Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin faced intense grilling from Democrats over the White House’s abandonment of Donald Trump’s populist campaign rhetoric. In one particularly sharp exchange, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) hammered Mnuchin for claiming to support a particular regulation, while simultaneously opposing the exact thing that regulation is meant to do. At issue was the “21st […]

The world changed on November 8 for reasons that are still unfolding, and despite some early victories, the road to resistance can seem long and rocky. At a rally in Massachusetts, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) told a powerful story that provides hope along that road. That hope comes in the form of a little girl […]

Following Donald Trump’s atrocious Muslim ban and the ensuing massive nationwide protests, Democratic members of Congress are speaking out and taking action. Emboldened by the citizenry, they are introducing legislation to nullify the order, showing that they are willing to bring the fight to the Trump administration and the dangerous new policies emanating from this White House. Action on the […]

As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump took juvenile joy in dubbing his opponents with insulting nicknames. But the crudest example of this was his preferred moniker for Massachusetts Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren, to whom he repeatedly referred as “Pocahontas,” based on her past statements about having Native American ancestry. Trump’s use of that term is […]

On the heels of President-elect Donald Trump’s utterly meaningless plan to “resolve” conflict of interest concerns, Housing and Urban Development Secretary-designate Ben Carson’s testimony at his confirmation hearing is all the more concerning. On Thursday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) asked Carson if he could assure Americans that “not a single taxpayer dollar that you give […]

In 1986, the widowed Coretta Scott King wrote a letter and presented a statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee to oppose Sen. Jeff Sessions’ confirmation to a position as a judge in the federal district court in Alabama. Her powerful testimony cited numerous incidents of Sessions’ participation in persecuting Civil Rights leaders and Black voters […]

Coretta Scott King, widow of Martin Luther King, Jr., was a civil rights activist who sacrificed everything. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is a hero to millions of Americans. Yet Warren was not permitted to read King’s letter opposing Alabama Republican Senator Jeff Sessions’ 1986 federal judicial nomination, because Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) decided to […]

Senate Democrats are holding the floor for the second night in a row — this time in opposition to Donald Trump’s Attorney General nominee, Sen. Jeff Sessions. When Sen. Warren took to the floor to read a letter from Coretta Scott King, the widow of Martin Luther King, Jr., Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell intervened to […]

The Republican Party has apparently chosen yet another woman, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), as the villain they hope to use to personalize their party’s attacks on Democrats. Because they believe she “motivates donors to open their wallets and voters to go the polls,” Politico reports, “Republicans are already making plans to raise her profile — in […]

Senate Republicans are proceeding full steam ahead to railroad Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees through a fast-track confirmation process, shielding them from ethics scrutiny and financial disclosure requirements. Voters have raised their voices in opposition, and Democrats — including Senator Elizabeth Warren — have forcefully criticized Senate Republicans for abetting the Trump transition ethics crisis. Senator […]

Senate Republicans have been scheming to protect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees from routine ethics scrutiny, and Senator Elizabeth Warren is pushing back hard, rightly accusing Trump’s nominees of “drag[ging] their feet on ethics paperwork while their Senate friends try to run out the clock.” .@SenateMajLdr & the @SenateGOP are desperately trying to rush Senate confirmation […]

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has called for the Government Accountability Office to review President-elect Donald Trump’s finances as they relate to his White House transition. In a letter cosigned by Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD), they ask the GAO to address: conflicts of interest related to business holdings of Mr. Trump and his family; potential violations of […]

Elizabeth Warren is not happy about Donald Trump nominating former Goldman Sachs partner, hedge fund founder, and foreclosure magnate Steve Mnuchin for Secretary of the Treasury. In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, she did not hold back as she addressed the obscenity of this choice: “What Donald Trump is doing is he’s literally handing […]

After Donald Trump leaned down to sneer into his microphone “Such a nasty woman” about Hillary Clinton during the third presidential debate, “nasty woman” has become a rallying cry among female Clinton supporters. While Clinton and New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan sat to her side on the stage, Elizabeth Warren informed Trump precisely what he […]