By a 14-13 vote along party lines, the Senate Finance Committee voted to move Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s HHS nomination to the ...

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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 20: Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) (L) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) head for ... [+] the Senate Chamber for a procedural vote on the bipartisan federal omnibus spending ...

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Wednesday some of the bold steps that billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has taken to tackle waste in the federal government are “illegal.” “Nothing ...

Sen. Bernie Sanders fired shots at President Donald Trump's administration, Elon Musk and Amazon during his cable television appearance this past weekend. Appearing on the CBS news program "Face ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...

Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., introduced legislation that would cap credit interest rates at 10% immediately upon the bill's enactment into law. The cap would then remain ...

An unlikely duo is working together in the Senate to make good on one of President Donald Trump's campaign pledges. Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., introduced a new bill on ...

Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri would curb credit-card annual percentage rates, or APRs, at 10% for five years. The interest rates that card issuers charge customers ...

Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., received a letter Wednesday containing an “unidentified substance,” according to a release from the senator. The office followed “standard procedure,” and government ...

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) are expected to introduce bipartisan legislation in the Senate on ...