Sanders concerned Trump tried to ‘derail’ Russia probe

Bernie Sanders Democrats - a party in search of an agenda Sanders concerned Trump tried to 'derail' Russia probe Senate GOP paves way for ObamaCare repeal bill MORE said former FBI Director James Comey's Thursday testimony heightened his concern that President Trump attempted to "derail an investigation of Russian meddling in our democracy." "What we learned today was deeply troubling and makes me more concerned than ever about President Trump's attempts to derail an investigation of Russian meddling in our democracy," Sanders wrote in a statement.

Jimmy Gomez poised to beat Robert Lee Ahn in California special election

Latino voters appear poised to power one of their own, California Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez, to victory Tuesday in a special congressional election that has turned into a test of the power of two ascendant minority communities. Both finalists for the seat are Democrats who emerged from the April primary as the top two vote-getters in this decidedly blue district in Los Angeles County.

Ireland feels the Bern as Sanders blasts Trump over ‘lies’

US Senator Bernie Sanders lambasted the record of US President Donald Trump when he told an Irish audience that the US president "lies all the time". US Senator Bernie Sanders lambasted the record of US President Donald Trump when he told an Irish audience that the US president "lies all the time".

One Lafayette student’s stint on Capitol Hill

In a flash, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan walked by and touched the arm of Lafayette native Brittany Dupree. That was one moment for the congressional intern One Lafayette student's stint on Capitol Hill In a flash, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan walked by and touched the arm of Lafayette native Brittany Dupree.

GOP looks to hang on in Montana after Greg Gianforte’s incident with reporter

Republicans are looking to quash concerns that President Trump is endangering their majority in the House with a special election victory in Montana on Thursday, but their candidate faced a fresh controversy the night before voters headed to the polls. The Republican nominee in the statewide race for Montana's at-large seat, Greg Gianforte, is favored, but has seen his formidable lead shrink down the stretch.

How Hillary Clinton’s Party Produced Bernie Sanders

For the past two years, virtually everyone who's interested in Democratic politics has asked some variation of those two questions. Sanders is atypical -- he's consistently to the left of almost all of his Senate colleagues, his rhetoric is populist and he's not actually a Democrat -- yet he was able to win about 43 percent of the vote in the 2016 Democratic presidential primary.

A battle of liberal versus more liberal exposes a divided…

Gilbert Feliciano, center, and other delegates supporting Kimberly Ellis chant for an opportunity to speak during a contentious moment discussing the election results for California Democratic Party chairperson on the final day of the party's state convention. Gilbert Feliciano, center, and other delegates supporting Kimberly Ellis chant for an opportunity to speak during a contentious moment discussing the election results for California Democratic Party chairperson on the final day of the party's state convention.

Sanders backers fall short in California Democrat race

California Democrats on Saturday elected a longtime party activist to become their new chairman, after a contentious day of voting in which a second candidate backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders Sanders backers fall short in California Democrat race Russian government promotes conspiracy surrounding murdered DNC staffer Bernie backers fight to take over California Democrats MORE Meeting in Sacramento in the shadow of the state capitol, California Democrats elevated vice chairman Eric Bauman to the top job. Bauman edged out Kimberly Ellis, a Bay Area Democratic activist, by just about 60 votes out of 3,300 eligible delegates.

The largest-yet meeting of the “Resistance” was not as unified as some party faithful had hoped.

An all-star lineup of Democratic leaders on Saturday took turns throwing carefully crafted barbs at President Donald Trump at the California Democratic Convention, but the biggest-yet meeting of "The Resistance" was not as scripted, nor as unified, as many party faithful had hoped. Tension marked the event from the start, with outgoing party Chairman John Burton on Friday night repeatedly shouting down activists in his signature profane style.

Biden disses Clinton: ‘I never thought she was a great…

Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events Hillary Clinton greets Vice President Biden on the tarmac at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport in Avoca, Pa., on Aug. 15, 2016. Appearing at the SALT hedge fund conference in Las Vegas, the possible 2020 presidential candidate weighed in on Hillary Clinton's 2016 candidacy in a way that Clinton supporters sure won't like.

Staffer says Sanders failed to harness liberal energy

A former top outreach staffer for Sen. Bernard Sanders ' presidential campaign says that behind the scenes the operation was at times a mess as the candidate surrounded himself with his own group of insiders and failed to harness the progressive energy out in the country. Cesar Vargas, who was Mr. Sanders ' Latino outreach director, a lawyer and an illegal immigrant here under color of President Barack Obama's 2012 deportation amnesty policy, said the Vermont independent must correct those mistakes if he's thinking about making another run in 2020.

ROBERTS: Thanks God for the nuns

U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi recently stressed many nuns are strong supporters of Obamacare, and are "speaking out" against Republican attempts to gut the measure. In this week's column, Cokie and Steven V. Roberts wrote it would be suicidal for Democrats to ostracize voters like nuns, who back the party's core principles of economic and social justice, but disagree on abortion rights.

Kansas City Tuesday Night Link Look

Dozens of retired teamsters held a rally Tuesday just outside the government agency tasked with overseeing retirement funds. Congressman Emanuel Cleaver joined the rally near Union Station at the Employee Benefits Security Administration Offices to raise the profile of a bill introduced Tuesday by Senator Bernie Sanders and co-sponsored by Missouri Sen. Oak Street, which lines up with the Heart of America Bridge and goes by the federal courthouse, the City Hall and Sprint Center, has seen unending construction over the years.