Washington, D.C. – As working families across the country face sticker shock from their eye-popping gas and utility bills, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and a bipartisan group of senators are calling on the Trump administration to take action and provide energy assistance to those...
Washington D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today released the following statement on Dylan Lopez Contreras, the first NYC public school student detained in Trump’s ICE mass-detention and deportation campaign, being released by ICE and being on his way to reuniting with his...
Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) co-led a roundtable with Ranking Members Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) to highlight how Donal Trump’s policies are raising the cost of energy around the country. This roundtable builds on a ‘Broken...
Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor ahead of the vote on Democrats’ War Powers Resolution, slamming Trump’s War of Choice in Iran and urging his colleagues to take a stand against this unpopular war. Below are Senator Schumer’s...
03.18.2026
Leader Schumer Floor Remarks Urging His Republican Colleagues To Stop Stonewalling TSA Funding
Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor urging his Republican colleagues to allow a Democratic bill to be passed by unanimous consent to fund TSA, ensuring that workers are paid and lines at airports are greatly reduced. Below are Senator...
Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) spoke at a press conference on the SAVE Act, criticizing MAGA Republicans’ continued efforts to pass their radical voter suppression bill that would disenfranchise millions while Americans are suffering at home. Leader Schumer...
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:...