Bernie Sanders

The senator talked to Seth Meyers about the national delight over his Inauguration Day outfit.

Who would’ve thought a pair of multi-colored wool grandma mittens would steal the show at the presidential inaugural? But Bernie Sanders set the world ablaze Wednesday when he unleashed his winter mittens at the presidential inaugural… and social media JUST CAN’T GET ENOUGH!

The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum is releasing a bobblehead commemorating a viral photo of Sen. Bernie Sanders at President Biden’s inauguration

Amanda Gorman made the standout speech of President Joe Biden’s Inauguration Day, but a photo of Bernie Sanders bundled up in wool mittens may have won the internet. NBC News’ Kalhan Rosenblatt joined LX News to talk about Sanders’ mittens and more of social media’s most meme-able moments.

With all of the pomp and circumstance surrounding President Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday, who would have thought that a certain Vermont senator’s mittens would be captivating people’s attention? Yet Sen. Bernie Sanders’ brown winter handwear was all over Twitter and Instagram on Wednesday. The mittens, which he also wore while campaigning for president last year, were made in...

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., arrived to the inauguration of Joe Biden wearing mittens

Why the rhetoric surrounding wealth inequality is especially acute this election season among Democratic presidential candidates — and will continue to be so.

Sen. Bernie Sanders may have lost the race to be the Democratic nominee for president, but the independent from Vermont was still interested in joining President-elect Joe Biden’s Cabinet in a role he feels passionate about. Rumors swirled for months that Sanders, who has long advocated for the working class, was jockeying to be secretary of labor, and Biden...

The Senate has no immediate plans to vote on a House-passed bill to increase the coronavirus relief stimulus checks to $2,000.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s bid to unanimously pass $2,000 stimulus checks.

Congress is trying to finalize a coronavirus relief plan and needs to pass a funding bill before Saturday to prevent a government shutdown.

More direct payments to Americans could be included in the next coronavirus relief package. But a fight is brewing over just how much those checks will be.

The coronavirus relief deal would reportedly include direct payments but not liability protections or state and local relief.

Congress aims to pass another coronavirus relief package and a government funding bill this week as millions are set to lose benefits.

The law extends government funding by one week as Congress scrambles to reach spending and Covid relief deals.

As the Senate aims to pass a funding bill, Sens. Bernie Sanders, Josh Hawley, Rick Scott and Mike Braun are among those threatening its passage.

The two senators are reaching across the aisle in a bid to make sure second $1,200 stimulus checks make the final cut in any legislation.

Congress is struggling to reach a coronavirus relief deal as liability protections, state and local aid, and stimulus checks divide lawmakers.

Congress is rushing to extend government funding and pass coronavirus relief before unemployment and eviction moratorium provisions expire.

Congress aims to both pass a coronavirus relief package and avoid a government shutdown in the coming days.