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Senate Democrats pressure RFK Jr. for federal vaccine policy records
Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) want to know if HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. worked with White House staff to remake vaccine policy. Read More
Editorial: Protecting the First Amendment
Sens. Ted Cruz and Ron Wyden last week introduced the JAWBONE Act, formally known as the Justice Against Weaponized Bureaucratic Overreach and Expression Act. Read More
An empty committee room defines Senate-White House relations
An empty Senate Intelligence Committee room summed up the mood Wednesday afternoon during what was supposed to be an easy step in Majority Leader John Thune’s plan to revive a lapsed surveillance authority. Instead, the key spy powers tool, the committee room and senators themselves were left in the dark after President Donald Trump directed the hearing’s witness — Jay Clayton, his pick to be director of national intelligence — not to appear. “I have never seen anything quite like this,” Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the longest-serving member of the intelligence panel, told reporters earlier that day. Read More
Protect the right to jawbone in America | Las Vegas Review-Journal
Sen. Ted Cruz, Ron Wyden are right to defend free speech on campus and late-night television Read More
Ted Cruz and Ron Wyden try to fight censorship with bipartisan JAWBONE Act
Cruz/Wyden bill would help Americans sue federal officials over censorship. Read More
Congress Fails to Reauthorize America's Most Powerful Surveillance Law, Which Expires at Midnight Friday
“Every day that Section 702 is in effect without reforms is a day that Americans’ rights are under threat," Sen. Ron Wyden said. Read More
Momentum Builds to Rein In FISA, Whether or Not Bill Pulte Survives as Intel Chief
“I have been doing this a while,” Sen. Ron Wyden told The Intercept. “And I’ve never had this kind of bipartisan support.” Read More
Sen. Ron Wyden wants to know why Leon Black paid Epstein $170 million for tax planning over 5-year period
Jeffrey Epstein was paid extraordinary sums by billionaire Leon Black, and Sen. Ron Wyden wants to know why. Read More
Sen. Wyden wants to know why Leon Black paid Epstein $170 million for tax planning
Jeffrey Epstein was paid extraordinary sums by billionaire Leon Black, and Sen. Ron Wyden wants to know why. Read More
Top Democrat urges end to secrecy over proposed ICE child detention center
Ron Wyden tells of ‘grave concerns’ over plan, first revealed by Guardian, to hold families at sprawling Louisiana facility Read More
Bessent confronts Sen Wyden over son's past emails with Jeffrey Epstein
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confronted Sen. Ron Wyden at a budget hearing over emails linking Wyden's son to Jeffrey Epstein, asking what the two discussed. Read More
Secretary Bessent Accuses Sen. Wyden of Epstein Slander
While trying to deflect attention from his son, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., slandered the Treasury Department over Jeffrey Epstein-related claims, accused Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Read More
Scott Bessent goes scorched earth against Sen. Ron Wyden over Epstein claims
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent came out firing at Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee, slamming Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), the panel's ranking member. Read More
Bessent Refuses To Discuss Trump’s IRS Settlement In Testy Senate Hearing
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., accused the treasury secretary of intentionally “dodging questions” about the president’s settlement. Read More
Foreign adversaries exploit phone location data to track US troops abroad
Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Pat Harrigan demand Pentagon answers after U.S. Central Command disclosed threat reports of adversaries exploiting commercial location data to target troops. Read More
Dems can cry corruption all they want
The rollout of the DOJ’s “Anti-Weaponization Fund” may have been botched, but the fund remains a good idea, and the hysteria from Democrats like the hypocritical Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden and allied media is absurd. Read More
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US military personnel deployed to war zones being targeted using location data: Report
US Central Command acknowledged receiving “multiple threat reports” involving adversaries exploiting commercial location data to monitor or target American personnel, according to a report, citing a letter shared by US Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat Read More
Pentagon: Troops Targeted Using Location Data
Sen. Ron Wyden warned commercially sold location data exposed troop movements and created new surveillance risks for American forces overseas. Read More
Pentagon says US troops face threat from commercial location data - Telegraph India
The disclosure marked the first official confirmation that US forces had been targeted in an active war zone, Senator Ron Wyden and a bipartisan group of lawmakers said in a letter sent to the Pentagon on Thursday Read More
Senate Democrats want home health for Medicare come 2028
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and 17 other Democrats are pushing the party to make home health benefits for Medicare a key goal for 2028. Read More