Oct 16 Trump calls Elizabeth Warren a ‘phony’ over DNA test By Darlene Superville, Associated Press Warren released DNA test results Monday in part to push back against Trump's longstanding taunts about her claims of Native American ancestry. Continue reading
Oct 16 2020 Democrats building ties to power brokers in key states By Steve Peoples, Ken Thomas, Juana Summers, Associated Press Many of the Democratic Party's most ambitious have begun building relationships on the ground in the states most responsible for picking the next presidential nominee. Continue reading
Oct 16 Cherokee Nation says Warren is ‘undermining tribal interests’ with DNA test By Associated Press A Cherokee Nation official said Monday that DNA tests are useless to determine tribal citizenship. Continue reading
Oct 15 Elizabeth Warren releases DNA analysis as evidence of Native American heritage By Associated Press An analysis conducted by a Stanford University professor concluded Warren's ancestry is mostly European but also strongly supports the existence of a Native American ancestor. Continue reading
Apr 12 Watch 7:13 Elizabeth Warren and Mick Mulvaney face off over consumer protection bureau President Trump and Acting Director Mick Mulvaney have charted a dramatically different course for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the brainchild of Sen. Elizabeth Warren that was created in 2010 to curb predatory practices and lending problems. Today those two… Continue watching
Mar 05 Senate poised to ease Dodd-Frank rules for most banks By Kevin Freking, Associated Press Ten years after a financial crisis rocked the nation's economy, the Senate is poised to pass legislation that would roll back some of the safeguards Congress put into place to prevent a relapse. Continue reading
Jan 04 Divided Democrats face liberal backlash over inaction on immigration By Steve Peoples and Matthew Daly, Associated Press With a new deadline fast approaching, Democrats in Congress are struggling to adopt a unified strategy to protect hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation. Continue reading
Nov 29 Facing tax vote in Senate, Trump seizes on cultural fights By Ken Thomas, Associated Press Facing a critical Senate vote on his tax overhaul, President Donald Trump is instead putting the spotlight on a volatile collection of extraneous topics -- anti-Muslim videos, Pocahontas, NFL players who kneel during the national anthem, among other disputes. Continue reading
Nov 28 Families of Navajo Code Talkers decry Trump’s use of ‘Pocahontas’ By Felicia Fonseca and Laurie Kellman, Associated Press Families of Navajo war veterans who were honored at the White House say they were dumbfounded that the president used the event to take a political jab at Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren, demeaning their work with an unbreakable code that… Continue reading
Nov 27 Watch 7:07 Consumer agency is banking cop for American families, says Sen. Warren By PBS News Hour Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., says the law is clear when it comes to who should run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the wake of the resignation of its director. Warren, who helped create the bureau under the Obama administration,… Continue watching