"Pouncing on somebody recently diagnosed and claiming they lied shows how little education these folks have in social graces.

Senate Democrats are warning the president that doing so “flies in the face” of his campaign promise to boost the working ...

Another six-year term would give Sen. Ed Markey 60 uninterrupted years of slurping at the public trough, since 1972. Even ...

US Senator Elizabeth Warren has demanded that some of the country’s biggest private investment groups give up information about their lobbying efforts to secure tax breaks in Donald Trump’s spending ...

The U.S. president told reporters that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin wants to "just keep killing people." ...

Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" eliminates existing income-driven repayment plans, bringing a major change for student-loan ...

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Elizabeth Warren The latest on Elizabeth Warren, the senior United States senator from Massachusetts. Warren has served the state in the U.S. Senate as a Democrat since 2013.

Congress passed a bill reshaping student loan repayment, eliminating IDR plans, and restricting PLUS loans. Advocates warn of ...

A Republican plan heading to a vote in the Senate would quickly end incentives for clean energy and impose new taxes on some ...

Scott Brown, a former U.S. ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa who also served in the Senate representing Massachusetts, is launching a bid to challenge Rep. Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) for retiring ...

It was the latest concession by a media company to a president who has targeted outlets over what he describes as false or ...