Lies and abuses of power have become the norm at Trump’s DHS — and today a judge restricted use of force from federal agents in Chicago who used lies to “justify” their horrific abuses. The lawlessness must end and those abusing their power must be held accountable.

🚨A federal judge just ordered Trump to release FULL November SNAP payments. Once again: it should not take a judge's order to compel Trump to feed hungry Americans, but this news is a relief to families in need. Trump must follow the law and join us to reopen the government NOW.

Death and destruction have torn apart Sudan, largely fueled by the murderous RSF — who are armed by the UAE. Today, I had planned to seek Senate passage of my bill to block U.S. arms sales to the UAE so long as they supply the RSF.... (1/2)

Speaker Pelosi has dedicated her life to our country. From passing the ACA to defending our democracy & more—her legacy is towering. She’s never backed down & always knew when to throw a punch. I’m proud to call this daughter of Baltimore a friend & to have served alongside her for so many years.

This is one more example of why we can’t give a lawless president a blank check. Our states should not be held hostage when they stand up against Trump’s lawless mass deportation agenda. The courts keep telling him what everyone else knows: he is not a king.

Yet another way Trump is screwing working families: this was a FREE tool we set up so folks could file taxes directly, without paying an expensive service. So who does cancelling it benefit? The answer is not working Americans, but it sure is big corporations who profit off them.

The Supreme Court must stop this unconstitutional power grab Trump has used to raise taxes on working people through across-the-board tariffs while giving tax cuts to billionaires. rollcall.com/2025/11/03/t...

This Trump shutdown is now the longest in history — longer than his last. He says it contributed to Republicans’ loss yesterday. Maybe now he’ll do what he should’ve done all along: stop bailing out other countries and join us to reopen the government & prevent a health care crisis.

It’s not news to anyone that this Administration doesn’t seem to understand our laws. But let me be clear: this IS the law – Trump himself signed it in 2019, after Sen. Cardin and I fought to pass it. ALL federal employees are required to be paid after the shutdown.

Trump is so hellbent on imposing more unnecessary pain on American families, he’s defying court orders and preventing those in need from accessing critical support to help put food on the table. This Administration knows no low.

It's not the royal family who needs sympathy; it's the victims of Epstein's abuse. Above all, they need answers. But Speaker Johnson sent the House on a 6 week paid vacation because he refuses to return & vote on releasing the Epstein files & reopening the government. Shameful.

Millions of Americans shopping for ACA plans right now are finding their premiums have gone through the roof. Unaffordable.  Trump gave a giant tax cut to his billionaire friends and left everyone else with skyrocketing health care costs. One betrayal after another.

A court had to force Trump to keep Americans from going hungry — and he's still only covering half of this month’s SNAP needs. He won’t meet to reopen the government or do the bare minimum to feed people. And he couldn’t care less that health care costs are about to skyrocket. Shameful.

The Trump Admin has become a pay-to-play casino. Some of the payoffs are in plain sight. Others are under the table. Shame on all those collaborating with the most corrupt president in history.

This is pathetic on two counts. First, the “Dear Leader” worship from Trump’s Cabinet is mind-boggling. Second, it’s dishonest — Trump’s been defunding science, driving talent overseas, and creating a brain drain.   Now, if there were a Nobel for idiocy, he’d be a finalist.

If you want to know why we can’t give Trump a blank check, look what he did to USAID — illegally dismantling an agency that saved millions of lives and literally burning food meant for starving people. As I told former USAID staff this week: their work was the best of America.

Trump's tariffs have sent prices soaring and caused real pain for American families. His charade with President Xi this week was like an arsonist bragging about putting out their own fire. The American people aren't buying it — and even Senate Republicans are starting to crack:

🚨NEWS: Two federal judges just ruled the Trump Admin MUST use emergency funds to continue providing SNAP benefits during the shutdown. They tried to use hungry kids as political pawns instead of coming to the table to reopen the government. Shameful.

Trump’s juvenile obsession with trying to impress his dictator pals weakens our national security. This stupid idea is not necessary for maintaining the reliability of our nuclear forces and only risks unleashing a Cold War–like nuclear arms race.

Who would've thought building a $300 million gold-plated ballroom as kids go hungry and health care costs soar would be unpopular?

There’s a reason we have a centuries-old law banning living presidents on U.S. currency: to avoid the appearance of a monarchy. Today Trump's nominee to lead the Mint assured me he won't violate this law for Trump's latest vanity project. We will hold him to it. NO KINGS.

This doesn’t just gut refugee admissions — it creates a race-based system that prioritizes white South Africans over people facing real danger in their home countries. An insult to everything we stand for. Trump is burying Ronald Reagan’s vision of America as a “shining city on a hill.”

The Jan. 6 insurrectionists bloodied and bludgeoned police officers. Calling them “a mob of rioters” is just stating a fact — but at Trump’s DOJ, that’ll get you fired. Another reminder that we're not headed towards authoritarianism. We're already there.

What Trump and Republicans are doing — using the shutdown to withhold emergency SNAP funds that could feed millions — is sadistic. Literally reveling in their own cruelty. They’ll cut taxes for billionaires but let children go hungry. A national scandal.

Trump turned a visit with US troops in Japan into another campaign rally — disgracing the role of Commander in Chief & using our military as political props. This from the guy who dodged Vietnam and called our troops “suckers and losers.” What a disgrace. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

As we witness horrific scenes in El-Fasher, the UAE continues arming the RSF — which the U.S. has determined is committing genocide.   Enough. We must pass my bill to block arms sales to the UAE until it stops fueling the RSF's war crimes in Sudan.

We're three days from Open Enrollment, but millions are already seeing just how much their health care costs will soar if we don't act NOW. It is an absolute scandal that Republicans would rather keep the government shut down than lower health care prices.

First Trump shut down the government instead of working with us to lower health care costs — now his admin wants to block states from wiping medical debt off credit reports. Saddle millions with medical debt, then let it crush their credit. Billionaire playbook.

🚨A federal judge is blocking Trump from firing federal workers during the shutdown — rightfully saying these illegal firings were likely "political retribution." Trump needs to stop punishing our dedicated public servants and actually come to the table to end this shutdown.

If Trump actually cared about fighting cartels, his budget wouldn't cut funds from DEA and other domestic, LEGAL efforts to fight drug trafficking. These extrajudicial killings are illegal, not authorized by Congress, and must end.

From the beginning of the war in Gaza, Netanyahu has barred nearly all foreign journalists from entering the territory and reporting the truth about the situation on the ground. That needs to end — and it needs to end now.

Of course Trump would rather extend his trip to meet with his dictator buddy than come home to reopen his own government. He couldn't care less about ending the shutdown or lowering health care costs for American families.

The humanitarian crisis in Sudan has long passed its breaking point — and it’s getting worse by the day.   The U.S. must do much more to end the violence, deliver desperately needed aid, and hold accountable the murderous RSF and any other perpetrators of war crimes.

The Trump Admin found $20 billion to bail out Argentina but refuses to tap into a $6 billion reserve fund to provide vital food assistance to 42 million Americans. They’re using food and hunger as leverage as they hold the government hostage. Sickening.

Trump pardoning the guy who helped boost his family's crypto scheme is par for the course, but we can’t look away. He’s abusing his power again and again to enrich himself and his family. The most corrupt president in history — and it’s not even close.

The Trump Administration has been desperately shopping for faraway countries where they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia — all to deny him his constitutional rights here in America. We cannot stand for it. He must be allowed to defend himself in court. My full statement:

These photos get more outrageous the more you look at them. Tearing down the People's House for a $300M vanity project while federal workers go unpaid and America barrels towards a health care crisis. A literal depiction of what Trump is doing to our country.

I asked a Trump nominee a simple, yes or no question: should the United States have a race-based admission policy for refugees? His answer — or lack thereof — was incredibly disturbing.   Watch:

Republicans say they care about federal workers, but today they blocked my bill to pay ALL federal workers, servicemembers, and contractors and stop Trump’s illegal firings. I hope they’ll join us to get our public servants paid — but not in a way that lets Trump turn around and fire them anyway.

🚨I'm bringing a bill to the floor right now to pay ALL federal workers, servicemembers and contractors during the shutdown — and to stop Trump's illegal firings. They have nothing to do with this shutdown and shouldn't suffer the consequences. Tune in:

We need to call out those who cave to Trump's bullying, and that is exactly what UVA is doing here. It's not just wrong — it's counterproductive, feeds the beast, and just encourages more mafia-like blackmail from this lawless administration.

A right-wing press corps is not a press corps — it's a propaganda machine for an authoritarian president. Grateful for the journalists who refused to bend the knee to this lawless regime. Our democracy depends on them continuing to speak truth to power.

🚨@merkley.senate.gov is STILL speaking on the Senate floor. I’m about to join him there to call out this authoritarian president who refuses to open the government and is betraying the American people at every turn. Tune in: www.youtube.com/live/ymDt1Xe...

My friend @merkley.senate.gov is holding the Senate floor all night to sound the alarm on Trump’s lawless regime. Proud to stand with him in this fight and in the U.S. Senate. There can be no business as usual.

Week 4 of the shutdown. Federal workers unpaid. A looming health care crisis. And Trump? He's talking to everyone BUT Democrats —sending billions of taxpayer dollars to his buddy in Argentina and negotiating in the Middle East while refusing to reopen his own government. Insane.

Just a reminder that — in the middle of a shutdown — House Republicans are on a paid vacation solely to avoid releasing the Epstein files and lowering your health care costs.

Trump is extorting his own Justice Department for $230 million in taxpayer funds. He refuses to open the government or lower health care costs — but he's eager to steal YOUR money to enrich himself. Unprecedented, unfathomable corruption.

Federal workers aren’t getting paid, but of course Kristi Noem gets two private jets costing taxpayers $172 million. Nothing new from the people who are also sending $40 billion to Argentina while refusing to fund our own government. Shameful.

Maria Greeley is a U.S. citizen who was detained by ICE and told her passport “isn’t real” and that she “doesn’t look like” her last name. What do they think an American should look like? This racial profiling happens every day under Trump’s lawless regime. It’s un-American.

It’s now been a month since we learned Trump’s team shut down an investigation into Tom Homan taking a $50K bribe — and we haven't seen an ounce of transparency or accountability. Where did Tom stash the cash? What is he hiding? Americans deserve to know.