Sanders, Warren lend star power to Dem Senate hopefuls

Bernie Sanders Sanders, Warren lend star power to Dem Senate hopefuls Anxious Dems urge Clinton to open up Dakota pipeline becomes new flashpoint MORE Elizabeth Warren Sanders, Warren lend star power to Dem Senate hopefuls Overnight Healthcare: Ryan digs in over Planned Parenthood fight Overnight Finance: Wells Fargo fined 5M for fake accounts are taking their progressive star power to the campaign trail to help Democratic candidates in marquee Senate races around the country.

Sanders suggests lowering the bar for third-party candidates to take part in presidential debates

Hillary Clinton appears with Bernie Sanders at a rally in July in Portsmouth, N.H. Bernie Sanders, the runner-up for the Democratic presidential nomination, said Sunday that the threshold should probably be lower for third-party candidates such as Libertarian Gary Johnson to take part in the fall debates. Sanders, an independent senator from Vermont, was asked about the current 15 percent polling threshold during an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press."

Senate Democrats Get New Ally – Bernie Sanders

Sanders will help raise money, attend rallies for Senate candidates, but he won't turn over donor list to DSCC Sen. Bernie Sanders's post-Labor Day blitz will be the first time since his presidential run ended almost two months ago that he has helped Democrats as they try to win a majority in the Senate. The senator from Vermont is preparing a post-Labor Day blitz of campaign activity, according to three sources briefed on his plans, offering what Democratic leaders hope will be a late-in-the-race boost from the liberal icon to the party's slate of Senate candidates.

The rise of Tulsi: While congresswoman bucks political trends,…

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard stood before the nation on a stage in Philadelphia as a woman of the people, starkly juxtaposed to the corruption that left the Democratic Party reeling. Leaked emails indicated several of the party committee's major players - namely its chair, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz - had intentionally subverted the presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders in favor of the establishment candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Exclusive – Breitbart/Gravis Poll: Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump Now…

Exclusive: 'Black Men for Bernie' Founder to End Democrat 'Political Slavery' of Minority Voters... by Campaigning for Trump - Black Men for Bernie founder Bruce Carter's mission to restore black communities didn't end when Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders lost to Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary.

Trump, aiming to widen support, makes pitch to Hispanics

Visiting a battleground state he can't afford to lose, Donald Trump promised Hispanics "a much better life" on Wednesday in a Florida speech that continued his recent effort to soften his tone and broaden his support 11 weeks before the presidential election. The Republican presidential candidate also repeated his promise to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border to keep out immigrants, underscoring the tricky balancing act he faces in retaining backing from conservatives while beckoning to moderates for their votes.

Now the FBI is probing whether Russian intelligence-backed hackers…

The FBI is investigating cyber intrusions targeting reporters of The New York Times and is looking into whether Russian intelligence agencies are responsible for the acts, a U.S. official said Tuesday. The cyberattacks are believed to have targeted individual reporters, but investigators don't believe the newspaper's entire network was compromised, according to the official, who was briefed on the investigation but was not authorized to discuss the matter by name and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Dona t throw a fit if your candidate loses

I do not know if American democracy will survive this bizarre election year, but if it does not make it, I can predict the cause of death. The smoking gun will be the growing, highly toxic, self-serving, and baseless belief that whenever one's favored candidate, party or issue loses an election, it must be because "the system" was "rigged" by the winning side.

This chart shows how quickly college tuition has skyrocketed…

Student-loan debt in the US has grown to a staggering $1.3 trillion , and many policymakers refer to the seemingly inexorable levels of mounting debt as a crisis. Some, like Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, have suggested plans to provide college for free or at least, minimal cost.

The Latest: Bill Clinton: Private email server ‘a mistake’

Bill Clinton says it was a mistake for Hillary Clinton to maintain a personal email server even though her predecessors and her successor at the State Department did it. But he said she should have known that there would be a different set of rules applied to her if she ran for the presidency.

Sen. Bernie Sanders buys lakefront home for nearly $600,000

Fresh off the presidential campaign trail, the self-described Democratic socialist bought a seasonal waterfront home on Lake Champlain in North Hero, Vermont, for $575,000. A Sanders spokesman says the senator and his wife Jane also own a row house in Washington, D.C., and a home in Burlington, Vermont.

Bloomberg Poll: Clinton Up 6 on Trump in Two-Way Race

Hillary Clinton has retained most of the bounce she received after the Democratic National Convention and now enjoys a 6-point lead over Donald Trump in a two-way contest among likely voters. The Democratic presidential nominee's advantage in a new Bloomberg Politics national poll is smaller than in some surveys conducted the week after her convention, including some that sampled registered voters, a broader group.

Buchholz the ‘Bernie-crat,’ likes his chances against Kind in Tuesday’s Wisconsin primary

The Democratic candidate for congress is on the ballot facing off against longtime incumbent Ron Kind on Tuesday in western Wisconsin. Buchholz said the allegiance he has to Bernie Sanders and the Vermont Senator's ideas could really help him at the polls.