ELECTIONS June 24, 2020 Progressive candidates surge in New York congressional primaries With a plethora of absentee ballots to count, the results in many of the contests from New York’s Tuesday primaries remain far from final. But the partial returns clearly indicate strong showings by progressive candidates in Democratic congressional primary elections in and around New York City.
Bernie Sanders June 17, 2020 Bernie Sanders blasts Trump's planned rally: 'Literally incomprehensible' Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., the former presidential contender, blasted President Trump on Wednesday for hosting a large rally in Oklahoma this weekend amid the coronavirus outbreak simply “to hear cheers from his supporters.”
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez June 10, 2020 Sanders, AOC back Kentucky progressive, look to spoil centrist Dem's gains against McConnell Just as a new poll showed Kentucky Democrat Amy McGrath pulling into a statistical tie in her U.S. Senate election fight against the incumbent, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, some other news emerged that could spell trouble for her campaign.
ELECTIONS June 9, 2020 Sanders throws weight behind candidates challenging Democratic incumbents Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday backed six progressive insurgent candidates in upcoming Democratic primaries, including two contenders who are challenging high-profile House Democrats.
ELECTIONS June 9, 2020 Sanders says ‘I don’t agree’ with push to abolish police departments Sen. Bernie Sanders is making clear that he doesn’t support defunding or abolishing police departments – but instead wants more training and better pay for police officers as part of his push for criminal justice reform.
OPINION June 8, 2020 Justin Haskins: This Biden team member's multi-trillion-dollar jobs plan a bad deal for US A paper published in April called on lawmakers to use the COVID-19 crisis to implement the largest federal jobs program since the Roosevelt administration attempted (and failed) to use similar policies to alleviate the economic destruction of the Great Depression.
Bernie Sanders June 4, 2020 Current and former Sanders staffers turn on each other in campaign aftermath Even by the standards of partisan vitriol being hurled in all directions amid civil unrest and the pandemic, a remarkable dispute is raging among Bernie Sanders alumni in the aftermath of his second failed presidential campaign.
Bernie Sanders June 1, 2020 Bernie Sanders says ‘ultra-rich’ have been ‘looting’ America for 40 years Bernie Sanders claimed on Twitter Monday that the “ultra-rich” have been “looting” America for 40 years.
Joe Biden June 1, 2020 Ex-Sanders aide sarcastically calls Biden ‘king of the Black people,’ asks why he hasn’t ‘put an end’ to riots Bernie Sanders’ former press secretary mocked Joe Biden on Monday, calling him “king of the Black people” and asking why he hasn’t “put an end” to riots.
OPINION May 27, 2020 Daniel Turner: Biden bows to radical left by pledging to cancel Keystone XL pipeline – Americans would suffer Joe Biden’s energy policies would create disruptive energy shortages, big energy price increases, an increased dependence on foreign countries outside our hemisphere to meet our energy needs, and a massive increase in unemployment in the U.S. energy industry.
OPINION May 25, 2020 Justin Haskins: Biden's socialists — look who the so-called moderate has added to his campaign Instead of positioning himself as a centrist, Biden is choosing to move further to the left than ever before to satisfy the demands of Bernie Sanders and his radical base.