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By: Marita Vlachou; HuffPost The Vermont senator warned the U.S. is moving “into an authoritarian form of society” under the Trump administration. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday said Elon Musk “is clearly running the show” at the nonofficial Department of Government Efficiency, warning that the U.S. is moving “into an authoritarian form of society” under the Trump administration. White House press secretary

By: WCAX News Team; WCAX WASHINGTON (WCAX) – Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is calling on the Trump administration to roll back cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs. More than 1,000 employees with the Department of Veterans Affairs were laid off last week as part of the president’s efforts to shrink the federal workforce. In a letter to VA Secretary Doug

By: WCAX News Team; WCAX WASHINGTON (WCAX) – Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders joined teachers on Wednesday outside the Capitol to call attention to President Trump’s promises to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. The department, according to some reports, has already started to terminate its civil service workforce. It comes as Trump’s nominee to lead the department, Linda McMahon, is set

By: Sudiksha Kochi; USA Today WASHINGTON – Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., introduced a bill on Tuesday that would cap credit card interest rates at 10% − an effort by two lawmakers who rarely see eye to eye. Credit card interest rates refer to the fee a card issuer charges if a consumer doesn’t pay off their credit

By: Stephen Neukam; Axios Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has launched an investigation into President Trump’s purge of numerous top federal labor officials, Axios has learned. Why it matters: The probe, which Sanders opened this week, is one of the first signs of Democrats flexing oversight muscle against the new administration. Sanders requested from leaders at the National Labor Relations Board and

By: Marco Margaritoff; Huff Post The independent senator said there’s a “small number of very wealthy people controlling what we see, hear and read” that “have kind of caved in to Trump.” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) wants Americans to “stay focused” on the most important issues of our time and has warned about a burgeoning oligarchyafter the three richest men on