All posts tagged "Elizabeth Warren"

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) blasted a top Trump official Thursday for gutting the watchdog that polices his agency, causing him to melt down.

Bill Pulte, who leads the Federal Housing Finance Agency, has moved to sharply shrink the office of the agency's inspector general, The New York Times reported. The move led congressional Democrats to call for his resignation.

At a hearing Thursday, Warren accused Pulte of "unlawfully shutting down the work of the inspector general responsible for investigating misconduct at the Federal Housing Finance Agency and in multitrillion-dollar mortgage markets," per The Times....

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) called out the alleged corruption that led to the Trump administration's "calamitous" response to the cyclosporiasis outbreak.

In a Thursday letter, Warren slammed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Trump administration's handling of "the biggest outbreak of cyclosporiasis in U.S. history" and questioned if changes leading up to it had to do with political contributions made by Taylor Farms, the company whose lettuce allegedly spread the parasite.

"The Trump administration's systematic dismantling of the food safety system has hampered the federal government's ability to prevent, identify, and respond to the latest outbreak," she wrote. "Deep funding cuts forced the CDC's Parasitic Division to slash staff responsible for tracking and identifying parasites like cyclospora."...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has entered the MAGA burrito war with a sharp message for the Trump administration on Thursday.

In an interview on Capitol Hill with TMZ, Warren blamed the administration and called on officials to make immediate moves and drive down food prices by ending the Iran war.

TMZ DC co-managing editor Jacob Wasserman asked Warren if she would pay $20 for a burrito, mentioning the online debate that started among conservatives, including Vice President JD Vance, over the cost of the popular meal....

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) grilled a Trump nominee during the Senate Housing, Banking and Urban Affairs Committee on Thursday.

Warren reminded Christopher Phelan, the president's pick for White House Council of Economic Advisers, that if approved for the advisory job his role would be focused on offering "objective economic advice."

"Let's go through a few objective facts," Warren said. "Americans are spending more on everything from gas to groceries, prices are rising faster than paychecks and Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill rips away healthcare coverage for 15 million people in order to pay for tax cuts for billionaires and giant corporations, and it adds $4.7 trillion to the national debt and that is why we need someone who will tell the truth about the economy and not just say whatever it is that the president wants them to say."...

CNBC had an accidental blunder during a live interview with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on Wednesday.

The television network was interviewing the long-time Democrat about President Donald Trump abruptly canceling the signing of a bipartisan housing bill and the economic fallout during Trump's second administration when the mix-up happened.

Journalist Aaron Rupar caught the moment and clipped it, sharing it with his 1.1 million followers on X....

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) tore into President Donald Trump's nominee for Federal Reserve chairman Kevin Warsh during a confirmation hearing at the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday.

The ranking member criticized Trump, calling out his attacks on the independence of the Federal Reserve and its officials. Warren argued that the economy has suffered under the president's leadership and that this was his last chance to try and take control as the midterms approach this fall.

"The president has repeatedly and illegally attempted to take over the Fed," Warren said. "His bogus attacks on Governor Lisa Cook and Chair [Jerome] Powell were designed to threaten all the members of the Fed to do Trump's bidding and open more spots for Trump flunkies. Why try to end the independence of the Fed? Because Trump's economic failures are causing him political problems, and he wants the Fed to use monetary policies to artificially juice the economy in the short term. And this is his last chance to do that before the November elections."
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