I didn't know MAHA stood for "Make America Hungry Again," but that's what Trump and his cronies are doing with this cruel, senseless move.   With food insecurity already on the rise, this will only make it harder to help those in desperate need. It cannot stand.

Public pressure works. Bowing to bullies doesn’t. Jimmy Kimmel’s return is a win — now Disney and ABC must stand firm in defending his First Amendment rights and those of every American. When political power can silence speech, our democracy itself is at risk.

A president weaponizing government power to silence speech he doesn't like is a crisis for our democracy. We must stand with those who refuse to bow to political blackmail — and call out those, like ABC, who cave to a wannabe king and put our rights at risk.

America is already complicit in Netanyahu’s campaign of ethnic cleansing in Gaza, and now Trump wants to send him $6.4B more in offensive weapons. Our priority should be ending the war and returning the hostages  — not funneling MORE taxpayer dollars to Netanyahu to bomb starving Gaza.

This is the Trump thug who wants to deny due process rights to everyone else. Turns out he was being investigated for taking $50k cash in an illegal scheme, but Trump’s DOJ dropped it. This double standard and corruption is infecting our justice system.

The King is ordering the prosecution of particular individuals, and threatening to fire AG Bondi if DOJ doesn't go after them. We fought a revolution to prevent this. We don’t bow down to Kings. Patriots must stop this.

Once again the Trump Admin doesn’t want the public to know the facts. Flying blind is dangerous, but the American people can see what’s happening: Trump is trying to con them and bury the truth.

Today Republicans blocked our commonsense plan to keep the government open and protect Americans’ health care. They’re following Trump over a cliff — and dragging the country toward a shutdown. Let me explain:

Giving any president a blank check to put our soldiers in harm’s war—as Congress did for the Iraq War—is a gross abdication of Congress’s constitutional duty. Trump already failed to end the wars he promised to end. We can’t let him drag us into others.

Senate Republicans just voted to give a lawless president a blank check and push the country toward a shutdown — rejecting our commonsense plan to fund the government and protect health care. We serve the American people, not a king. Republicans should too.

Trump coerced ABC into silencing Jimmy Kimmel — a brazen violation of the First Amendment. We’re introducing legislation to hold Trump accountable, help Americans protect themselves from this abuse of power, and stand with those who refuse to bow to political blackmail.

Let’s be clear: Trump is weaponizing the horrific murder of Charlie Kirk to attack his critics, silence dissent, and escalate his assault on the First Amendment. We fought a revolution to guarantee free speech in America. We’re not going back.

We need to call it what it is: a president using government coercion to silence voices he doesn't agree with is authoritarianism, plain and simple. It's the Orbán playbook, the Putin playbook, and now the Trump playbook. And it should alarm every American.

Trump and his cronies are using blatant government coercion to suppress speech they don’t like — a gross violation of the 1st Amendment. Shame on ABC for caving to political blackmail. We must stand with those who resist the bullies and call out those who appease them. NO KINGS.

No surprise RFK Jr. wants to silence transparency and dissent at the CDC. His anti-vaccine extremism has already cost lives — and his policies are putting millions more at risk. He’s a danger to public health and must be fired.

We must condemn all political violence, regardless of its source. Sadly, Trump has decided to weaponize the horrific murder of Charlie Kirk for his own political purposes and to go after his critics — while deleting the facts from the DOJ website. Shameful.

On our trip to the Middle East, @merkley.senate.gov and I saw and heard firsthand how the Netanyahu government is engaged in a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing in Gaza and America is complicit. Here are just a few takeaways:

The Trump Administration issued a rule that will make our air more polluted and dangerous for millions. Yesterday, Republicans blocked our effort to reverse it. Toxic air in Indiana doesn’t stay in Indiana — it hurts downwind states like Maryland too. Shameful.

Everyone should read this story about the Trump family's blatant, pay-to-play corruption in the UAE. I've been sounding the alarm on this for months. (1/4)

Trump thinks hiding our history will erase it, but it won't — it only insults the memory of those who lived it and those who fought for progress. We should be learning from our past, not burying it.

Paramount bent over backwards to appease Trump to push through its $8B Skydance merger — and now it wants to swallow Warner Bros Discovery too.
 One giant company controlling so much of our media threatens competition, consumers & independent journalism. This should be blocked.

Trump literally said "don't even bother dealing with" Democrats to keep the government open, and now he has us barreling towards a government shutdown. I sure as hell won't be voting to give a blank check to his lawlessness. That's not how this works.

Unbelievable. What we SHOULD be doing is passing my Polluters Pay bill to make polluters pay to clean up their mess. Instead Trump’s making it easier for them to hide it.   This won't make climate change go away—it’ll only make polluters less accountable as the planet gets warmer & Americans sicker.

Trump is waging war on clean energy at a time when energy demand is soaring. It doesn't make any sense, and it's just going to raise electricity prices even higher for Marylanders and Americans everywhere. More lawlessness and another gift to Big Oil.

If it feels like coffee is even more expensive than it usually is, that's because it is — coffee prices are up more than 20% because of Trump's tariffs.   He's making your everyday life more expensive to help pay for his billionaire tax cuts, and he couldn't care less.

Trump's politicization of the National Guard is sowing fear and distrust in the military. That's not my opinion — it's the National Guard's own assessment, and it's a danger to our democracy. We must stand united against Trump's authoritarian power-grab.

Once again, Trump says jump and Republicans ask how high. They're using a backdoor procedure to ram through dozens of unqualified and unfit nominees without a full process on the Senate floor. As they go nuclear, they should remember: they won't be in the majority forever.

Inflation and unemployment are both on the rise — and will only get worse thanks to Trump's tariff chaos. Remember when he promised to lower prices "on Day 1" and create a new "Golden Age"? All he's done is cut taxes for billionaires while leaving working families behind.

Dreamers are doctors, teachers, firefighters and so much more. They’ve built their lives here with the protections of DACA, but Trump doesn’t care. His rogue DHS is detaining and terrorizing Dreamers — a backdoor attempt to quietly kill DACA. We will not stand for it.

🚨@merkley.senate.gov and I just released our report detailing how the Netanyahu government is engaged in a campaign of ethnic cleansing in Gaza. The U.S. is complicit and the world must stop it. Read it in full here: www.vanhollen.senate.gov/download/van...

Today @merkley.senate.gov and I released a report on our recent trip to the Middle East. Our inescapable conclusion: the Netanyahu government is engaged in a campaign of ethnic cleansing in Gaza. Tune in as we discuss what we saw and where we go from here:

Today marks 24 years since one of the darkest days in our history. We’ll never forget those we lost on 9/11. We also salute those who rushed toward danger, sacrificing themselves to save others. As we honor the victims, we must recommit to fighting for peace & democracy at home & around the world.

Violence is never the answer. It is never acceptable. Never.

We're learning new details of Trump's corrupt bargain with Bukele to detain people in the US and ship them to El Salvador—without due process—at US taxpayer expense. This is why @kaine.senate.gov & I forced a vote to hold them accountable for this illegal scheme. Rs blocked it—but we won’t give up.

Trump keeps trying to make the Epstein scandal go away, but it won't—and the release of his incredibly disturbing "letter" to Epstein just makes the release of the files more urgent. It's been two months since we unanimously passed my amendment calling for FULL transparency. It needs to happen NOW.

Make no mistake: Trump’s war on clean energy will raise electricity prices even higher. It’s simple: higher demand from AI and data centers, and less supply from wind means we pay more. Another gift to his Big Oil backers and betrayal of American families.

A dangerous moment for all who believe in civil liberties and the rights of individuals. SCOTUS, w/out explanation, just green lit the Trump Admin’s racial profiling. Detaining people based on their ethnicity is unconstitutional & un-American. Another shameful decision by this Trump-stacked Court.

This Trump-packed Supreme Court is ramping up its reckless practice of providing ZERO rationale for striking down orders from appellate courts that rein in lawless acts by the Trump Admin. Calling this ‘temporary’ doesn’t change the reality: they are enabling authoritarianism.

Surprise, surprise: Trump’s White House wants to get rid of the watchdog that holds the executive branch accountable to the American people on critical budget issues. They don’t like anything with “Accountability” in the job description.   We cannot stand for this. No Kings.

So Trump illegally withheld funds right up to the 9/30 deadline and now claims there’s no time to spend them? Like setting the house on fire and arguing there's no time to put it out.   This is such a pathetic argument that even *this* SCOTUS might flinch (not holding my breath).

For those who doubted where this was headed, this is what dictatorship looks like — declaring war against an American city. It is not a joke. We must all stand against this lawless regime.

Trump said he was the candidate for peace and promised to end the wars in Ukraine and Gaza on Day One. Now he wants to rename the Department of Defense the Department of War. Sure doesn’t sound like a guy committed to keeping America out of wars. Another hoax from Don the Con.

Trump thought firing the people who crunched the numbers would change the truth, but it didn’t: his tariff chaos is slowing the economy and costing jobs. Today's report is just the latest sign of Trump’s failing economy — and it's only getting worse.

RFK Jr has taken a chainsaw to American public health and undermined the mission of HHS. It's no surprise the patriots who still believe in that mission are calling on him to resign. He is a danger to Americans' health. He should be fired immediately.

The only way to stop bullies is to stand up to them. Kudos to Harvard for holding firm. Those who cave to Trump only feed the beast and make everyone else more of a target.
 In these perilous times, we must stand with those defending core principles—and call out those who won’t.

Remember Trump's military parade on his birthday? These are the people he wanted to impress. He's not mad they're meeting — he's mad they're meeting without him.

Trump's illegal tariffs are nothing more than a backdoor, national sales tax on the American people — all to help pay for the giant tax cut he gave his billionaire buddies. It's the ultimate betrayal, and SCOTUS should make clear it's unconstitutional.

Trump politicizing law enforcement in Baltimore does nothing to improve public safety. We've boosted the number of FBI, DEA and ATF agents in Baltimore and always welcome more support in coordination with local law enforcement. Trump’s bloviating and theatrics are a distraction. Full statement:

On Labor Day, we celebrate the extraordinary progress unions have delivered for worker rights, fair pay and so much more. As collective bargaining rights are under attack from the Trump Admin, I won’t stop fighting for the unions and workers that form the backbone of our economy.

In 2024 Sen. Merkley & I visited the Rafah gate on the Egypt-Gaza border. On the other side was Gaza’s thriving city of Rafah—home to 270K. Today we saw it reduced to rubble. The Netanyahu govt has gone beyond targeting Hamas to waging a war of destruction against all Palestinians. It must end.