Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders is coming to Los Angeles to campaign for a proposed “billionaires tax” that has set off an uproar in the Silicon Valley and led to divisions among Democrats. The proposal has created a rift between Gov. Gavin Newsom and prominent members of his party's progressive wing ahead of the fall's midterm elections.

Vermont's independent senator said he thinks ICE can be reined in by stripping the agency of its recent massive funding increase and by passing legislative reforms.

A new book about Bernie Sanders covers his time as mayor of the Queen City in the 1980s.

It was no surprise that Sanders, an independent, was against the deal. But Welch, a Democrat, was once perceived as a swing vote in shutdown talks.

A man accused of setting fire to the door of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Burlington office has been found mentally incompetent and unable to assist in his defense. A federal judge ordered that he be sent to a "suitable facility” to receive treatment.

Their statements, all issued Wednesday, came one day after a United Nations commission came to the same conclusion.

Beyond his endorsements of high-profile candidates, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders said he's hoping to encourage younger and working class people to engage in the political process at all levels.

The well-known progressive from Vermont also used the event to boost two Democratic candidates for statewide office in Maine: former Senate President Troy Jackson, who is running for governor, and U.S. Senate hopeful Graham Platner.

At a rare in-person press conference in Burlington Monday morning, Sanders said his office estimates that 45,000 Vermonters will lose health coverage as a result of Medicaid cuts in the "Big Beautiful Bill" approved by Congress earlier this month.

The latest news leaves over $18 million in congressionally-approved federal funding for Vermont school districts still in limbo.