Nov 06 Bernie Sanders of Vermont re-elected to Senate By Associated Press Vermont's Bernie Sanders has cruised to re-election for his third term in the Senate, easily outpacing eight candidates. Continue reading
Oct 10 Fact-checking Trump’s bleak op-ed on Democratic health plans By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press President Trump cast the idea as a dangerous scheme by "radical socialists" as he played up potential pitfalls of a government-paid system without citing any of the benefits, such as the disappearance of most medical bills. Continue reading
Aug 15 A handful of firsts, an upset and a surprise concession in Tuesday’s primaries By Matt Loffman Democrats nominated several potentially history-making candidates Tuesday, including the first transgender candidate for governor. For Republicans, the night ended with a surprise concession, while another ex-governor’s comeback bid ended in defeat. Continue reading
Jul 20 Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez to rally Democrats in deep-red Kansas By Thomas Beaumont, John Hanna, Associated Press Two luminaries in the democratic socialist movement — one its national leader, the other its new star — are descending on solidly Republican Kansas on Friday, taking their liberal message to an unlikely area before next month's congressional primaries. Continue reading
May 21 Bernie Sanders announces his Senate re-election bid By David Jordan, Associated Press The 76-year-old Sanders plans to launch his campaign next month with a series of rallies across Vermont. Continue reading
Jan 31 Watch 8:32 Sen. Bernie Sanders on how Democrats see the state of the Union under Trump By PBS News Hour, Michael Rios Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says the U.S. is moving very rapidly into an oligarchy, and his goal is to rally Americans around a progressive agenda The senator, who offered one of several responses to President Trump’s State of the Union,… Continue watching
Sep 13 WATCH: Sanders introduces a bill to expand Medicare for all By Alan Fram, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Americans would get health coverage simply by showing a new government-issued card and would no longer owe out-of-pocket expenses like deductibles, according to legislation Sen. Bernie Sanders released Wednesday. Continue reading
Jul 18 Watch 7:29 Where Bernie Sanders sees bipartisan middle ground on health care By PBS News Hour Will Democrats have a seat at the table now that the Republican push on health care has collapsed? Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., joins Judy Woodruff to discuss what went wrong and the possible path ahead on health care reform. Continue watching
Jul 10 Watch 6:56 The challenge for Democrats in search of a unified message By PBS News Hour Out of power in the House, Senate and White House, what can the Democrats do to gain seats in 2018 and 2020? Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR join Judy Woodruff to discuss the… Continue watching
Jun 26 Feds looking into Bernie Sanders, wife over real estate deal By Wilson Ring, Associated Press A spokesman for the wife of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders says she has hired a lawyer as federal investigators examine a real estate deal involving a Vermont college she once ran. Continue reading