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Two massive wildfires in tinder-dry California hills and canyons have forced thousands of people from their homes and may have killed at least one person.
Category Archives: Senator Bernie Sanders
Effort to abolish superdelegates fails at DNC rules meeting
An effort to fully eliminate superdelegates in future elections failed at a meeting of the Democratic National Convention rules committee Saturday. At the gathering in a Philadelphia conference room, a delegate for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders offered an amendment to get rid of superdelegates - party insiders who can vote for the candidate of their choice at the convention.
Hacked emails show Democratic party hostility to Sanders
A cache of more than 19,000 emails from Democratic party officials, leaked in advance of Hillary Clinton's nomination at the party's convention next week in Philadelphia, details the acrimonious split between the Democratic National Committee and Clinton's former rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders. Several emails posted by Wikileaks on its document disclosure website show DNC officials scoffing at Sanders and his supporters and in one instance, questioning his commitment to his Jewish religion.
The 2016 Democratic Convention by the Numbers
The Democratic National Convention kicks off its four-day meeting on Monday, July 25, just a few days after the dust settled on the Republicans' respective gathering . Democrats will rally the faithful in Philadelphia, finalizing their presidential nominee as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and marking the first time a woman will sit at the top of the ticket for a major political party.
Bernie Sanders: Most Retweeted Response To Donald Trump’s RNC Speech
If you were on Twitter last night, you saw a tidal wave of responses being sent over the Intertubes as Donald Trump laid out his shrieking and narcissistic vision of America to the viewers for about seventy five minutes. The top tweet of the "Eve of The Apocalypse" speech came from Senator Bernie Sanders , who like all of us, had the same visceral reaction to it.
Clinton to name running mate as early as Friday
Democrat Hillary Clinton, who is running against Republican Donald Trump in the Nov. 8 presidential election, is expected to announce her running mate as early as Friday. The U.S. senator from Virginia is a former Roman Catholic missionary and civil rights lawyer who is fluent in Spanish.
ICYMI: Semi-retired president decides the time is right to revisit the public option for Obamacare
Well, it seems like the public option, a long coveted provision by liberal Democrats on health care is making a comeback. President Obama announced that he would like to see a government-run option to compete with private insurance, which represents another step towards socialized medicine : "Public programs like Medicare often deliver care more cost-effectively by curtailing administrative overhead and securing better prices from providers," Obama writes in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Clinton: I will introduce campaign finance amendment in first 30 days
Hillary Clinton will pledge on Saturday to introduce an amendment to the Constitution to overturn the Supreme Court's Citizen United decision within the first 30 days of her administration, an aide said Saturday. Clinton first made the pledge to overturn the 2010 Supreme Court decision Citizens United, which opened the floodgates for outside money in politics, while campaigning in Iowa in 2015.
Sacramento Bee: Five reasons millennials must vote
And this Election Day, extraordinary though the campaign season is, likely will be no different. The Public Policy Institute of California estimates that Americans ages 18 to 34 will make up only 17 percent of the country's likely voters in November.
The Latest: RNC chief says dump-Trump bid is bust
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren appears to have met with Hillary Clinton as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee considers a pick for vice president. It's the second known private meeting the senator has had with Clinton since she clinched the nomination last month.
Congress OKs bill requiring first GMO food labels
Consumers wanting to know if their foods contain genetically modified ingredients will be able to find out for the first time. Congress sent legislation to President Barack Obama on Thursday that would require most food packages to carry a text label, a symbol or an electronic code readable by smartphone that indicates whether the food contains genetically modified ingredients, or GMOs.
Poll: In tumultuous summer, young Americans in a dour mood
SAN FRANCISCO >> In a summer of political and racial tumult, young Americans are in a dour mood: pessimistic about the fairness of their economic system, questioning the greatness of the United States and deeply skeptical of the way the nation picks its leaders. A new poll of young people between the ages of 18 and 30 finds that an overwhelming 90 percent think the two-party political system has real - though fixable - problems or that it is "seriously broken."
Sanders explains the long wait for his Clinton endorsement
Just a day after Bernie Sanders gave his full-throated support to presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, the Vermont senator discussed the thought process behind his decision in an interview with "CBS This Morning." "I'm standing up for working families and the middle class in saying that Donald Trump would be a disaster for the future of this country," Sanders said early Wednesday.
What do young Americans think on top issues facing the country?
In this July 8, 2016, photo, a man holds up a sign saying "black lives matter" during a protest of shootings by police, in Washington by the White House. When it comes to picking a new president, young people in America are united in saying education is what matters most.
What young Americans think on top issues facing the country
Young Americans have education and the economy at the top of their minds as they think about this year's presidential election. But their thoughts on some of the other top issues facing the country - and which of those issues are most important to them - vary among young people from different racial and ethnic backgrounds.
Danielle Rollins appears at her December 2015 sentencing hearing on fraud charges.
Finishing with a flurry of birdies in four of his last five holes, Austin Fox of Legends Golf N.H. of Hooksett topped the leaderboard with a five-under 67 in the 2016 New Hampshire Golf Association... Leaders in the natural products and integrative health industries met at the University of New Hampshire's organic dairy research farm in Lee Monday ... (more)
No action taken on embattled Lisbon town administrator
Finishing with a flurry of birdies in four of his last five holes, Austin Fox of Legends Golf N.H. of Hooksett topped the leaderboard with a five-under 67 in the 2016 New Hampshire Golf Association... Leaders in the natural products and integrative health industries met at the University of New Hampshire's organic dairy research farm in Lee Monday ... (more)
Poll: Clinton struggles to make inroads with young voters
In this July 8,2016, photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at the African Methodist Episcopal church national convention in Philadelphia. Clinton is struggling to make inroads among young Americans who overwhelmingly supported Bernie Sanders during the Democratic presidential primary, a worrisome sign as she tries to reassemble the coalition that twice propelled Barack Obama into the White House.
Sanders endorses Clinton, and his hardcore supporters feel Berned
"I intend to do everything I can to make certain she will be the next president of the United States," Sanders said Senator Bernie Sanders appeared with Hillary Clinton at a rally in Portsmouth, New Hampshire to officially endorse her as the Democratic candidate for president. "I have come here to make it as clear as possible as to why I am endorsing Hillary Clinton," he said before explaining why "she must become our next president."
Bernie Sanders endorses Hillary Clinton: ‘She must become our…
Sen. Bernie Sanders endorsed Hillary Clinton on Tuesday after a tough-fought primary battle between the two Democratic presidential candidates. Appearing alongside Clinton in their first joint campaign appearance, Sanders said the former secretary of state "will make an outstanding president," and that he's "proud to stand with her here today."