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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, motivated millions last election season and now he's inspiring the high end fashion world. Sanders inspired the latest fashion line designed by the french fashion house Balenciaga.
The Senate will be in session around the clock this week as Republicans aim to confirm more of President Donald Trump's Cabinet picks over Democratic opposition. Democrats intend to drag out the process as much as possible using all the time they can under the Senate's arcane rules.
Washington, Feb 6 - Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders called US President Donald Trump a fraud and accused him of falling short of commitments to middle-class voters, pointing to his Cabinet and senior advisers' ties to Wall Street, the media reported. This guy is a fraud, Sanders, also a former presidential hopeful, told CNN on Sunday.
'I'm no fashion maven': Bernie Sanders laughs off his new fashionable status as Balenciaga's use his campaign as inspiration for fall menswear collection Balenciaga creative director Demna Gvasalia recreated Bernie's campaign logo to read 'Balenciaga' and stamped it on jackets and hoodies In response to Balenciaga's Bernie Sanders-inspired menswear line, CNN's Jake Tapper asked the Vermont senator on Sunday's State of the Union if he ever thought he'd be a fashion icon. 'Bizarre sighting at Paris fashion week from Balenciaga.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders accused President Donald Trump of falling short of commitments to middle-class voters, pointing to his Cabinet and senior advisers' ties to Wall Street. "This guy ran for president of the United States saying, 'I, Donald Trump, I'm going to take on Wall Street - these guys are getting away with murder.'
Bernie Sanders grudgingly praised President Trump as a telegenic "showman" on Sunday - but slammed him as a con artist who is selling out working class voters who helped him win election. "I don't mean to be disrespectful this guy is a fraud," Sanders told host Jake Tapper on CNN's "State of the Union."
"The man from the BBC was laughing as he reported the White House's false claims about the size of the crowd at Donald Trump's inauguration," writes Gideon Rachman . "He should have been crying.... This spectacle of obvious lies being peddled by the White House is a tragedy for US democracy.
An avalanche of phone calls is thundering across Capitol Hill as the Senate considers a slew of President Donald Trump's nominations, causing staffers to work continuously to field requests, complaints and other messages during an already busy time in the congressional calendar. Matt House, a spokesman for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, said that as many as 1.5 million calls per day have been pouring into the Senate this week, according to data from Schumer's technical staff.
Betsy DeVos testifies before the Senate Health, Education and Labor Committee confirmation hearing to be next Secretary of Education on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas Senate Democrats, labor unions and civil rights groups voiced their opposition to President Trump's nomination of Betsy DeVos for Seccretary of Education in a joint letter expected to be delivered to U.S. senators Monday, according to the Washington Post .
From populism's left wing, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders drawing cheers during a campaign stop in Derry, N.H., last winter. is a senior economist at Moody's Analytics in West Chester and an adjunct professor of economics at Villanova University The 2016 election season officially came to a close with the inauguration of Donald Trump as our 45th president.
Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, probably survived the grilling she got from angry Democrats last week. When Sen. Patty Murray demanded she promise not "to privatize public schools," DeVos replied, "Not all schools are working for the students."
White House press secretary Sean Spicer takes questions about President Trump's contention of widespread voter fraud at a press briefing Tuesday. The White House on Tuesday reiterated President Trump's false contention that he lost the national popular vote because of 3 million to 5 million illegal votes, as yet another untruth swelled into a distraction that threatens to undermine his first week in office.
THE BIG STORY: He can't help himself, and he isn't helping himself. It may have only been a few throwaway lines in his private meeting with lawmakers, but President Trump has managed to again hijack his own early narrative.
Don't count her out yet! Top Clinton donor says Hillary told him she's still '50-50' on whether to run for New York Mayor He said he will hold off his own decision to run for mayor until the former secretary of state decides what she will do Hillary Clinton is '50-50' on deciding whether or not she will run for New York mayor, a city political insider claims. Supermarket magnate John Catsimatidis said he's convinced that Clinton might challenge current Mayor Bill de Blasio with a campaign this year Catsimatidis, a billionaire who was a Clinton donor during the 2016 presidential campaign, said he will hold off his own decision to run for mayor until the former secretary of state decides what she will do.
The United States officially withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership on Monday after President Donald Trump signed an executive order. The 12-nation pact was assumed to be dead on arrival after Trump was elected president in November.
A college-for-all idea that sparked Democratic voter enthusiasm during the presidential race could now be tested in the smallest state. Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo said she is pushing to make Rhode Island the first state to guarantee free access for every student who wants to go to college.
After a presidential election that many deemed historically contentious and brutal, Americans likely want a break from election campaigns, but Virginia voters unfortunately do not have that luxury.
Two weeks before Donald Trump's inauguration, Moumita Ahmed packed her bags and moved from New York to Washington, D.C. to house hunt. The property she's seeking will serve as a base for activists throughout Trump's presidency, where organizers will meet, hold trainings, and possibly stay overnight while in town.
Flags with the image of President-elect Donald Trump are displayed for sale on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, ahead of Friday's inauguration. On the morning 19 months ago when Donald Trump descended the escalator in his glitzy Manhattan tower, waving to onlookers who lined the rails, many Americans knew little about him beyond that he was very rich and had a thing for firing people on a reality television show.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. WASHINGTON – Donald Trump's choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that climate change is real, breaking with both the president-elect and his own past statements.