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Andrew Cuomo concedes the New York City mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani, who leads in the first-choice vote
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Andrew Cuomo concedes the New York City mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani, who leads in the first-choice vote

New York City mayoral candidate and democratic State Representative Zohran Mamdani (L) and New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo (R). Angela Weiss | Afp | Getty Images State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani is the leader as first-choice votes are tallied in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, ahead of former New York Gov. Andrew […]

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Trump says U.S. girls ‘could be very happy’ with lots fewer dolls under new tariffs
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Trump says U.S. girls ‘could be very happy’ with lots fewer dolls under new tariffs

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with the media aboard Air Force One as he flies from West Palm Beach, Florida en route to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, on May 4, 2025, returning to the White House after spending the weekend in Florida. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump again is […]

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AOC fundraising soars as the New York rep and Bernie Sanders barnstorm U.S. against Trump
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AOC fundraising soars as the New York rep and Bernie Sanders barnstorm U.S. against Trump

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks during a stop on the ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ tour with U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) at Grand Park on April 12, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez raised $9.6 million during the first quarter of 2025, the strongest ever quarter for the New York […]

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‘Go higher’: Bernie Sanders urges Harris to raise 28% capital gains tax rate proposal
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‘Go higher’: Bernie Sanders urges Harris to raise 28% capital gains tax rate proposal

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 20, 2024.  Mike Segar | Reuters Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on Sunday said Vice President Kamala Harris should increase her proposed 28% tax rate on long-term capital gains, marking his latest divergence with the Democratic presidential […]

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Merck, Johnson & Johnson CEOs agree to testify in Senate hearing on high drug prices
Health

Merck, Johnson & Johnson CEOs agree to testify in Senate hearing on high drug prices

US Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont, speaks during a rally by the People’s Action, protesting pharmaceutical companies’ lobbying against allowing Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices, outside Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) headquarters in Washington, DC, September 21, 2021. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images The CEOs of Merck and […]

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Amazon faces Senate probe in excess of warehouse basic safety
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Amazon faces Senate probe in excess of warehouse basic safety

Peter Endig | AFP | Getty Photos Amazon’s warehouse working problems, which have come less than increased scrutiny in modern years, are now at the heart of a congressional probe that is staying led by Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont. In a letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Sanders, who chairs the Senate’s Overall health, […]

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Bernie Sanders vows to oppose NIH nominee until Biden delivers plan to lower drug prices
Health

Bernie Sanders vows to oppose NIH nominee until Biden delivers plan to lower drug prices

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at a press conference on Capitol Hill about 11 Senate Democrats who sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to invoke the 14th Amendment to avoid a catastrophic debt default, in Washington, May 18, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Sen. Bernie Sanders vowed to oppose President Joe […]

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Eli Lilly CEO vows not to raise insulin prices again, while Novo Nordisk and Sanofi hedge
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Eli Lilly CEO vows not to raise insulin prices again, while Novo Nordisk and Sanofi hedge

Eli Lilly CEO Dave Ricks on Wednesday promised not to raise prices on the company’s existing insulin products again — the only executive to do so before a Senate Health Committee hearing on making the life-saving diabetes drug more affordable. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the committee’s chair, asked Ricks and the CEOs of Novo Nordisk and […]

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Op-ed: ESG investing and 2018 alter in lender rules didn’t trigger Silicon Valley Lender to collapse, says previous Sen. Heitkamp
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Op-ed: ESG investing and 2018 alter in lender rules didn’t trigger Silicon Valley Lender to collapse, says previous Sen. Heitkamp

Heidi Heitkamp is a previous Democratic senator from North Dakota, and at the moment serves as director of the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics. She is also the founder of the A single State Project, an corporation devoted to advancing rural The usa, and a CNBC contributor. Within hours of the Silicon Valley Financial […]

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Sen. Bernie Sanders calls vote on possible subpoena for Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz over allegations of union-busting
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Sen. Bernie Sanders calls vote on possible subpoena for Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz over allegations of union-busting

Starbucks Chairman and former CEO Howard Schultz Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Sen. Bernie Sanders is making good on his threat of a subpoena for Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz on what Sanders has called union-busting activity at the company’s coffee shops. Sanders said Wednesday that the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, or […]

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