Bernie Sanders

An omnipresent image showing Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, bundled up at this week’s inauguration of President Joe Biden is now helping raise money to get food to Vermont seniors. “What a fantastic surprise,” said Jane Catton, the CEO of Age Well, referring to news that a fundraising effort will turn a silly meme into an opportunity to do some...

The meme of Sen. Bernie Sanders wearing his mittens at the inauguration is being turned into a sweatshirt, with proceeds going to help Vermont seniors in need.

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ inauguration style is truly the meme we needed to start the year. Find out the story behind them and other symbolic fashion choices from the event that had deep meaning.

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...

Amid all the formality of Wednesday’s inauguration of President Joe Biden, sightings of a decidedly casual and comfortable accessory choice by Vermont’s junior U.S. Senator turned heads and lit up social media.

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...

President-elect Joe Biden announced his nominations for key economic seats on his cabinet on Friday, including nominations for Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo for commerce secretary, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh for labor secretary, Don Graves for deputy commerce secretary, and Isabel Guzman as head of the Small Business Administration.

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.

As the United States continues to roll out the Pfizer vaccine for health care workers and nursing home residents, a number of New England politicians said Saturday they have received their first dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in Washington upon the advice of their physicians. Members of Congress received notice at the end of this week from the Office of the Attending...

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.