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Top trade committee Democrats launch probe into Trump administration approving Nvidia’s chip sales to China
The top Democrats on the House and Senate’s trade committees are requesting the Commerce Department preserve its records on the President Trump’s decision late last year allow Nvidia to sell its H200 chips to China. The investigation, announced Thursday by Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Read More
Senators launch investigation into RFK Jr. over alleged lies in confirmation testimony
Two Democratic senators accused Kennedy of lying about a trip he took in 2019 to Samoa on behalf of Children’s Health Defense. Read More
Senator opens investigation into evidence RFK Jr ‘unlawfully lied’ to Congress
Exclusive: Ron Wyden, citing Guardian report, is launching inquiry into whether health secretary lied about Samoa trip during confirmation hearings Read More
Prediction markets tied to clinical trials and drug approvals draw lawmakers' ire
Sens. Angela Alsobrooks and Ron Wyden are asking what steps the Department of Health and Human Services has taken to mitigate risks from the markets. Read More
Republicans close book on Epstein probe as Dems vow to rip it open
House Oversight Committee Republicans want the Justice Department to open new investigations into sexual assault allegations against Jeffrey Epstein’s associates, just weeks before Democrats take over the panel and promise to dig deeper into the disgraced financier’s world.The demand came Tuesday in Read More
Incoming chair of US Senate panel will seek healthcare overhaul, but unclear on details
WASHINGTON — Oregon Democratic U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden plans to press for “the boldest” healthcare bill possible after he takes over as Finance Committee chairman Read More
MAGA will get no peace in its grave
Democrats are still riding high on Tuesday night’s Blue Wave, which was far stronger than anyone expected. Polls indicated Democrats would take back the House, and a Senate majority was within reach, but no one thought it was a lock. And then we had a full congressional flip to Blue before 11 pm on Read More
‘LAWYER UP’: Democrats, Republicans waste no time in setting social media ablaze after midterm sweep
Sen. Ron Wyden's one-word post — "Subpoenas" — set the tone as Democrats celebrated reclaiming both the House and Senate in 2026 midterms. Read More
Top Democrat tells Trump and Republicans to ‘lawyer up’ after US midterm defeats
Robert Garcia, set to become oversight chair, vows to take on president while Senator Ron Wyden signals ‘subpoenas’ Read More
DOJ extracts $1.5M from bookstore as Senator's wife accused of 'exploiting' Trump program
The Justice Department announced Tuesday that it secured a nearly $1.5 million settlement from a bookstore owned by a Senator's wife after it accused the business of exploiting a program created by President Donald Trump. U.S. Attorney Jenaine Pirro, a former Fox News host, said that New York City-b Read More
‘Runaway’ Tax-Slashing Strategy Honed by AQR Draws Senator’s Ire
US Senator Ron Wyden called on senior Trump administration officials to halt the “exponential growth” of some tax-slashing investment strategies popularized by the world’s largest hedge fund, AQR Capital Management. Read More
'As low as it gets': Dr. Oz faces new demands over MAGA plot targeting nursing home voters
A group of Senate Democrats is demanding that Dr. Mehmet Oz reveal whether his agency coordinated with far-right activists pushing a baseless conspiracy theory that left-wing groups are stealing the votes of nursing home residents.Eight senators, including Elizabeth Warren, Richard Blumenthal, Alex Read More
Sanders, Wyden press insurers on Trump ACA coverage terminations
Senate Democrats, led by Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), are pressing 10 major insurance companies about their decisions to work with the Trump administration to terminate coverage for thousands of ObamaCare enrollees due to alleged fraud. The letters, sent Monday to the CEOs of Read More
Top Senate Finance Democrat maps out clean energy plan
Sen. Ron Wyden wants to bring back a program he says new data proves was wildly successful. Read More
Dems headed for 'all-out brawl' that 'could get ugly' with Trump Cabinet member: report
Democrats are planning to go after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent if they win control of Congress in the midterms, with Politico predicting an “all-out brawl.”Citing people with direct knowledge of Democrats’ plans who were granted anonymity, Politico reported that Democrats who would lead the com Read More
Senate Democrats unveil new plans for strengthening Medicare
Presented by Coalition to Strengthen Americas Healthcare {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story Senate Democrats unveil new plans for strengthening Medicare Led by Sen. Ron Wyden (R-Ore.), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, Senate Democrats on Friday published their aims of revamp Read More
Democrats' plans to investigate Trump could hit a wall nobody expected: report
Democrats are preparing to investigate the Trump administration if they win control of Congress, they could have trouble extracting even basic information from federal agencies, Wired reported on Thursday.A late-September Government Accountability Office report on Elon Musk’s Department of Governmen Read More
Stage set for probes of Trump's ‘implicated’ cabinet member: 'Low-hanging fruit'
Anticipating taking control of at least the House, with a shot at the Senate, Democrats are already laying the groundwork for a flood of investigations into White House corruption under President Donald Trump.And they are making it known which targets are at the top of their list, including Commerce Read More
Lawmakers in bipartisan statement push back on Trump over Russian oil
The statement is signed by three Democrats, Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.), Richard Blumenthal (Conn.) and Ron Wyden (Ore.), and three Republicans, Sens. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Thom Tillis (N.C.) and John Curtis (Utah). Read More
US senators say Trump's diesel deal with Russia is illegal
WASHINGTON, United States — Seven US senators from both parties issued a statement Sunday questioning the legality of President Donald Trump's deal to allow Russian diesel exports despite a US ban in place since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Read More