Sanders won't back Schumer as Democratic leader
Sen. Bernie Sanders said Tuesday he won't support Sen. Chuck Schumer as Democratic leader in the new Congress, becoming the most prominent progressive to oppose his candidacy to date.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders said Tuesday he won't support Sen. Chuck Schumer as Democratic leader in the new Congress, becoming the most prominent progressive to oppose his candidacy to date.
Sen. Bernie Sanders is one of the most vocal opponents in Congress on rapid AI development, but bipartisan concerns are growing.
Across the U.S., tens of thousands have been attending rallies held by the Vermont Senator, who says that the nation is moving rapidly toward what he calls an oligarchy influenced by billionaires.
Sen. Bernie Sanders said the focus should be on policy amid questions over President Biden's age that have roiled the political sphere since a disastrous debate.
Police arrested Shant Soghomonian for allegedly starting a fire at Sen. Bernie Sanders' Vermont office.
It would have required the State Department to produce a report on whether the Israeli war effort in Gaza is violating human rights and international accords.
The senator called for unity among progressives because "we cannot have four more years of Donald Trump in the White House."
The investigation is being spearheaded by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, of which Sanders is chair.
The committee was set to vote Wednesday to subpoena Schultz if he did not willingly agree to testify.
Faiz Shakir said of Sanders in an interview with CBS News that if it were an open field, "I'm confident he would take another look at it and say, 'Do I want to do this or not?'"
The House vote to impose a contract brokered by the White House but rejected by some workers was 290 to 137.
