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Oct 13 2026

NEW: Hassan Investigation Reveals Deficiencies & Spurs Action from Match Group to Block Romance Scams

U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee, released today the results of her year-long investigation into romance scams on Match Group platforms, which include Tinder, Hinge, Match (formerly Match.com), Plenty of Fish, and more. The investigation revealed significant issues – including that Tinder had not updated most of its own AI models used to detect bad actors for years and that views of scam profiles on Tinder increased by more than 700 percent between May 2024 and December 2025. Throughout the course of the investigation, however, Match Group introduced and expanded important measures that have helped to address some of these challenges and better combat scams.

Oct 08 2026

NEW: Senator Hassan Presses Trump Mobile for Answers on User Privacy, Scam Prevention, and FCC Compliance Following Reports of Data Breach

U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee, today pressed Trump Mobile – the Trump family’s telecommunications venture – about major red flags with user data protection and the extent to which the company has met key consumer and national security requirements with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Ranking Member Hassan also raised serious concerns about how Trump Mobile and its partners, including Liberty Mobile Wireless, prevent scammers from abusing their services and its multiple data breaches – including a reported breach this month.

Sep 24 2026

Senator Hassan Calls for Immediate Answers on New Taxpayer-Funded Trump Political Ad

U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee and a senior member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is calling for immediate answers about a new taxpayer-funded political advertisement promoting President Donald Trump. The new 30-second ad, which has aired dozens of times on The Fox News Channel and Newsmax, has no clear purpose besides promoting President Trump 40 days out from a midterm election and features a disclaimer at the end that it was “Paid for by the U.S. Government.”

Sep 24 2026

Senator Hassan Questions U.S. Secret Service on $400+ Million Diverted to Trump’s Ballroom & White House Construction

U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee and senior member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today pressed the United States Secret Service for more information on the redirection of hundreds of millions in funds from the agency to White House construction projects. The Senator called for answers on how this has impacted operations, including security for the President and other protectees, and the agency’s anti-scam efforts. The White House has reportedly diverted more than $400 million in Secret Service funding to cover the costs of White House renovation projects – including President Trump’s new ballroom – despite the President’s claim that these projects would not be constructed with taxpayer money.

Sep 23 2026

NEW: Trump Vanity Projects Slated to Cost $1.8+ Billion; Committee Tool Shows Alternative Uses to Deliver for the American People

The U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee - Minority issued a report today with new calculations that find that President Trump’s vanity projects – including construction of the new White House ballroom and the no-bid contract to paint the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, among others – are expected to cost more than $1.8 billion. Using this total, the Committee created an Interactive Cost Calculator where users can explore how this $1.8 billion could instead be spent to lower costs and help the American people.

Sep 15 2026

NEW DATA: Families Have Had to Spend an Additional $4,200+ on Everyday Essentials Under President Trump

While President Trump promised Americans that he would stop inflation and lower gas prices, hardworking families have instead had to spend an additional $4,200 on goods and services since the President took office last year. The updated data released today by the Joint Economic Committee - Minority include national, state-by-state, and congressional district-level costs for everyday essentials.

Sep 02 2026

Senator Hassan Calls for Details on Trump Bank Accounts’ ‘Suspicious Transactions’ that Raised Money Laundering Red Flags

U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee, today called for Capital One to provide more information to Congress about the company’s decision to close multiple bank accounts connected to President Donald Trump for anti-money laundering reasons. As detailed in a court filing earlier this summer, the account closures stemmed from an internal Capital One investigation that identified “suspicious transactions” in line with “Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing ‘Red Flags.’” This comes amidst current and long-standing money laundering issues connected to Trump: For instance, Trump recently pardoned a former CEO – who had been convicted of enabling money laundering that funneled funds to terrorists and sex traffickers – who has been crucial to the success of the Trump family’s World Liberty Financial crypto business.

Aug 24 2026

NEW: Trump Gains $15.5 Million From Oil & Gas Stocks After His Iran War Gives Big Oil Sky-High Profits

The U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee - Minority released a new analysis today which finds that, at the end of 2025,President Donald Trump held as much as $45.6 million in oil and gas stocks, a portfolio that is now worth up to $61.1 million given the sky-high oil and gas profits and stock prices tied to Trump’s war in Iran. And in just the first three months of 2026 – a period that covers both the U.S. operation in Venezuela and the start of the Iran War – the Committee found that Trump bought as much as $3.6 million in additional oil and gas stocks.