House Speaker Mike Johnson has repeatedly teased a Republican strategy to reform Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, yet he refuses to disclose specifics until after the 2026 midterms. Senate Democrats are now pushing back, demanding the GOP stop hiding its legislative agenda from the public before voters head to the polls.
Senator Bernie Sanders has issued a sharp warning to his Democratic colleagues, urging them to reject the PROMISE Act. The bipartisan bill would create an expedited process for modifying Social Security, a move Sanders argues would bypass public accountability and leave the program's future in the hands of departing lawmakers.
State Representative Donavan McKinney toppled incumbent Congressman Shri Thanedar in Michigan’s 13th District primary, marking a significant victory for a progressive coalition challenging the Democratic establishment. The 34-year-old organizer secured 51.9% of the vote, signaling deep-seated frustration with corporate-backed candidates and current party policy regarding Gaza.
Fresh from a primary victory, Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed issued a sharp challenge to Republican opponent Mike Rogers on Wednesday, demanding five debates before the November general election while labeling the former congressman a corporate sellout and a coward.
Following a primary victory that defied an estimated $30 million in opposition spending from AIPAC, Abdul El-Sayed has consolidated Democratic support in Michigan. Party leadership, including Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, moved quickly to back the candidate as he pivoted to a general election fight against Republican Mike Rogers.
In a victory for the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, Sunrise Movement co-founder William Lawrence secured the nomination in Michigan's 7th congressional district. He overcame $4.5 million in outside spending by positioning himself against the rapid, unchecked expansion of artificial intelligence data centers across the state.
Missouri voters delivered a decisive 60-point blow to state Republican leadership on Tuesday, rejecting Amendment 4 by an 80.3% to 19.7% margin. The measure, backed by Governor Mike Kehoe and the legislative supermajority, sought to raise the threshold for passing citizen-sponsored ballot initiatives, effectively stripping voters of their direct legislative influence.
Nearly 50 million additional people face the prospect of acute hunger by the end of the year, as the World Food Program warns that the emerging El Niño climate pattern is triggering extreme weather and destabilizing food supplies for the world's most vulnerable populations.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins characterized the removal of 5 million people from the federal food stamp program as a significant victory for the Trump administration. The sharp reduction in SNAP enrollment follows the passage of a 2025 Republican budget law that implemented the largest food aid cuts in American history.
Epidemiologist Abdul El-Sayed holds a narrow lead in the Michigan Democratic Senate primary, defying a historic $30 million intervention by AIPAC. While NBC has declared him the winner, The Associated Press maintains the race remains too close to call with 90% of the ballots currently tallied.
Senator Alex Padilla introduced the Stop Corrupt Trading Act on Tuesday to prevent President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and future officeholders from selling exclusive, advance access to social media posts that could influence financial markets, labeling the practice a systemic abuse of public office for private enrichment.
Justice Samuel Alito extended a stay until Thursday evening, temporarily preserving access to mifepristone by mail and telehealth. While the ruling offers immediate relief for patients, reproductive rights advocates warn that the reprieve is fragile and underscores a broader, persistent campaign against medication abortion access across the United States.
Facing a challenging reelection campaign in Maine, Republican Senator Susan Collins announced Tuesday that she will oppose the confirmation of Todd Blanche as attorney general. Her break from the party line comes as the nominee faces intense scrutiny over his stated plans to restrict abortion access nationwide.
Democratic challenger Graham Platner is targeting Republican Senator Susan Collins for her absence from key reproductive healthcare hearings, marking a sharp escalation in his Maine campaign. The criticism follows revelations that the five-term senator has consistently skipped Senate committee meetings focused on abortion since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
A coalition of Democratic senators is demanding that federal regulators prohibit prediction markets from offering financial contracts tied to wildfires. The lawmakers warn that wagering on extreme weather events creates perverse incentives, potentially encouraging arson and commodifying human suffering during disasters that have already claimed dozens of lives.
As negotiators gather in New York for the fifth round of UN tax treaty talks, economic justice advocates warn that current draft language risks failing to capture trillions in potential revenue. Campaigners argue that without stronger provisions, the treaty will miss a historic chance to curb corporate excess and climate damage.
The continued deployment of the National Guard in Washington, DC, is expected to drain an additional $1.4 billion from taxpayers through the end of President Donald Trump’s term in January 2029. The figure comes from projections provided to Senator Elizabeth Warren by the administration's own defense comptroller nominee.
After Donald Trump criticized oil majors for capturing excessive profits during the ongoing conflict with Iran, climate activists are pushing the president to move beyond rhetoric. They argue that if the White House truly believes companies like ExxonMobil and Chevron are overcharging, it must support legislation to tax those windfall gains.
With the Senate Judiciary Committee voting along party lines to advance Todd Blanche’s nomination, a coalition of Democrats and advocacy groups is now pressuring the full chamber to reject the acting attorney general, citing his history as Donald Trump’s personal lawyer and concerns over his commitment to institutional independence.
CBS News has come under fire for heavily editing an online version of a 60 Minutes interview, stripping out a tense exchange where anchor Norah O'Donnell pressed President Donald Trump on potential corruption regarding his family's massive cryptocurrency profits and his recent pardon of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao.
Mourners gathered in Gaza City on Tuesday to bury 112 Palestinians, including 40 children, whose remains were recovered from the ruins of a residential block destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in November 2023. The service highlighted the ongoing struggle to account for the hundreds still missing beneath the territory's rubble.
President Donald Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act into law this Wednesday, mandating the release of FBI records on the late sex trafficker. Despite the bill’s intent, critics argue that broad redaction powers granted to the Department of Justice could effectively shield the powerful from public accountability.
Representative Jamie Raskin has issued formal demands to the CEOs of four major financial institutions, seeking records regarding over $1.5 billion in suspicious transactions tied to Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation. The move follows claims that federal investigators have failed to adequately track the illicit funds.
House Oversight Committee Democrats are opening a parallel investigation into the Department of Justice, alleging the agency is illegally withholding sensitive FBI interviews that implicate President Donald Trump in the sexual assault of a minor decades ago, in direct defiance of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
A yearslong Senate investigation reveals that major financial institutions systematically ignored anti-money laundering laws to facilitate Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operations. The findings expose how top Wall Street executives prioritized a lucrative client, shielding his suspicious transactions from federal scrutiny for years despite internal warnings.
With Netflix abandoning its acquisition bid, Paramount Skydance is moving closer to consolidating a massive media empire. The prospect of the Ellison family, led by a prominent Trump donor, controlling networks like CBS and CNN has triggered urgent calls for federal antitrust intervention to prevent potential censorship.
Republican Senator Mike Crapo blocked a proposal on Thursday to increase annual Social Security benefits by $2,400, thwarting an effort by Senator Bernie Sanders to bolster the program amid reports of impending mass layoffs within the Social Security Administration under the Trump administration.
Senator Ron Wyden on Tuesday alleged that the acquisition of CBS by David Ellison has facilitated a cover-up regarding Jeffrey Epstein, claiming the network suppressed a "60 Minutes" report that linked major financial institutions to the late sex offender's illicit operations.
Senator Bernie Sanders warned colleagues Tuesday against backing the PROMISE Act, a bipartisan proposal that would create a high-speed legislative bypass for Social Security reform. Sanders argues the bill invites unelected officials and outgoing lawmakers to slash benefits behind closed doors, circumventing public accountability and meaningful congressional debate.
Voters in Michigan and Missouri head to the polls Tuesday in a series of contests that have become a national referendum on the Democratic establishment’s reliance on corporate funding. Progressives are testing whether grassroots mobilization can overcome the tens of millions of dollars deployed by pro-Israel lobbying groups.
