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March 30, 2026

Democratic lawmakers seek data on US gun exports linked to cartels, criminal violence

Two Democratic members of Congress are pressing the Commerce Department for detailed data on U.S. exports of semi-automatic weapons, citing concerns that legally exported American firearms are fueling criminal violence and arming cartels across the Western Hemisphere. Reuters reviewed the letter sent on Sunday by Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Representative Gregory Meeks of New York to Under Secretary of Commerce Jeffrey Kessler. … Read the full story here.… 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 here.… 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 streamline … Continue Reading

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March 30, 2026

Warren, Raskin Lead 45+ Lawmakers in Investigating Contractors, Real Estate Firms Involved in Trump’s Expansion of Inhumane Warehouse Detention Centers

— U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, led 52 members of Congress in a new investigation into whether government contractors, real estate brokers, and property owners are corruptly profiting from the White House’s fast-tracked expansion of inhumane warehouse-based immigration detention facilities. The lawmakers wrote to six companies, pressing them to explain how much they expect to earn from the new det… Continue Reading

March 30, 2026

Warren, 40+ Lawmakers Push Regulators to Address Illegal Insider Trading in Prediction Markets

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Representative Maxine Waters, Representative Angie Craig (D-Minn.), and 37 other lawmakers, wrote to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) urging the agencies to address illegal insider trading in prediction markets by federal employees.Since January, multiple incidents have prompted heavy concern about possible insider trading in predic… Continue Reading

March 30, 2026

Warren, Meeks Press Commerce Department to Release Data on Gun Exports Fueling Gun Violence Abroad

— U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee (BHUA), and Representative Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, pressed Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Jeffrey Kessler for information on the exports of U.S.-made semi-automatic weapons. The letter comes after recent reporting exposed that weapons flowing from the U.S. to Mexico are fueling some of the country’s mos… Continue Reading

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Op-eds

December 01, 2025

Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Education Secretary Linda McMahon should resign

Shortly after she was sworn in, I invited Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to my office. I looked her dead in the eye and asked, “Now, I just want to be clear, do you think you can shut down the Department of Education?” She looked straight back at me and said, “No, I don’t have the legal authority to do that.” But here we are. … Read the full story here.… Continue Reading

September 22, 2025

‘The Game Is Rigged’: Elizabeth Warren on America’s Next Story

Senator Elizabeth Warren arrived on the political scene during the 2008 financial crisis with a very specific story about the economy — that it’s rigged against hardworking Americans. But it was Donald Trump who ran with that message all the way to the White House. In this episode, David Leonhardt, an editorial director in Times Opinion, talks to Senator Warren about her vision for a progressive economic story and the lessons Democrats need to learn going forward. … Read the full story here.… Continue Reading

May 29, 2025

Fox News: Sens Warren, Sheehy: Pentagon wastes billions with devastating repair rules. We’re working together to stop it

Our defense industrial base is stumbling. For years, the U.S. Department of Defense - under both Republicans and Democrats - failed to address one of the most fundamental issues within our military industrial complex, perverse incentives for contractors. But with the recently announced Army Transformation Initiative, Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll and General Randy George are taking a major step to stand up for soldiers and strengthen our military readiness. Driscoll's plan will help end one… Continue Reading

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