Senator Chris Coons
@ChrisCoons
Father, husband, U.S. Senator from Delaware
The truth isn’t going to magically change in a month. What are Trump and Johnson so afraid of?
Breaking News: Speaker Mike Johnson said he would shut down the House until September to block a vote on calling for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. nyti.ms/4nZtblR
Next week, Americans will be getting ready again to deal with skyrocketing prices for groceries and household goods when Trump’s tariffs kick in. How’s Trump responding? He’s heading to Scotland this weekend to cut the ribbon on a new 18-hole golf course at his resort.
FWIW this country (and some of my colleagues!) urgently needs to get better at spotting fake, AI-generated slop.
Sen. Mike Lee tweeted (and appears to have deleted) what he appears to believe is a resignation letter (??) from Powell
I’m confused. Trump says the Epstein files are a hoax. But they’re on AG Bondi’s desk for review. Also, they don’t exist. And if they did exist, they were written by Barack Obama.
Trump promised during his campaign he'd lower prices on day one. Six months into his presidency, his disastrous, inflationary policies are doing the exact opposite in Delaware.
Local inflation is up. What’s fueling higher prices for Delaware and region delawareonline.com/story/money/bu…
Afghan partners like Zia worked alongside our servicemembers for 20 years of war. Now, Trump is deporting them. Their lives will be in danger the moment they set foot in Afghanistan. If this is how we treat those who help us, why would anyone overseas ever want to do so again?
Targeting our Afghan allies is unconscionable & cruel. Zia S. entered & resided in the United States legally, after serving bravely alongside American forces fighting against tyranny & oppression. 1/ courant.com/2025/07/18/ex-…
We are all God’s children, and for decades, we have cared for each other and the world as neighbors for less than 1% of the federal budget. Republicans are voting to bring that era to an end.
My interns have done great work for Delawareans, and I always look forward to meeting new students who are passionate about public service. If this sounds like you, apply for a fall internship in Delaware or Washington before July 23rd at coons.senate.gov/services/inter….

Scripture calls on us to love our neighbors, feed the hungry, and care for the least among us. Trump preparing to burn 500 metric tons of food—enough to feed 1.5 million starving children—is a betrayal of those values. theatlantic.com/health/archive…
Sen. BOOKER just lambasted Republicans for trying to ram through judicial nominees and break committee rules. Democrats walked out. Watch. 🔥
Why doesn’t Russell Vought want our appropriations process to be bipartisan? Because he thinks that the fewer roadblocks there are to his cruel, unconstitutional agenda, the better.
👀 “The appropriations process has to be less bipartisan,” Vought told reporters at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast Thursday. @ktullymcmanus politico.com/live-updates/2…
My friend John passed away five years ago today. His legacy of Good Trouble continues to inspire my own fight and advocacy against injustice. Earlier this year, I wrote about John's Selma march and what it can teach us about our country today. I hope you'll give it a read.
Delaware Senator @ChrisCoons reflects on his friendship with John Lewis and the enduring lessons of the March on Selma. "Through sustained action and engagement, things change in our country. They can change much faster than we expect." Read his powerful tribute in The Ripon…
Donald Trump has been telling you for years that the Epstein Files are real. If you believed him, now he thinks you’re a “weakling” unworthy of supporting him. Why would you ever believe him again?
When Alvin contracted Ebola in Liberia, we evacuated him and saved him in a Liberian hospital we built. He remains loyal to the US because of our help. In the dead of night, Republicans turned their back on countless people like Alvin to save less than one percent of our budget.
The American people deserve answers about Emil Bove's record—from his involvement with the Epstein files to his role as a January 6 apologist. Instead, Republicans are rushing him through to a lifetime appointment on federal appeals court. What are they hiding?
I believe the package of spending cuts my Republican colleagues are about to make us vote on – cuts to disaster relief, to food for starving children, to health around the world – these cuts would make Jesus weep.
What we are witnessing is an unprecedented use of tariffs and misuse of power. Trump’s tariffs are isolating us, weakening our economy, and allowing our adversaries to prepare for a new economic order where America is last. nytimes.com/2025/07/13/wor…