Elizabeth Warren’s Fuzzy Math

Study: Productivity gains less impressive than Democratic senator suggests
Sen. Elizabeth Warren / AP

A new study reveals that freshman Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D., Mass.) concept of tripling the minimum wage relies on oversimplified and faulty data.

Left-Wing Groups Shape Dodd Frank

Financial regulations pushed by groups with ties to dark money outfits
Elizabeth Warren, former special adviser to CFPB, speaks on of the anniversary of the Dodd-Frank / AP

A host of left-wing groups met with top regulators in the aftermath of the 2010 passage of the Dodd-Frank financial regulation legislation, raising concerns among some observers that the administration’s approach to those regulations could be colored by some of the left’s more radical elements.

57 Varieties of Weakness

Noted anti-war protester testifies at secretary of state confirmation hearing
AP

Sen. John Kerry’s (D., Mass.) confirmation hearing for his nomination to be secretary of state, the highest-ranking cabinet post, began this morning before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.