Morning Edition · Friday, November 6, 2026Published at 4:52 AM EST · New York

Elizabeth Warren is expected to chair the Senate Banking Committee after Democrats won control of Congress

The White House is separately reviewing an SEC proposal on how broker-dealers hold crypto, and World Liberty Financial, the Trump-backed venture at the center of Warren's ethics campaign, plans a token buyback after a 66% slide this year.

Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, one of the crypto industry's most persistent critics in Congress, is expected to become chair of the Senate Banking Committee in January 2027, according to the Wall Street Journal as relayed by Coi…