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Democrat Bets Anti-Schumer Message Can Win in Iowa

State Sen. Zach Wahls is one of several Senate candidates standing against party leadership

(Newser) - In Iowa, one Democrat is running against more than just his primary opponent. State Sen. Zach Wahls is using his Senate bid to openly challenge Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, vowing not to back the New York Democrat for party leader and arguing that distance from Washington insiders will help win...

Guantanamo Staff Outnumber Immigrant Detainees 100 to 1

CBS News reports 832 detainees have cycled through the facility at a cost of $73M

(Newser) - President Trump's vision of turning Guantanamo Bay into a vast holding site for migrants has, so far, materialized mostly on paper. A year after Trump pledged to create 30,000 detention beds there, internal documents reviewed by CBS News show the base instead has space for 400 immigration detainees,...

Kevin Warsh Steps Closer to Becoming Fed Chairman

Trump's pick for the Fed's top job is approved by Senate Banking Committee

(Newser) - The Senate Banking Committee voted on party lines Wednesday to approve Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the Federal Reserve to replace Jerome Powell, a long-time target of President Trump's insults for not cutting interest rates as far as the president wanted. The vote was 13-11, with all...

DOJ Probes NFL Over High Costs of Viewing

Antitrust investigation comes after lawmaker, fan complaints about streaming deals

(Newser) - The federal government is taking a hard look at how hard it's getting to just watch football. The Justice Department has launched an antitrust investigation into whether the NFL's media deals and business practices illegally limit competition and hurt consumers, people familiar with the matter tell the Wall Street Journal...

Senator Presses MrBeast on Crypto Plans Aimed at Kids

Democrat Elizabeth Warren questions Beast Industries' Step app, Evolve Bank partnership

(Newser) - Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants to know exactly what MrBeast plans to sell to his youngest fans. The Massachusetts Democrat on Monday sent a 12-page letter to Jimmy Donaldson's Beast Industries, pressing for details on its move into financial services after the company bought teen-focused banking app Step in February,...

Chatter About Replacing Schumer as Leader Heats Up

Wall Street Journal reports that left-leaning senators are contemplating alternatives

(Newser) - Chuck Schumer may not be on the ballot this fall, but the Wall Street Journal reports that his political future is very much in play. Behind closed doors, a growing bloc of Senate Democrats and progressive activists is venting about the 75-year-old minority leader and quietly gaming out what it...

Warren Endorses Outsider Over Maine's Governor

Democrats have split on Platner vs. Mills in Senate race

(Newser) - Sen. Elizabeth Warren weighed in Thursday on one of the Democratic Party's messier primaries—on the side of the outsider. The Massachusetts senator endorsed oyster farmer and combat veteran Graham Platner over Maine Gov. Janet Mills in the primary race to challenge Republican Sen. Susan Collins in November, making...

Tourist Stabbed While Changing Baby's Diaper in Macy's

Suspect with prior threats arrested; attack appears unprovoked, police say

(Newser) - A trip to New York City took a violent turn for a California tourist on Thursday when she was stabbed while changing her baby's diaper in a restroom at Macy's flagship store, police say. Per ABC News , the woman was in a seventh-floor bathroom at the Herald Square...

Democrats Move to Rein In White House Ballroom 'Bribery'

Bill seeks transparency and limits on donors with federal business

(Newser) - Democrats in Congress introduced new legislation Tuesday aimed at tightening restrictions on private donations for construction projects on White House grounds, a move prompted by President Trump's effort to raise $300 million in private funds for a new East Wing ballroom, CBS News reports. The "Stop Ballroom Bribery...

Amid Epstein Fallout, Larry Summers Apologizes

Former Harvard president says he will step back from public life

(Newser) - Larry Summers, the former Harvard president and Treasury secretary, is stepping back from public roles after his email exchanges with Jeffrey Epstein surfaced in a batch of newly released documents . "I am deeply ashamed of my actions and recognize the pain they have caused," Summers said Monday, adding...

Senate Democrats: Trump's 'Energy Policy Has Failed'

Trio says utility bills have risen 11% despite Trump's promise to cut them in half

(Newser) - Utility bills in the US have climbed 11% on average during President Trump's second term, despite his campaign promises to slash energy costs, according to a new analysis cited by Democratic senators in a letter to the president. The data, compiled by the clean energy group Climate Power and...

Senators Suspect Private Equity Is Harming Firefighters

Firetrucks are getting pricier and taking longer to get, at the expense of safety, they fear

(Newser) - Pumper vehicles and tiller apparatuses are terms that likely won't mean much to you. To the mayor of Carmel, Ind., they mean a lot. They're both types of firetrucks, and in Sue Finkam's telling, they've gotten harder and pricier to obtain. She says the estimated price...

Schumer Defends Shutdown Strategy in Op-Ed

One Senate Democrat says it's like giving a bully 'all of your lunch money'

(Newser) - Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has promised enough Democratic support to pass the Republican funding bill that will avoid a government shutdown, despite admitting the bill is "terrible." In a guest essay at the New York Times , he explains himself while calling President Trump a "nihilist" who'...

Bessent Tells CFPB to Stop Nearly All Its Work

Consumer watchdog has been a target of business interests, including banks

(Newser) - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has all but shut down after receiving a list of tasks from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that it is no longer allowed to do. Bessent, who is functioning as the bureau's acting director after President Trump fired Rohit Chopra on Saturday, wrote in a...

Warren to Treasury Chief: You Blew It on Elon Musk

Senator criticizes decision to grant him access to federal payments system

(Newser) - Days after the new Treasury secretary gave Elon Musk access to a sensitive federal payments system , Sen. Elizabeth Warren has a question: What you were thinking, Scott Bessent?
  • "I am alarmed that as one of your first acts as secretary, you appear to have handed over a highly sensitive
...

Trump's Latest Firing: CFPB Director

Rohit Chopra is the latest Biden-era head to roll

(Newser) - President Trump has fired the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, in the latest purge of a Biden administration holdover. Chopra was one of the more important regulators from the previous Democratic administration who was still on the job since Trump took office on Jan. 20, reports...

Trump Fires Inspectors General in Late-Night Emails

Democrat calls it a 'chilling purge,' Republican asks for an explanation

(Newser) - In emails from the White House late Friday night, President Trump fired the independent inspectors general in almost every Cabinet-level agency. The action makes it possible for Trump to put loyalists in the positions charged with finding fraud and abuse in the agencies, the Washington Post reports, though it appears...

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Capital One-Discover Deal Seen as 'Dangerous'

Sen. Elizabeth Warren leads charge against $35B merger, saying it will hurt 'working people'

(Newser) - Capital One announced on Monday that it was buying Discover Financial Services, in a $35 billion deal to combine two of the nation's largest credit-card firms. But experts say it will take at least a year for the merger to be completed, and there's already pushback from advocacy...

Did Alito Take a Shot at Elizabeth Warren in Court?

Justice floats question about bogus claims to American Indian heritage

(Newser) - Now that the dust has settled on hours of oral arguments Monday in two separate affirmative-action cases before the Supreme Court, a clear consensus has emerged in coverage. "The court's conservative majority signaled that it could be ready ... to end the use of race in college admissions,"...

Warren: Fraud, Scams on Rise at Zelle

Senate report finds growing cases of fraud on payment service, limited reimbursements

(Newser) - Incidents of fraud and scams are occurring more often on the popular peer-to-peer payment service Zelle, according to a report issued Monday by the office of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, giving the public its first glimpse into the growing problems at Zelle. The report also found that the large banks that...

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