Bernie Sanders

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.

Even as education leaders cautiously celebrate the release of the pandemic aid, they are wringing their hands about yet another pot of money.

At 83 years old, Bernie Sanders has emerged as an unlikely leader of the Democratic resistance to Donald Trump. For now, Sanders stands alone as the only elected official willing — or perhaps able — to mount a national campaign to harness the fear and anger of the sprawling anti-Trump movement.

Senator Bernie Sanders, Attorney General Charity Clark, and Solicitor General Jonathan Rose talk about their efforts to curb Trump's agenda. Then, we hear from local author Nathaniel Ian Miller about his new novel.

Vermont's senior senator discussed President Trump's executive actions with Vermont Edition's Mikaela Lefrak.

Vermont's entire Congressional delegation attended President Donald Trump's swearing in ceremony on Monday. Numerous Democratic members of Congress and other dignitaries skipped the ceremony. But U.S. senators Peter Welch and Bernie Sanders and U.S. Rep. Becca Balint were in attendance.

White-haired hopefuls gathered in City Hall Park on Saturday for their chance to win a grand prize of $17, the senator’s proposed minimum wage.