Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana Senator Bernie Sanders blocked a Republican resolution to avert a rail strike and override workers. Republicans want Congress to step in and enact contract recommendations, even if workers don't agree. Sanders said that workers deserve paid sick leave, which is the demand holding up agreements. Sen. […]
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Democratic Debate Live Stream: Watch Biden, Warren and Sanders in Round 6
And then there were seven! PBS on Thursday plays host to the sixth Democratic primary debate, live from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Calif. For the first time this election cycle, less than 10 candidates — seven, to be exact — qualified for the three-hour matchup, which is set to get underway at 8 […]
Fox News Channel Signs Sarah Huckabee Sanders as Contributor
RELATED STORIES Another former Trump administration employee has landed at Fox News Channel: Onetime White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has been hired as a contributor, the cable network announced Thursday. Per the official release, Sanders’ duties will include providing “political commentary and analysis across all of Fox News media, including Fox News Channel, […]
Just Messing: Twitter outrage at Bernie Sanders being cast as a JUDAS to Hillary ‘Jesus’ Clinton
Actor Debra Messing has been slammed over reposting a tweet which boldly refers to Hillary Clinton as being a “modern-day Jesus” who was “betrayed and crucified” by Judas – also known as Bernie Sanders. “Today @DebraMessing decided to share a tweet to her half-million followers accusing Bernie of being ‘Judas’ who ‘betrayed’ & ‘crucified’ the […]
Bernie Sanders stood beside an image of a Yemeni child as the debate on ending US involvement in the Saudi-led war intensifies
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Wednesday displayed a giant photo of an emaciated child impacted by the Saudi-led war in Yemen as the Senate voted overwhelmingly to advance a resolution to end US involvement in the bloody conflict. The Senate voted 60-39 to further the debate. A final vote is expected for Thursday. Calls for […]
Bernie Sanders won the Democratic nomination in Vermont’s Senate primary, but he turned it down, fueling speculation he may run for president in 2020
Scott Eisen/Getty Images Bernie Sanders won Vermont’s Democratic Senate primary but is expected to turn down the nomination, as he did in his previous campaigns. Sanders is thought to be considering a presidential run in 2020 and already is on Vermont’s November ballot as an independent. Under Vermont law he cannot appear on the November ballot […]
CNN’s Acosta spars with Sanders after she refuses to repeat that ‘press are not enemy of the people'
Jim Acosta walked out of a stormy White House briefing after press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders would not contradict Donald Trump by saying that that the “press are not the enemy of the people.” CNN’s Acosta began his line of questioning by saying that the journalists “deserved” a reassurance that their work was valued by […]
‘Why should this president have any credibility?’: Sarah Huckabee Sanders goes back-and-forth with reporter 16 times over what Trump meant when he said ‘No’
The White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and reporters sparred during the White House press briefing on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, President Donald Trump said “no” after a reporter asked him whether the US is still a target of Russian-led cyberattacks and meddling into US elections. That directly contradicts what the director of […]
‘You’re a parent, don’t you have any empathy?’: Reporters blast Sarah Huckabee Sanders over Trump tactic of separating migrant families at border
Associated Press/Jacquelyn Martin White House reporters interrogated press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday over the Trump administration’s family separation tactic. One reporter asked Sanders whether she had any “empathy” as a parent of young children toward the families being split up by Border Patrol agents. Sanders argued that the Trump administration has merely been […]
Sarah Sanders was reportedly so frustrated over being kept in the dark during the Rob Porter scandal that she publicly ‘cursed and yelled’ at the White House counsel
Reuters/Carlos Barria White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was reportedly so frustrated at being kept in the dark during yet another White House scandal earlier this year that she publicly erupted at the White House counsel. The confrontation occurred in February, according to The Washington Post, while the White House was grappling with media […]