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Bernie Sanders said in an address to his supporters Thursday evening that he will work with Hillary Clinton to transform the Democratic Party, adding that his "political revolution" must continue and ensure the defeat of Republican Donald Trump. Sanders told his political followers that the major task they face is to "make certain" Trump is defeated.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday vowed to work with Hillary Clinton to defeat Donald Trump, but he didn't end his presidential bid or endorse the presumptive Democratic nominee. "The major political task that we face in the next five months is to make certain that Donald Trump is defeated and defeated badly," Sanders said in a much-anticipated live-stream address.
President Barack Obama, followed by, from second from left, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., and Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., walks down the steps of Air Force One at Bradley Air Force Base, Conn., Monday, April 8, 2013. Obama traveled to the Hartford, Conn., to speak at the University of Hartford, near the state capitol where last week the governor signed into law some of the nation's strictest gun control laws with the Sandy Hook families standing behind him.
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden place flowers down during their visit to a memorial to the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla., on June 16, 2016. Clad in dark suits with their brows furrowed, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden laid 49 roses - one for each of the Pulse nightclub shooting victims - at a makeshift memorial on Thursday afternoon at the Phillips Center, adjacent to Orlando's City Hall.
Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee, which is frightening.We must make sure his hateful rhetoric does not even... Sign if you agree: Presidents do not stop working in the final year of their term. Neither should the Senate.
Education groups in Kansas oppose proposals to amend the state constitution to prevent the courts from threatening to close schools in funding lawsuits. Representatives of the Kansas Association of School Boards, Game on for Kansas Schools and Kansas Families for Education testified Thursday against proposed amendments during a joint hearing of the state House and Senate Judiciary committees.
That's where Clinton joined rival Barack Obama in 2008 for a splashy endorsement - the two rivals had literally split the vote in the town in the primary. But now, more than a week after Clinton clinched the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, Sanders has still not called Clinton the presumptive nominee, has not conceded the race and people close to both campaigns say a formal endorsement is not imminent.
Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gestures during a panel discussion on national security, Wednesday, June 15, 2016, at the Virginia Air and Space Museum in Hampton, Va. The Associated Press Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gestures during a panel discussion on national security, Wednesday, June 15, 2016, at the Virginia Air and Space Museum in Hampton, Va.
Congress has only a few days left to pass a GMO labeling bill through the Senate and House before Vermont's mandatory labeling law takes effect July 1. And while Maine, Vermont and Connecticut have clearly spoken on the issue, there is still discussion in Washington around developing a "compromise" piece of legislation that would pre-empt existing bills in those states. Throughout households in Maine and across the country, this is a nonpartisan issue, with more than 90 percent of people polled reporting they believe they have the right to know whether their food contains GMOs.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Thursday that many Senate Democrats skipped the FBIA s classified briefing on Wednesday about the Orlando shooting attack that killed dozens, and instead chose to participate in a "filibuster" over gun control. "Senate Republicans attended and asked serious questions," McConnell said on the Senate floor.
A public viewing will be held in the rotunda of Cleveland City Hall on Thursday for George Voinovich, the former U.S. senator, Ohio governor and Cleveland mayor. The viewing will be from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Thursday followed by a brief program to honor the well-respected Republican who held various elected offices for more than 40 years.
The marathon filibuster spearheaded by Senator Chris Murphy on the Senate floor in Washington has officially come to an end early Thursday morning. The filibuster ended at 2:11 a.m.Thursday morning.
In the aftermath of the Orlando mass shooting, presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have been in a war of words over how to address threats to national security. And for many Muslims living in Michigan, the words the presumptive presidential nominees of both political parties chose to use when discussing potential threats - especially the use of "radical Islam" or similar phrases - have been disappointing.
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy and Senator Richard Blumenthal depart the Senate floor directly after ending a 14-hour filibuster in the hopes of pressuring the U.S. Senate to action on gun control measures, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. June 16, 2016.
Kansas legislators planned to discuss a short-term education funding fix Thursday to satisfy the state Supreme Court while also debating longer-term proposals for curbing the court's power to force school finance changes. The House and Senate Judiciary committees were convening for joint hearings on both issues.
After more than 14 hours, Conn. Sen. Christopher Murphy ended a filibuster and said he had secured a chance to end the frustrating lack of action on gun violence with a vote.
A Democratic senator ended a nearly 15-hour-long filibuster on the Senate floor early Thursday, part of an effort to force a vote on gun control legislation following Sunday's terror attack in Orlando. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., yielded the floor at 2:11 a.m., 14 hours and 50 minutes after he began speaking.
A Columbia University team published a paper this week on gun ownership rates around the country. The study finds that the highest rates of gun ownership comes in areas with a strong "gun culture."
Orlando gunman Omar Mateen apparently made a series of Facebook posts before and during his attack on a gay nightclub, raging against the "filthy ways of the west" and blaming the U.S. for the deaths of "innocent women and children," according to a Senate committee letter released Wednesday. The killer whose rampage left 49 people dead also searched for "Pulse Orlando" and "Shooting" online on the morning of the carnage Sunday and said on Facebook: "America and Russia stop bombing the Islamic state," according to the letter.
Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee, which is frightening.We must make sure his hateful rhetoric does not even... Sign if you agree: Presidents do not stop working in the final year of their term. Neither should the Senate.