Peter Welch

U.S. officials had given Israel 30 days to increase humanitarian aid to Gaza, or risk limits to arms transfers. The deadline passed Tuesday. Humanitarian groups, the United Nations and news outlets say conditions in Gaza remain catastrophic, including ”imminent” famine in northern Gaza.

Vermont's junior U.S. senator said "administrative bloat and bureaucratic inefficiency" at the Federal Emergency Management Agency are consuming resources that would otherwise go to disaster survivors.

U.S. Sen. Peter Welch says he envisions an entirely new federal disaster response system, in which state and local entities would be authorized to distribute the billions of dollars in public and individual assistance that are currently administered by FEMA.

Middlebury political scientist Matthew Dickinson and politician-turned-journalist Myers Mermel discuss news from the Biden and Trump campaigns.

Vermont's Rep. Becca Balint and Sens. Peter Welch and Bernie Sanders thanked President Biden for his years of service following news Sunday that he was dropping his bid for re-election. Only Balint immediately endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the party's next nominee.

U.S. Sen. Peter Welch said President Joe Biden's debate performance, coupled with worsening polling numbers in key states, pushed him to call for the president's withdrawal from the race. Welch said he supports an open process to identify a candidate who can beat Trump.

Peter Welch has become the first Democratic U.S. senator to call for President Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race.

Sen. Bernie Sanders says he’s not confident President Joe Biden can win the election this fall in the wake of last week's debate. But like most of the rest of the Democrats in Congress, he says he does not want Biden to step aside.

Vermont's junior senator joined Vermont Edition to discuss flood resiliency, the Rural Recovery Act, and nonprofit theater funding.

Sen. Peter Welch and Rep. Becca Balint each said the verdict indicated the strength of the American judicial system.