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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.
Former "Bachelor" star Ben Higgins found love on the ABC reality show - and his next made-for-TV conquest might be even more of a challenge. The software salesman is mulling a run for a seat in the Colorado legislature, which would be documented in a new "Bachelor" franchise spin-off show announced last week, optimistically titled "Ben And Lauren: Happily Ever After," starring Higgins and show winner-turned-fiancee Lauren Bushnell.
Labor Secretary Thomas Perez delivers remarks after his ceremonial swearing-in at the Department of Labor September 4, 2013 in Washington, DC. Perez was officially sworn in July 23, 2013.
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform members Tom Massie , left, and Ron DeSantis talk on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 15 during a committee hearing. The mayor of the District of Columbia argued last week that assault rifles are "only meant to devastate humans," and that following the massacre in Orlando, Congress must "finally do something" about guns.
U.S. Sen. Christopher Murphy arrives outside the Senate Chamber for votes on June 20, 2016 at the Capitol in Washington, DC. The Senate is voting on four amendments on gun control.
A program that has helped seniors understand the many intricacies of Medicare as well as save them millions of dollars would be eliminated by a budget bill overwhelmingly approved last week by the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee. The State Health Insurance Assistance Program , or "SHIP," is among more than a dozen programs left out of the bill by the committee.
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, June 7, 2016. State Department officials shook up America's generally obedient diplomatic establishment this week with an internal memo urging U.S. military action against Syria's government with the goal of pressing Assad to accept a cease-fire and gaining the upper hand on him in future talks on a political transition.
Democrat Hillary Clinton has won the District of Columbia primary, CNN projected on Twitter, capturing the party's last presidential nominating contest as Democrats turn their focus to the November 8 election against presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. Clinton, who secured enough delegates to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination last week, will meet in private later on Tuesday with rival Bernie Sanders as the sometimes bitter political combatants search for common ground in the race against Trump.
Voters in the District of Columbia are deciding whether former mayor Vincent Gray will return to the D.C. Council, two years after he lost his bid for a second term as mayor. The 73-year-old Gray is running for the Council seat representing his home ward.
Bernie Sanders will meet with his Senate colleagues and with Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, the same day the District of Columbia holds the final nominating contest of the Democratic presidential campaign season. Bernie Sanders to meet with Senate Democrats, Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders will meet with his Senate colleagues and with Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, the same day the District of Columbia holds the final nominating contest of the Democratic presidential campaign season.
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said Sunday he won't endorse Hillary Clinton for president until they meet and he measures her commitment to battling Wall Street, wealth inequality and other priorities that powered his rogue presidential campaign. "I look forward to sitting down with Secretary Clinton and see what kind of platform she is going to support and how aggressive she is going to be," he said on CBS' "Face the Nation."
Graphic shows how states have voted in presidential elections since 1992; 2c x 4 inches; 96.3 mm x 101 mm; No matter the 2016 presidential matchup after the primary campaigns, the Democratic nominee was likely to have an edge over the Republican candidate once the election turned toward the November race. In the past six presidential elections, 32 states and the District of Columbia have voted solidly Democratic or solidly Republican.
"Here we are in June and still standing," the Vermont senator told supporters at a rally of more than 3,000 in the District of Columbia on Thursday night. The event might well be the last of his presidential bid.
After wrapping up his meeting at the White House, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says he looks forward to meeting with Hillary Clinton in the future to see how they can work together to defeat Donald Trump in November's election. Sanders did not endorse Clinton.
Three of Donald Trump's female supporters are starting a new super political action committee to help the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Women Vote Trump is at least the fourth super PAC backing Trump, who has repeatedly called such groups "corrupt" because they can accept large checks from donors seeking to curry favor with candidates.
When we wind up talking about divestment campaigns these days one of the most frequent topics under discussion is Israel, but that's not the only target of liberal activists using these tactics. There's still a major push from the Left to persuade companies to pull their investment capital from the energy industry so as not to be associated with those dirty old fossil fuels.
A panel of 15 party leaders and policy experts - - six chosen by the Clinton campaign, five from the Sanders campaign and four from party leadership - has tried to woo Sanders supporters by scheduling multiple forums for discussion about the party's platform, which Sanders backers are trying to push to the left over the coming weeks. Sanders has made clear he will push a progressive platform at the convention, regardless of his candidacy's fate.
Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican Donald Trump will emerge from Tuesday's coast-to-coast contests the presumptive presidential nominees of their parties. On that, there's not much suspense: Trump has held that title for weeks, and Clinton clinched it on the eve of the votes.
U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan listens to a question during his weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., April 28, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst House Speaker Paul Ryan is slated to unveil the GOP's plan to tackle poverty Tuesday at a drug and alcohol rehab facility in Anacostia - one of Washington, D.C.'s poorest neighborhoods.