Shocking ProPublica reporting reveals a shuttered FBI investigation into hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of illegal donations to Sen. Collins’ 2020 campaign that may have directly resulted in tens of millions worth of Pentagon contracts in return. These are scandalous allegations of corruption for ANY sitting senator. The Senate Appropriations chair, tasked with negotiating the annual Pentagon budget, mired in potential criminal bribery? That’s a five-alarm fire. It burns all the hotter because FBI agents were reportedly given a “50-page document naming dozens of lobbyists, congressional staffers and members of Congress who he said helped him trade cash for contracts.” We demand to know who else is implicated, and we deserve answers. That’s why we need a Senate Ethics Committee investigation to get to the bottom of this now.

Trump just signed off on a $2.8 billion sale of bombs to the Israeli government. And unlike a sale where another government uses its own money to buy U.S.-made weapons, the Israeli government will make this purchase via “foreign military financing.” That means it gets money — taxpayer dollars — from the U.S. government to buy U.S.-made bombs and bullets. You read that right: This sale means BILLIONS of dollars in weapons for the Netanyahu government, bought and paid for by you, the U.S. taxpayer. Rep. Gregory Meeks and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen have jumped to use their positions as ranking members of Congress’ foreign affairs committees to place a “hold” on the sale. It’s a welcome maneuver, but it’s one Trump’s blown through before. That’s why we’re already gearing up for the next phase: the Senate can BLOCK the bombs outright by passing a joint resolution of disapproval, so let’s put pressure on each and every senator to go on record in opposition today.

Allegations of self-dealing? ✅ Abandoning longstanding safeguards? ✅ The threat of more nuclear weapons? ✅ These are just a few of the alarming concerns surrounding an unprecedented 30-year nuclear agreement between the Trump administration and the Saudi government. Congress has the power to stop this reckless deal — a deal negotiated by Trump’s family members and close allies, who stand to financially benefit while creating a more dangerous world. Together, we’ll make sure lawmakers leverage it before it’s too late. Fortunately, opposition is already building across both parties. But as a 90-day clock ticks toward this deal automatically becoming law, lawmakers need to hear from you. That means we all have a role to play in pressuring Congress to act now.

Senators Sanders, Kaine (D-VA), and Van Hollen (D-MD) are leading the charge to change a horrific status quo and end settler attacks and illegal land grabs in the West Bank — it starts with ending U.S. complicity in this violence. When the Senate returns to session, these lawmakers will invoke a powerful, rarely-used procedural rule to demand a report from the Secretary of State on human rights abuses in the West Bank. It’s a report that could result in an END to U.S. arms sales to the Israeli government. We don’t need to convince you that the violence Palestinians are experiencing is wrong; that it’s immoral or illegal. But as U.S. bulldozers and weapons help fuel this violence, we’re reminding you that you can play a key role in advocating for it to stop.

Journalists with NBC News were interviewing a Palestinian woman in the West Bank who had been driven from her home when Israeli settlers attacked — beating them with sticks and throwing rocks at them. This was just one instance amidst a series of Israeli settler attacks that same day. Violence has become the norm for people across the West Bank. But as the Senate returns to Washington, we can change this broken status quo. For too long, Israeli security forces have allowed settler violence to rapidly expand, or worse, contributed to the displacement of Palestinian families. For too long, the U.S. government has helped bankroll violence that harms U.S. citizens. Sens. Van Hollen (D-MD), Kaine (D-VA), and Sanders (I-VT) will be introducing a privileged resolution demanding a State Department report on increasing violence in the West Bank. It’s a rarely used but powerful procedural maneuver because it isn’t subject to a president’s veto. If human rights violations are uncovered, it could spell an end to arms sales and other U.S. assistance to the Israeli government. Let’s get to work.

Last year, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth set out to gut a crucial Pentagon office that exists to protect civilians in conflict, arguing that it was “woke” and at odds with “maximum lethality.” But when he asked America’s top military commanders to back him, every single one rejected the idea. Hegseth gutted the Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Program anyway. Less than a year later, a U.S. strike would kill 156 people at a school in Minab, Iran on the first day of the Trump administration’s illegal war on Iran. This is how Hegseth operates: ignore warnings, make reckless decisions, and then refuse to answer for the consequences. When an out-of-control official abuses power, undermines the rule of law, and harms communities here and abroad, impeachment is the answer. We’ve seen how pressure from Congress and the public can help topple Trump’s cabinet members before, so let’s come together to do it again.

Six months ago we awoke to horrifying news of a new war as Trump joined Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in striking targets across Iran. A U.S. Tomahawk missile had already hit Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, where frantic parents were racing to save or recover their children. More than 150 people were killed — some as young as six. Thousands more have died since the bombs began to fall. Tens of thousands more have been wounded. Tens of billions of dollars wasted. What was true on February 28 remains true today: Trump began this war with no clear objective, no congressional authorization, and no end in sight. As lawmakers return to Washington, they’ll face a stack of votes that can turn the tide: the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), appropriations bills, supplemental requests, reconciliation vehicles. They each amount to one crucial choice: fund Trump and Hegseth's violence, or end the war. Six months of suffering must be more than another grim data point. It has to be the moment Congress renews the debate and takes the votes that can end Trump’s illegal war for good. Let’s remind them who they work for.

We know Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth want more money for illegal wars and vanity projects like the “Trump battleship.” We know they’d make it happen at the expense of healthcare, education, and anti-hunger initiatives. What they failed to anticipate, however, is a massive wave of public opposition, and the powerful ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Patty Murray (D-WA), jumping in to pump the brakes on their proposed $1.5 TRILLION war budget. “I cannot accept a lopsided topline that helps defense CEOs while families get left behind,” Sen. Murray recently told reporters. She’s right. And her stance has made her a target. Now, as the pressure ratchets up on Sen. Murray to fold, particularly from her Republican counterpart, Senate Appropriations Chair Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), it’s critical we — the anti-war majority — let her know we’re with her. Can you help send Sen. Murray a resounding message of gratitude and encouragement to keep up the fight and block Trump’s reckless budget from becoming a reality?

Over the past 350 days and counting, U.S. airstrikes on boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific have killed at least 221 people. More deaths are likely. Defense Secretary Hegseth just announced agreements to carry out joint military operations on land across Colombia, Guatemala, and Honduras, in addition to Ecuador. Since September 2, 2025, Hegseth’s campaign of extrajudicial killings has destroyed lives — and utterly failed to stop the flow of drugs or alleviate the overdose crisis. We see right through the Trump administration’s “war on drugs” propaganda. As we approach one year of illegal boat strikes, we’re joining partners and mobilizing activists like you to send Congress an urgent, clear demand: healthcare, not warfare.

At this point, we likely don’t need to tell you about the risks of a “U.S.-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative” — the plan to effectively fuse the U.S. and Israeli militaries that’s buried within this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). What you need to know is that there’s still a narrow path to stop a dangerous Pentagon-IDF partnership. Here’s the state of play: The House barely passed its version of the NDAA, separated by just four votes, and a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate has stopped its version in its tracks for now. The next critical juncture will likely be during conference, when lawmakers from both chambers reconcile the differences in each of their versions of the NDAA. Then, the final package will get full votes on the House and Senate floor — our last opportunity to defeat this insidious provision for good. It means there's a crucial — but narrow — runway of time for us to work in lockstep with champions who oppose this effort and get other lawmakers to join them. Until that final vote, we aren’t slowing down one second in our work to keep building on the progress we’ve already made and amass the opposition we need to stop a deeper U.S.-Israeli military partnership from becoming a reality.

Destructive data centers could soon pop up near you if folks like Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have their way. AI data centers bring noise, light, air, and water pollution, and create astronomical energy costs. It’s no surprise 63% of Americans oppose them being built in their communities. But tech billionaires and warhawks like Hegseth aren’t worried about all that. They see an opportunity to supercharge AI-powered warfare, and they’re demanding billions of dollars and hundreds of acres to build data centers across the country. Public lands should not be turned into sacrifice zones for an AI arms race — and we need to act now. Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s No AI Data Centers on Federal Lands Act would BAN data centers and associated infrastructure on land owned or managed by the U.S. government, including on military bases. It’s a necessary safeguard, and we need to push every lawmaker to go on the record: Will you protect communities from bearing the energy, water, pollution, and infrastructure costs that data centers bring? Or will you join with Hegseth and Big Tech to accelerate AI-powered warfare?

Trump's illegal war on Iran just entered its sixth month and shows no signs of slowing. A brief pause in the violence quickly collapsed, with strikes reported in Iran, Jordan, Egypt, and Iraq. At least seventeen U.S. servicemembers have died. At least 1,700 people in Iran have been killed. At least $100 billion has been wasted. Congress never authorized this war. More than that, Congress ordered Trump to end it through a historic war powers vote. But once again, Trump returned to the playbook he’s most familiar with — violence. Instead of demanding accountability, Republican leaders are moving forward toward a record-shattering $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget Trump can use to wage more war. They’d do it at the expense of social service programs — food assistance, healthcare, and more — that millions of people across the country rely on. It’s a dangerous moment, one that’s made it clear that you get what you pay for: Investing trillions of dollars in war over the last several decades has gotten us exactly that. It’s past time we turn the tables, which is why we’re demanding investments in people instead.