed to comply with federal … Continue Reading
March 12, 2026
US Senator Warren presses Amazon on contracting, pricing practices for local governments and schools
U.S Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts is asking Amazon CEO Andy Jazzy to provide details on its algorithmic pricing and contracting practices for the company's procurement platform after an advocacy group said some schools and local governments paid more for office supplies compared to others in nearby locations, according to a letter seen by Reuters. … Read the full story … Continue Reading
March 11, 2026
Democrats ask what happened to millions earmarked for Trump’s library
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts), right, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (Connecticut) are among congressional Democrats who have launched a probe into millions of dollars given by private companies to President Donald Trump’s planned presidential library. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Congressional Democrats are opening a probe into millions of dollars private companies pledged to President Donald Trump’s planned presidential library, asking what happened to the money after the original fund … Continue Reading
March 11, 2026
GAO INVESTIGATES
The Government Accountability Office agreed to look into the Education Department's transfer of career and technical education and adult education grant programs to the Labor Department, according to Massachusetts Democrat Sen. Elizabeth Warren's office, Isa writes in. This comes after Warren and top Democrats in Appropriations and Education - Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) - urged the GAO to launch an investigation into the interagency … Continue Reading
March 11, 2026
Many military members may get care at hospitals at risk of financial distress -- partly due to Trump cuts
As many as 724,000 service members, their families and veterans may rely on health care at hospitals that face financial vulnerability, partly due to cuts in President Donald Trump's megabill, according to a new analysis. The bill, known as HR.1, was signed into law in last summer and included sweeping changes to health care including Medicaid. Strict work requirements, reduced federal funding and tightening provider tax rules impacts hospitals that are dependent on Medicaid, increasing their … Continue Reading
March 05, 2026
Lawmakers to introduce bill strengthening federal anti-poverty program: It’s ‘a critical lifeline,’ Warren says
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a press conference on Social Security in front of the U.S. Capitol on May 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. A bipartisan group of Washington, D.C., lawmakers plans to reintroduce a bill on Thursday that would update a federal anti-poverty program that millions of Americans rely on to provide for their basic needs. … Read the full story … Continue Reading
March 05, 2026
US Senator Warren targets US ammunition sales linked to Mexican cartels
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren will introduce legislation on Thursday to stop a U.S. Army-owned ammunition plant from selling military-grade bullets to civilians, asserting that some are being diverted to arm Mexican drug cartels and have been used in more than a dozen American mass shootings. The Stop Militarizing Our Streets Act, co-sponsored by Senator Andy Kim and Representatives Robert Garcia and Jamie Raskin, would prohibit Pentagon contractors from selling military-grade assault weapons … Continue Reading
March 04, 2026
Elizabeth Warren slams Trump's effort to delay tariff refunds as a 'theft in broad daylight'
As the Trump administration suggests that the process ahead for tariff refunds will be drawn-out and and possibly messy, Democratic party leaders are making them an election-year issue. In a letter sent Tuesday to President Trump from Senator Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts Democrat became the latest top Democrat to weigh in, saying the administration "has a responsibility to do everything in its power to ensure that it returns the money it illegally took from the American … Continue Reading
March 02, 2026
Democratic lawmakers want to know what Trump officials said to Netflix chief about WBD deal
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and two other Democratic lawmakers demanded more information Monday about what Trump administration officials discussed with Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos hours before the streaming giant pulled out of the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery. In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, Warren and her co-signers expressed concern that Trump administration officials “used the closed-door meetings” with Sarandos last week … Continue Reading
March 02, 2026
Warren presses Rubio over alleged first amendment violations in Gaza protest crackdown
Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren has questioned the Trump administration's justification to try to remove several student activists who were living and studying in the US on valid visas and green cards. In a letter written to secretary of state Marco Rubio, and first provided to the Guardian, Warren notes that these students - Mahmoud Khalil, Rumeysa Ozturk, Mohsen Mahdawi, Badar Khan Suri and Yunseo Chung - appear to have been targeted for their political views, "potentially violating … Continue Reading