Tag: Bernie Sanders

President Donald Trump talks with reporters as he reviews border wall prototypes, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, in San Diego.

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White House opposes trading 3-year DACA extension for 3 years of border wall money

Sarah Bedford · March 14, 2018 6:33 pm

Yasiel Puig grew up on scorched diamonds where sugarcane doubled for outfield fencing and pick-up games ended when the sun went down. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

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Yasiel Puig defected from Cuba before signing with the Dodgers. He knows enough about socialist utopias, Bernie Sanders

Philip Wegmann · March 12, 2018 6:58 pm

"I will tell you this: John McCain's political views are very different than mine, but John McCain, I consider to be a friend, somebody I've worked with one veterans' issues," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Bernie Sanders praises John McCain as ‘widely respected’ with a ‘unique place in the Senate’

Melissa Quinn · March 10, 2018 9:43 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., reportedly said that although the Stormy Daniels story is worth covering, the network should be focused on more pressing issues. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Bernie Sanders takes a dig at CNN coverage of Stormy Daniels at SXSW

Mandy Mayfield · March 9, 2018 10:56 pm

"We Democrats need to do away with superdelegates once and for all. They are given undue influence and make the presidential nominating process less democratic. Glad to see the DNC giving this a real look," Tim Kaine tweeted. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Tim Kaine endorses proposal to ‘do away with superdelegates once and for all’

Anna Giaritelli · March 9, 2018 5:36 pm

In February, the Justice Department announced indictments against 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, pool)

Vladimir Putin on Russian interference in 2016 election: ‘These are not my problems’

Anna Giaritelli · March 9, 2018 2:46 pm

Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Michael Moore will meet "to talk about extreme poverty in America," Sanders told HuffPost. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Three millionaires discuss income inequality: Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Michael Moore plan town hall

Philip Wegmann · March 8, 2018 8:16 pm

President Trump is expected to announce a 25 percent tariff on steel and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum this week. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Republicans will let tariffs ruin the economy, because they are afraid of angering Trump

Philip Wegmann · March 8, 2018 6:46 pm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has previously chided the Democratic National Committee and last November said the Democrat's 2016 primary had been "rigged" in favor of Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Elizabeth Warren donates $5,000 to every state Democratic Party, $15,000 to DNC

Diana Stancy Correll · March 8, 2018 4:19 am

Supporters of two Obamacare stabilization bills are looking into adding protections that prevent the money from funding abortions into a must-pass, two-year spending bill Congress is expected to take up this month. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., said, "Hyde language needs to be in whatever we do." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House Republicans seek anti-abortion protections in Obamacare stabilization bills

Robert King · March 8, 2018 12:27 am

it seems the early winds of the midterms continue to lay bare a Democratic Party beset with internal friction and a disconnected establishment in Washington that thinks they know better than the voters outside the Beltway. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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In 2018, it’s still good to be a political outsider

Capri Cafaro · March 7, 2018 9:49 pm

Rep. Keith Ellison, center, D-Minn., is now the lead sponsor of the Expanded and Improved Medicare For All Act after receiving unanimous consent on Wednesday. The bill would would move everyone in the country from private healthcare coverage and Medicaid onto Medicare.

Keith Ellison becomes lead House Democrat on ‘Medicare for All’ bill

Kimberly Leonard · March 7, 2018 7:37 pm