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It's a food fight in Congress over genetically modified foods. The Senate is moving ahead on bipartisan legislation that would for the first time require food packages to carry labels listing genetically modified ingredients.
Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders prepares to speak for a video to supporters at Polaris Mediaworks on June 16, 2016 in Burlington, Vermont. The time between the last primary and the beginning of the party conventions is traditionally a slow period in the presidential election cycle.
Since Bernie Sanders first stepped forward and announced his candidacy for POTUS I've followed his campaign with more than a passing interest. It's like he walked out of the tall corn in “A Field of Dreams” and unexpectedly brought the heat.
An African-American pastor who warmed up the crowd at a rally for Donald Trump by urging the religious conversion of Bernie Sanders said he hadn't meant to insult the "Jewish faith." Mark Burns, the president of the Christian NOW Television Network and one of Trump's few public supporters in the black community, spoke in March at a campaign event in Hickory, North Carolina.
Bernie Sanders is back to his old day job, trading the booming applause of his campaign rallies to the far more tedious work of the Senate. "I have a parliamentary inquiry!" Sanders shouted on the Senate floor one night last week, testing the patience of his colleagues, who were eager to leave the Capitol and start their holiday break.
In this July 1, 2016, photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during the opening session of the Western Conservative Summit in Denver. Once a swing state in presidential elections, Colorado has teetered on the brink of becoming solidly Democratic.
Once a swing state in presidential elections, Colorado has teetered on the brink of becoming solidly Democratic. Donald Trump may have pushed it over the edge.
Hillary Clinton was interviewed by the FBI about her use of a private email server as secretary of state, her campaign said Saturday, as federal investigators neared the end of the probe that has hung over her White House bid. Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate, gave a voluntary interview for 3 1/2 hours on Saturday morning at FBI Headquarters in Washington, her campaign said.
I'm writing to ask you to oppose the Roberts-Stabenow compromise language on the GMO labeling bill. This legislation would overrule Vermont's GMO labeling law, and prevent states from passing similar laws.
Regardless of its outcome, the 2016 presidential election will draw a greater percentage of young people into the political process than in the past, according to an elected at-large delegate to the Democratic National Convention. Ryan McAllister, 28, who lives in Discovery Bay, is one of only 10 at-large delegates selected from throughout the state at the convention in Tacoma on June 19 to vote at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, set July 25-28.
The latest draft of the party's platform, released Friday, says the death penalty "has proven to be a cruel and unusual form of punishment" that "has no place in the United States of America." The inclusion of the provision represents a victory of sorts for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders - a longtime opponent of the punishment who has said he is remaining in the presidential race in order to fight for progressive causes.
The more things change, the more they stay the same. That was the message from the Democratic Party to its liberal wing after a hard fought platform battle.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has assured Vice President Joe Biden that he'll eventually endorse his Democratic primary rival Hillary Clinton, Biden told an interviewer Thursday. "Oh, I've talked to Bernie, Bernie's going to endorse her, this is going to work out," Biden told National Public Radio in an interview for "Weekend Edition" that will air on Sunday.
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks to supporters in Manhattan at an event where he went over his core political beliefs on June 23, 2016 in New York City. The Democratic primary is over and Bernie Sanders has all but conceded .
Even before he takes his oath of office on Thursday, Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte'... . In this June 8, 2016 file photo, police conduct an overnight curfew for minors in Manila, Philippines.
Some of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's neighbors are grumbling about a rock wall he's having built on his property on the north shore of the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Some of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's neighbors are grumbling about a rock wall he's having built on his property on the north shore of the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
Long before his life story became the toast of t... California regulators are expected to decide Tuesday whether to drop their longstanding environmental objections to the state's last nuclear power plant in return for its promised early closing.
California regulators are expected to decide Tuesday whether to drop their longstanding environmental objections to the state's last nuclear power plant in return for its promised early closing.
Suspected Islamic State group extremists have hit the international terminal... . Passengers embrace each other at the entrance to Istanbul's Ataturk airport, early Wednesday, June 29, 2016 following their evacuation after a blast.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders says he'll try to block Senate consideration of a bill that would require nationwide labeling of food with genetically modified products, but with a less stringent labeling requirement than the one included in Vermont's law. MONTPELIER, Vt.>> Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders says he'll try to block Senate consideration of a bill that would require nationwide labeling of food with genetically modified products, but with a less stringent labeling requirement than the one included in Vermont's law.