Donald Trump's vain trade war is underway, and it's threatening the livelihoods of workers across the country.

Here in Massachusetts, we export billions of dollars' worth of products every year, from fish to medical instruments to gold. All of those industries stand to lose as Trump escalates the trade war.

Social Security has given American seniors the ability to retire with dignity for more than eight decades.

Yet Republican lawmakers are plotting to undermine Social Security's promise to current beneficiaries and to future generations.

Republicans tried to privatize Social Security the last time they had the White House and the majority. I remember that fight well. Democrats had to work hard to protect this vital safety net program.

I'm proud to be a father and deeply proud of my two children, Patrick and Molly. And I'm always thinking about how to protect the world they're going to inherit—that's a big part of the reason why I'm so terrified of the direction that Trump and Trump's Congress are taking us in.

And the latest one is a doozy: the powerful House Appropriations Committee just voted to allow discrimination against the LGBTQIA+ community by passing an amendment saying it's ok for taxpayer-funded adoption agencies to prohibit same-sex couples from adopting.