Senate Democrats press Trump administration on consumer refunds after tariff ruling
A group of Senate Democrats, joined by independent Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.), are pressing U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer over tariffs refunds following a Supreme Court decision earlier this year that ruled certain Trump administration tariffs were illegal. The letter, signed by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Richard Blumenthal…
Former US Vice President Kamala Harris has joined forces with Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on the campaign trail. Harris appeared with El-Sayed at a roundtable discussion on Black maternal health in Detroit. According to The Guardian US, Harris lost the state to Donald Trump in the 2024 elections.
Harris and El-Sayed were joined at the event by other attendees, where they discussed women's access to care. El-Sayed, a progressive candidate, is running against Republican Mike Rogers for the Senate seat being vacated by a retiring Democrat. If elected, El-Sayed would be the first Muslim member of the US Senate.
The campaign stop is seen as an effort by Democrats to hold a crucial battleground seat in Michigan, which is central to their hopes of winning control of the Senate in November. Harris highlighted the importance of the Senate seat, noting that it is a six-year term, according to The Hill.
Brief written by urgent.news from PBS NewsHour, The Guardian US, Free Malaysia Today, CBS News, The Hill — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
