RT @ChrisMurphyCT: Update: I offered the amendment. Not to refuse acceptance of the Qatari jet; just to prohibit Trump from taking it with….

RT @SenatorDurbin: In voting for the rescissions package to claw back congressionally approved public broadcasting funds, Republicans chose….

When Trump likes the numbers, he cites the work of the BLS. When he doesn't, they're "manipulated for political purposes."

RT @NoLieWithBTC: Wow. Trump announces he is firing the U.S. Labor Statistics Commissioner for reporting that jobs numbers are weak under h….

When Trump tells you there's no money for childhood cancer research, keep this in mind:.He's more worried about his rich friends' evening gowns than America's children.

On this week's Trump Corruption World Tour we truly go international as the President and his son's use the force of America's reputation to enrich themselves while weakening US standing.

RT @NWS_MountHolly: A Flood Watch is in place until 6am Friday. Storms will be capable of producing rainfall rates exceeding 2” per hour at….

RT @NJDeptofHealth: Summer storms can bring flooding and fast-moving waters. Just six inches of fast-moving water can pull you down! Turn a….

RT @GovMurphy: We are anticipating severe storms this afternoon across the entire state with a flood watch issued from 2:00 PM until 6:00 A….

🚨 Another risk of flash floods is expected this afternoon. Please be safe and remember to never drive through deep water. You may not be able to tell just how deep the water is and could easily get stuck.

Over 150 Palestinians have starved to death in Gaza. more than half were children. Netanyahu's claim that there is "no starvation" is a disgusting lie. The Israeli military is using starvation as a weapon. It is a war crime. Aid must be allowed into Gaza, not as a pretext for.

So Trump and Rubio will let convicted murderers into the US but not some 12-year-old little leaguers?.

Just the other week, the Trump administration decided to incinerate 500 tons of food rather than send it to starving people. Now, the Trump admin is paying $167,000 to burn $10 million worth of US-funded contraceptives. Another aid organization offered to pay to repackage the

This action would shift federal funding away from policies that get homeless people into housing first and then offer treatment. Instead, it calls for prioritizing money for cities that enforce homeless camping bans. “Housing first” and “harm reduction” programs are proven to.

When 15 landscapers on their way to work can be pulled over without probable cause and detained by federal officers we should all be concerned about the breakdown of the law. The actions of the Trump Administration are a threat to all of us. They aren't respecting the legal.

On this day in 2009, the federal minimum wage was raised to $7.25/hr. It has not been raised since. There are still 20 states with a minimum wage at or below the federal rate. In 2009, a typical CEO made 167x more than a typical worker. In 2023, they made 290x more. CEO

It’s been 16 years since Congress last raised the minimum wage. (Young people entering the workforce today were born AFTER the last minimum wage increase.).And $7.25/hr simply isn’t enough for working families to make ends meet. My @labor_caucus colleagues and I are fighting to.

My friend and colleague LaMonica McIver is being singled out by Republicans for doing her job and conducting Congressional oversight of an ICE detention facility which was so poorly maintained that an external wall collapsed and four detainees escaped. This censure resolution.

The Founders put the Separation of Powers in the Constitution because they anticipated politicians working for their own self-interest. They didn't anticipate flatterers and brown-nosers would climb to the highest positions of power in Congress. And they couldn't anticipate a.

RT @RepCasar: The Israeli military has killed over 1,000 Palestinians in Gaza seeking aid, and its blockade is starving innocent children.….