Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor ahead of his meeting with Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, to reiterate his support for the Haitian community and his commitment to advancing the bipartisan discharge petition that extends...
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) led 16 Senators in urging the Trump administration to immediately reverse course on their illegal and dangerous decision to seek unprecedented access to the...
Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor denouncing Republicans for prolonging the DHS shutdown and trying to pass a partisan reconciliation bill that funds ICE and Border Patrol without any commonsense reforms, instead of addressing the...
Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor on the Republican budget resolution that will give billions of dollars to ICE and Border Patrol with no reforms and does nothing to alleviate the dire economic situation the American people are facing....
Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor blasting Donald Trump and Senate Republicans for their costly and unpopular war of choice that has killed 13 American servicemembers and raised prices for the American people. Leader Schumer pushed, for...
Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor urging Senate Republicans to not proceed with Kevin Warsh’s nomination to be the Federal Reserve Chair following Donald Trump’s repeated attacks to the Federal Reserve’s independence. Below are Senator...
02.20.2026
The Pardon Project
THE PROJECT
This project is meant to document the abuses of presidential clemency during President Trump’s second term, with a focus on cases that raise concerns about the administration’s exploitation of the power to reward political allies, supporters, and individuals with direct access to the...
The economic chaos of the Trump administration means nothing is safe – not even your summer plans. Thanks to the Trump tariff tax, and Musk and DOGE cuts and layoffs, everything about our lives is more expensive and more stressful.
Massive DOGE cuts to public lands staff are wreaking havoc on our...
04.08.2025
Doge is Cutting Veteran Benefits to the Bone
President Trump promised repeatedly on the campaign trail, “We got to take care of our veterans” and “I will put veterans first.” Yet his team at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency has slashed the federal workforce, firing up to 6,000 veteran workers and decimating staff at the...
Oversight Reports
09.15.2025
TRANSCRIPT: Donald Trump Signs a Memorandum to Deploy Troops in Memphis, Tennessee, 9.15.25
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President Trump: Hello, everybody. It's nice to have you here. We have some big things to announce. Today, at the request of governor Bill Lee of Tennessee who's standing with us, as you know, I'm signing a presidential memorandum to establish the Memphis Safe Task Force. And it's very...
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President Trump: Thank you. Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you very much. Before we begin, let me express the horror and grief so many Americans at the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk have felt. Charlie was a giant of his generation, a champion of liberty and an inspiration to...
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Stewart McLaurin: This is [Inaudible] through the galleries. They come through those [Inaudible] --
President Trump: That's beautiful. [Inaudible]
McLaurin: And not a single [Inaudible]
Trump: [Inaudible]
McLaurin: [Inaudible] thank you so much for coming.
Trump:...