Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there! Your love, strength, and compassion make our families and communities stronger every day.

Marylanders will pay $1.6 BILLION over the next 10 yrs to subsidize the power needs of Big Tech's data centers. You should NOT have to pay for Big Tech's profits. My Power for the People Act would make data centers pay for their power, instead of passing costs onto consumers.

Think polluters don't have enough money to pay for the damage they've caused? Think again.

Unlike Texas, North Carolina, Tennessee, Missouri, & Florida, Virginia put its redistricting referendum up to the will of the PEOPLE. They voted & the redistricting amendment won, fair & square.

This ruling throws out their votes and ignores Virginians’ will.

Since the "ceasefire" the Netanyahu govt has steadily taken control of more territory in Gaza, squeezing civilians into tighter areas, pushing them toward the sea. Where the hell is the Trump Admin & its so-called “Board of Peace” amidst this land grab?

8 years ago today, Trump ripped apart the Iran nuclear deal. Now look where we are.

Lutnick just can't get his story straight about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein — from back in February, where I first got him to admit he had lied about their connection, to today. What is he hiding? Why does his story keep changing? The American people deserve the truth.

Remember: Trump promised to bring DOWN prices 'on day 1.'   He's now sending his top economic advisor out to try and convince the American people that it's a GOOD thing that they are paying more for "everything."   They haven’t got a clue.

Rubio’s refusal to properly honor Foreign Service Day & the 300+ FSOs who died while serving, is an affront to their service. Now, he's firing 250 of these non-partisan civil servants while we are in the middle of a war that is testing our alliances & endangering Americans around the world. [1/2]

As the civil war in Sudan enters its 4th year, the RSF continues to commit genocide with impunity. As I told this Trump official — if ending this genocide is a priority we need ACTION. To get results, the US must use our immense leverage to get the UAE to stop arming the RSF.

🚨 NEW from the American Medical Association: RFK Jr.'s recommendation for babies to forgo the hepatitis-B vaccine will likely lead to more infections in our kids, increased rates of liver cancer, & death.   RFK Jr.'s conspiracy theories are putting lives at risk.   He must go, NOW.

Trump's corruption has been well documented, but perhaps one of his most outrageous — and lucrative — schemes has been his personal meme coin. Since its launch, Trump has made over $200 MILLION from it while those everyday Americans who have invested have lost BILLIONS.

Limiting access to healthcare that has been in use for decades & has been proven safe & effective is an attack on women.   SCOTUS must continue to uphold access to mifepristone & Congress must act to codify Roe & stop these attacks once & for all.

Trump and Republicans are driving up health costs and making it unaffordable to get care. This is just the latest chapter of their years-long effort to kill the Affordable Care Act. This denial of coverage makes our case for moving to Medicare for All more urgent. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...

Prediction markets have become a hotbed for corruption in this administration & have even become a national security risk. This was the right move to ensure Senators and their staff don't enrich themselves with insider information. White House should follow suit!

This is a farce. Trump continues to blockade the Strait of Hormuz which is an act of WAR.   This is just another attempt to make an end-run around Congress.   No self-respecting Republican should believe this & if they do they are making even more of a mockery of their duties.

Today, after 75 days, Republicans finally passed the same DHS funding bill they could have passed back in February — a bill to fund TSA, FEMA, & the Coast Guard without giving a penny to Trump’s lawless ICE & CBP.  75 days of pure political theater. Total incompetence.

As Trump ramps up his threats of war against Cuba, we must understand what led us to this point: 65 years of a bankrupt Cuba policy. If we want to avoid war with Cuba, we must rein in this lawless President & learn from the failed, bipartisan policies that led us to this point.

61 days into Trump's illegal war in Iran & gas prices are at a 4 year high, averaging around $4.30 per gallon.   Trump broke his promise to keep us out of war and bring prices down. But we can help do both now by ENDING this war which is making us less safe and worse off.

“Our president will start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate," - Donald Trump As Trump's Iran war drags on, remember: President Obama ensured Iran couldn't get a nuclear weapon without starting a war. It was Trump who ripped up that deal.

Trump's sucking up to Putin & his refusal to support Ukrainians’ efforts to defend their democracy has caused 2 U.S. ambassadors to leave in under 2 years. Trump & his cronies want to get their hands on Ukraine’s minerals. They don’t give a damn about the freedom of its people.

Justice Kagan put it best: “Under the Court’s new view … a State can, without legal consequence, systematically dilute minority citizens’ voting power.” This ruling amounts to a, “demolition of the Voting Rights Act.”   A shameful day.

Lady Liberty is crying. Trump is doubling down on his global apartheid policy, refusing entry to real, vetted refugees.   Instead, he is using fake claims of “genocide” to admit white South African "refugees." Since October, they make up 99.93% of refugees admitted to the US.

It's a scary day in America when an actual king behaves more democratically than the President of the United States.

Must be a total coincidence that the FCC launched this probe right after Jimmy Kimmel told another joke Trump didn't like.   The FCC can try to dress this up however they want, but this is just another flagrant attempt to silence Trump critics & stifle free speech. variety.com/2026/tv/news...

More corruption. A top advisor to RFK Jr. maintained a multi-million-dollar stake in his wellness company that could directly benefit from Trump's expansion of Health Savings Accounts last summer.   He didn't divest until November.   The grift in this Admin knows no end.

This "case" — like the last one — is a clear political persecution. The Trump DOJ continues to act as the President's personal attack dog, using taxpayer money to settle Trump's petty grievances. This is blatant authoritarianism.

A huge scam: Trump’s DOJ is now using taxpayers as a piggybank to pay off his followers. 

They have spent $8.5 million and counting of your money to pay off frivolous claims, enriching his friends while corrupting our justice system.

Today, Speaker Johnson and House Republicans once again refused to pass the Senate's bill to fully fund TSA, FEMA, and the Coast Guard. Do your jobs: Quit blocking this and focus on getting prices down and ending Trump’s illegal war!

Outrageous. Trump plans to deny legal residency in the US based on whether he agrees with your speech.   Since when did it become "anti-American" to criticize the actions of a foreign government? Who is he fighting for? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/u...

Political violence has absolutely no place in our nation. Our democracy can only function when we resolve our differences peacefully. I am grateful to law enforcement for their swift response and that no one was seriously injured last night.

The Beltsville Agricultural Research Center helps farmers feed our country. Now the Trump Admin is trying to shutter it.  This move isn't just wrong, it’s against the law — going against legislation we passed last year to protect it.  We will fight this every step of the way.

The Trump Admin admits that its projections of how many tourists would come to the US after he took office were way off. Now World Cup fans are picking games in Mexico & Canada over the U.S. & it’s not hard to guess why. He is driving people away and hurting our economy.

You and your neighbors should not be subsidizing the electricity needs of a data center run by a trillion-dollar corporation.   My Power for the People Act would force Big Tech to pay for their own power needs. We should pass it today to protect consumers from rising costs NOW.

This 5 year old girl lost her father in the Key Bridge collapse & now ICE is deporting her mother. Trump’s ICE operation is going after the weakest, not the worst. This is the kind of inhumanity we must end.

Yesterday, journalist Amal Khalil was struck by an IDF airstrike while she was reporting in southern Lebanon. As rescuers tried to save her life, they were fired upon.

Khalil is the 9th journalist killed by Israeli strikes in Lebanon this year. [1/2]

Last year, Trump & Republicans cut Medicaid & the ACA by $1 TRILLION under the guise of "fighting fraud."

Yet Trump has issued 15 pardons to healthcare execs & others who defrauded $2 BILLION from taxpayers. 
Kicking millions off their care while actual fraudsters get off free.

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is ready for launch! Once operational it will help us see further into the depths of our universe than ever before.   This revolutionary telescope was assembled by the team at NASA Goddard, right here in MD, ahead of schedule & under budget.

The last time Secretary Lutnick appeared before the Senate, I pressed him on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. On Feb 27th, @merkley.senate.gov & I sent him a letter asking him for certain records and to answer questions. He did not respond. The American people deserve transparency.

This ruling is a total betrayal of the separation of church & state. Trump presenting himself as Christ, Hegseth's attempt to quote bible verses, & now this: Are we a democracy or a theocracy? www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

Today, Senate Republicans once again made their priorities clear: instead of working to lower costs and making everyday life more affordable for Americans, they are hellbent on providing a blank check for Trump’s lawless ICE & CBP operations. My full statement:

Instead of focusing on priorities people care about, tonight Republicans are using a procedural end-run to get around the will of the American people & stuff ICE & CBP with billions more of your taxpayer dollars.

Today, Sec Bessent revealed that the Trump Admin plans to send BILLIONS of dollars to help other countries keep their economies afloat while ignoring needs here at home. Once again, the 'America First' president is focused everywhere except the wallets of working Americans.

Netanyahu says he’s 'saddened' by images of an IDF soldier defacing a crucifix in Lebanon. But if he truly cared about attacks against Christians, he’d end rampant settler violence against them in the West Bank & harassment in Jerusalem. Being sad isn't enough, DO SOMETHING!

The Pentagon budget is already bloated. It has repeatedly failed to pass an audit. And now Trump’s war is enriching defense contractors even more. We must not give Hegseth this huge slush fund. He has no idea what he is doing.

Let's be clear: The Trump Admin's vendetta against the SPLC is a sign of how impactful their work is. The SPLC has been at the forefront of exposing some of America's most notorious hate groups, like the KKK. The fact that the Trump Admin feels threatened by that speaks volumes.

During Trump's first year the NIH supported 2,700 fewer projects, including a 31% drop in projects with the word "women" in them. Trump's attack on science is undermining American innovation & more importantly, is an attack on Americans' health.

Trump still has no plan to reimburse the American people for his illegal tariff taxes. American families paid $1,700 more because of these taxes. When will they get the relief they're owed? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Marylanders are paying over $4.00 per gallon of gas.   Trump may have declared victory, but costs are still skyrocketing.    The war he promised he'd never start is spiking the prices he promised to bring down.  Betrayal all around.  www.cnbc.com/2026/04/19/g...

Once again, Trump is threatening war crimes against the Iranian people.    All this could be avoided if Republicans in Congress joined us in voting to end this illegal and costly war.    We will give them another chance this week. They must all be held accountable.