Tag: senators
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Republican senators offer mixed reactions to the Pete Hegseth police report
Senate Republicans offered mixed responses Thursday to President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Pete Hegseth, a Fox News personality accused of sexual assault, to lead the Defense Department following the release of a police report concerning sexual assault allegations against him. Some senators defended Trump’s pick, while others voiced some trepidation, and one senator told NBC…
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Senators take aim at big private equity landlords as rents soar
As Wall Street financiers snapped up huge swaths of the nation’s rental housing market in recent years, the deals sailed through unchallenged. Now, with the costs of renting an apartment or home out of reach for a growing number of Americans, four Democratic senators say these transactions need more scrutiny. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., sent…
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Democratic senators slam McDonald’s for menu price hikes
Three Democratic senators are asking McDonald’s about its menu price hikes in recent years, arguing that the increases are higher than they should be — even with inflation and rising operating costs. In a letter sent Monday afternoon, Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania and Ron Wyden of Oregon demanded that McDonald’s…