Elizabeth Warren is ready to go big against corporate America - POLITICO

According to an initial rundown of her plans provided to POLITICO by a Warren Banking aide, the Massachusetts Democrat is preparing to use her new perch to confront corporate America on multiple fronts, from investigations to legislation aimed at curbing corporate power. As Banking chair, Warren will be in charge of a wide-ranging policy portfolio that includes banking, housing, cryptocurrency, the Federal Reserve and more…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/11/09/warren-senate-banking-democrat-chair-wall-street-corporate-tech-01155914 

Congressional Progressive Caucus chair lays out strategy to ‘wield our power’ - Live Updates - POLITICO

“While we oppose [Trump] strongly on the vast majority of fronts, we should send bills to his desk that would lower prices and raise paychecks. If he signs them, good. If he vetoes those bills, that will propel us to a continued Democratic majority and a trifecta where a Democratic president can sign these proposals into law,” he said…

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/11/06/congress/congressional-progressive-caucus-power-casar-01154496 

Bills introduced to help victims of deed fraud in Michigan

"The fraudsters typically prey on low income people, minority communities," McCarty said. "Detroit seems to be a place that is specifically hard-hit by deed fraud. And so as you can imagine, the people in those situations especially don't have the resources to fight these frauds."…

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/criminal-justice-legal-system/2026-10-25/bills-introduced-to-help-victims-of-deed-fraud-in-michigan

 

House Democrats Introduce Bill to Help Wrongfully Detained Citizens Sue ICE — ProPublica

“We recently reported that more than 500 American citizens have been detained by immigration agents. Now House members are moving to make it easier for those detained to seek justice through the courts…” 

https://www.propublica.org/article/american-citizens-wrongfully-detained-ice-bill 

 

Bills seek to "incentivize" faster power restoration by hiking outage credits for customers

Utility bill credits for power outages would be significantly higher under legislation introduced by state Senate Democrats. .

The credits would start out at $5 an hour, in the first hour a customer loses power, and ratchet up to $25 an hour after 72 hours without electricity…

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/transportation-infrastructure/2026-10-10/bills-seek-to-incentivize-faster-power-restoration-by-hiking-outage-credits-for-customers

 

New Michigan laws crack down on gift card fraud

Beardslee said it’s a crime people often don’t report after finding out their new gift card doesn’t work. 

“A lot of times they assume they just got a dud, or it goes unreported and it’s maybe the value they put on it was just not so much they wanted to go back and redeem it. It’s hard to quantify exactly how much it is but it’s certainly something that’s been seen all over the country,” he said…

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/criminal-justice-legal-system/2026-10-05/new-michigan-laws-crack-down-on-gift-card-fraud

 

The Mike Rogers story nobody's telling you

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wQkDujVW2iY

 

Top Democratic appropriator wants White House to pay for airing 'propaganda' - Live Updates - POLITICO

Sen. Patty Murray is proposing to dock the Office of Management and Budget for violations…

 https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/10/01/congress/penalties-for-propaganda-ads-01103825

 

Senate Democrats block datacenter bill

Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked legislation intended to offset the impact of datacenters on consumer electricity bills, calling it a “toothless” attempt to address a top voter concern ahead of November’s midterm elections…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/30/senate-datacenter-energy-bill

 

Cruz kills Blackburn effort to pass AI deepfakes bill - Live Updates - POLITICO

“Our bill would establish clear guardrails that protect our creators in Tennessee and across the entire country, in addition to establishing a federal intellectual property right in every American’s voice and visual likeness,” she said in a floor speech…

 https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/09/30/congress/cruz-says-no-to-no-fakes-act-01100986

 

Cruz blocks Senate Democrats’ bid to pass AI safety bill - Live Updates - POLITICO

Warner, Schatz and Kim’s new bill would have established a new safety board within the Commerce Department to vet models before they are deployed and set safety standards for the industry. It would also have created a reporting process for safety and security incidents…

 https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/09/29/congress/cruz-blocks-senate-democrats-bid-to-pass-ai-safety-bill-01097480

 

Judges Keep Striking Down Climate Laws. Some States Are Fighting Back. – Mother Jones

Hollins, who introduced and co-sponsored Minnesota’s superfund bill earlier this year, told me that Minnesotans could face $20 billion or more in climate-related costs by 2040. “That’s roughly a third of our state’s current budget,” she said. Her state’s superfund legislation would charge major polluters for damages to bridges, roads, and buildings caused by greenhouse gas emissions. That money would pay for natural disaster recovery, infrastructure projects, and public health efforts linked to pollution. 

Infrastructures costs, Hollins notes, are inevitably going to rise. “So is it taxpayers who are going to pay for it?” she asks. “Or is it billionaires?”

 https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/09/climate-superfund-new-york-supreme-court-suncor-boulder/

 

Newsom signs laws targeting ICE with shock glove ban, detention center tax - POLITICO

“California is taking action to strengthen transparency, accountability, and oversight around immigration enforcement in our state,” Newsom said in a statement. “This is about stepping up where the federal government has failed our communities.”…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/29/ca-shock-glove-ban-signed-01094029

 

US senators propose legislation to limit ICE arrests and indefinite detention

Exclusive: Democrats Dick Durbin of Illinois and Alex Padilla of California seek to prevent unlawful arrests…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/25/ice-legislation-dick-durbin-alex-padilla

 

Sen. Bernie Sanders unveils bill to ban artificial superintelligence and create Department of AI | PBS News

"It doesn't take a genius to say, 'slow it down,'" Sanders, I-Vt., said in an interview with AP. "Do we really want to develop a super intelligence that when it becomes smarter than human beings could act independently of human control? I don't think we do."…

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/sen-bernie-sanders-unveils-bill-to-ban-artificial-superintelligence-and-create-department-of-ai 

Mike Johnson boasts about Congress' productivity despite its lack of productivity

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FoAbIWTPM_w

 

Where are the GOP bills to lower prices?!

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_S1Uv9nA_RY

Ilhan Omar brings bill to make ICE ‘pay the price’ for terrorizing communities

“For over a year, ICE has been tearing through our nation, leading racist terror campaigns that have caused devastating damage to our cities, to our businesses, and to the lives of our constituents,” said Omar, who represents Minnesota’s fifth congressional district, covering the city of Minneapolis and surrounding suburbs… 

 Omar added: “In Minneapolis, Operation Metro Surge cost our community nearly $700m. We have a moral responsibility to end this abuse of power. Our bill will force ICE to pay the price for the damage they’ve left in their wake and ensure that these devastating operations can never be repeated.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/17/ilhan-omar-ice-bill 

 

Trump crypto empire looms over Senate showdown

Democrats want concessions on several parts of the bill — but most importantly, they say a government ethics provision included in the latest GOP text doesn’t go far enough in restricting President Donald Trump’s ability to profit off his family’s crypto ventures…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/15/trump-crypto-empire-looms-over-senate-showdown-01076494

 

Chemical industry backed laws in three US states to restrict use of air pollution data

As public air monitors disappear, federal rollbacks and state laws are making it harder than ever to know what’s in the air…

 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/10/us-chemical-industry-air-pollution-monitors