Bernie Sanders calls vote on Starbucks’ Howard Schultz subpoena

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 ...

Nikki Haley Angers, Distances Voters With Ageist And Ableist Remark

While older voters may be accepting of Nikki Haley’s call for a new generation of leaders, they are … [+] less supportive of her call for mandatory competency tests for politicians age 75 ...

Bernie Sanders Proposes Tax On Robots That Take Jobs Away From Workers

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks to members of the press outside the West Wing of the White … [+] House on January 25, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Getty Image...

Bernie Sanders hints at Starbucks CEO Schultz subpoena

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) (L), Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Reuters (L) | Getty Images (R) Sen. Bernie Sanders hinted that lawmakers could subpoena Howard Schultz to compel the outgoing Starbucks ...

Key Senate Democrats push Southwest CEO for answers on holiday meltdown

Southwest Airlines Executive Vice President Bob Jordan speaks as he is interviewed by CNBC outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., December 9, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reute...

Bernie Sanders urges Moderna not to hike vaccine price

Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday urged Moderna not to quadruple the price of its Covid-19 vaccine once distribution of the shots moves to the commercial market. In a letter to Moderna CEO Stephane Bance...

Senate Votes To Avert Rail Strike—But Denies Railroad Workers’ Request For 7 Paid Sick Days

Topline The Senate approved a new contract between railroad companies and labor unions on Thursday in a last-minute vote, ahead of a December 9 deadline that could trigger a nationwide railroad strike...

What ‘millionaire tax’ plans on California, Massachusetts ballots mean for taxpayers

How states plan to spend ‘millionaire tax’ revenue While the proposed taxes sound similar, there are differences in how each state plans to use the revenue.  In Massachusetts, assuming vot...

Blonde Mystery Woman ‘Perla’ At Center Of Martha’s Vineyard Migrant Controversy

Topline Examples grow of a blonde mystery woman in San Antonio, Texas, who may have misled some of the 50 Venezuelan migrants who arrived on Martha’s Vineyard Wednesday into thinking they were going s...

Can Joe Manchin And Democrats Deliver On Permitting Reform?

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) looks to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) after U.S. President … [+] Joe Biden signs The Inflation Reduction Act. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Getty Im...

Jim Douglas, Successful Republican In Liberal Vermont, Talks Taxes, Bernie, China, “Woke” Middlebury

In 2010, then Vermont Governor Jim Douglas, left, with President Barack Obama at the White House in 2010. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Barack Obama; Jim Douglas Bloomber...

Key events on the path to student loan forgiveness

A woman holds a sign during an Occupy Wall Street rally against the high cost of college tuitions April 25, 2012 in New York. Don Emmert | Afp | Getty Images For the millions of Americans with student...

‘These Kinds Of Discussions Are Good For The Country’

Fox News Channel anchor Bret Baier Fox News Channel Fox News Channel anchor Bret Baier wonders if the U.S. Senate—once called the world’s greatest deliberative body—can escape the polarization of Wash...

John Fetterman Supports Soda Taxes & Claims They Aren’t Regressive, But Bernie Sanders Begs To Differ

Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman (D – PA), now Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate (Photo by Mark … [+] Makela/Getty Images) Getty Images Soda taxes are once again back in the news thanks...

Bernie Sanders Reportedly Won’t Rule Out 2024 Presidential Bid—But Only If Biden Doesn’t Run

Topline Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) might mount a third presidential bid if President Joe Biden chooses not to seek another term, according to a memo obtained by the Washington Post, but the suggestio...

There’s a growing interest in wealth taxes on the super-rich

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks during a Senate Finance Committee nomination hearing on Feb. 23, 2021. Greg Nash | Pool | Reuters Americans increasingly favor a wealth tax on the ultra-rich. But despit...