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Sovereign wealth fund tax on AI companies unveiled by Sanders

Newly released text offers details on legislation from progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., for the federal government to take a 50 percent share in leading artificial intelligence companies. The text of the as-yet unnumbered bill, released Thursday, would put a one-time tax on AI companies with more than $200 million in annual…

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Sanders’ effort to block arms sales to Israel falls short in Senate

The Senate on Wednesday defeated, largely along party lines, an effort by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., to advance two joint resolutions that would block the sale of $446.8 million worth of weapons and equipment to Israel. The first joint resolution would have disapproved a $295 million sale of D9R and…

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Data center moratorium pitched as counter to AI impacts

Leading progressives unveiled legislation Wednesday that would pause construction and upgrades of artificial intelligence data centers, highlighting an issue where voters are concerned and the Trump administration plans to back industry. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., released their draft bill, dubbed the Artificial Intelligence Data Center…

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Sanders looks to block sale of bombs to Israel

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on Thursday filed three joint resolutions to block a pending sale of nearly $659 million worth of weapons — including 22,000 bombs — to Israel after the Trump administration this month told lawmakers it would use emergency measures to bypass congressional review of the sale. The…

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Bernie Sanders Says Trump Hates Democracies And Prefers Saudi Arabia's 'Brutal Dictatorship,' Accuses President of Betraying 'American Values'

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) accused President Donald Trump of siding with authoritarian power while turning against democratic allies.

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Bernie Sanders Says Humanity's 'Greatest Challenge' Is Ensuring AI Improves Lives And Doesn't Enrich Billionaires Like Elon Musk And Jeff Bezos

On Sunday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said that artificial intelligence and robotics could become dangerous if they benefit only big tech companies.

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Bernie Sanders Echoes Pope Leo's Warning On AI, Says Technology Must Serve The Common Good— Not Concentrate Wealth And Power In Big Tech

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) echoed Pope Leo XIV's call for ethical artificial intelligence (AI) development on Friday.

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Bernie Sanders Says Likes Of Jeff Bezos And Elon Musk Now Own More Wealth Than 50% Of Americans Combined, Wonders If Thats What People Are Angry About

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has renewed his criticism of extreme wealth concentration, arguing that the fortunes of three tech billionaires now eclipsing the bottom half of American households reflect a fundamentally broken economic system.

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Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg And Elon Musk Got Richer Since Trump Came To Power, Says Bernie Sanders — New Data Shows He May Have A Point

On Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) criticized billionaires' surging wealth amid rising financial strain for U.S. households.

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Bernie Sanders Says 530,000 Americans Go Bankrupt Paying Medical Bills Each Year — Attacks 'Unprecedented' Income And Wealth Inequality

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Sunday again cited an estimate of 530,000 medical bankruptcies a year, saying it shows why his Medicare for All plan is urgently needed.

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Bernie Sanders Slams Starbucks Again, Says CEO Earns $96 Million In Four Months While 12,000 Union Workers Still Wait For Contract

On Friday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) once again aimed at Starbucks Corp (NASDAQ:SBUX), arguing that the company's priorities are out of balance.

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Bernie Sanders Highlights How Handful Of Billionaires Like Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos Are Controlling What Americans See

On Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sounded the alarm over the concentration of media power in the hands of a few ultra-wealthy individuals.

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Bernie Sanders Pushes Back On Trump Moves To Strip AI Powers From States: 'It Will Make The Oligarchs Richer While Millions Lose Jobs'

On Monday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) criticized Donald Trump's reported plan to override state-level AI rules, calling it a gift to wealthy tech leaders at the expense of workers.

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Bernie Sanders Questions Trump's 'America First' Credentials, Slams President's 'Support For Authoritarianism'

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday blasted President Donald Trump's lavish welcome for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, calling the White House reception and state dinner a troubling embrace of "authoritarianism" and global oligarchs.

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Zohran Mamdani, Schumer And Others Blast Senate Deal To End Government Shutdown — Bernie Sanders Says, 'Tonight Was A Very Bad Night'

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and several top Democrats sharply criticized eight members of their own party for siding with Republicans on a funding bill Sanders says will devastate health care access and hand massive tax breaks to the wealthy.

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Bernie Sanders Says Shutdown Fight Is About Trump Giving Trillion-Dollar Tax Breaks To 'Mr. Musk, Mr. Bezos' And Other Billionaires: 'Must Not Cave'

Over the weekend, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) accused President Donald Trump and his allies of triggering the record-breaking government shutdown because they are funding tax breaks for billionaires while millions of Americans face skyrocketing healthcare costs.

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Bernie Sanders Says Democratic Victories Show People 'Sick And Tired' Of Trumpism

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said a string of Democratic victories on Tuesday, including Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York mayoral race, delivers a clear message for 2026: that voters are rejecting "Trumpism."

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Bernie Sanders Says Trump 'Illegally' Withheld Billions In SNAP Funds, Defying Court And Congress: 'He'd Rather Let 16 Million Kids Go Hungry'

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday accused President Donald Trump of illegally withholding billions in food assistance, charging that the move defied both Congress and the courts amid a nationwide hunger crisis.

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Bernie Sanders Slams 'Stop Hiring Humans' Billboard: Asks How The Workers Displaced By AI Will Survive With 'No Jobs Or Income'

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) slammed a controversial billboard campaign by a Silicon Valley AI startup that promotes the replacement of human workers with AI and automation.

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Bernie Sanders Slams White House Ballroom As Corporate Payback — Says Google, Microsoft Received Big Tax Breaks, Now They're 'Writing Checks' To Trump

Over the weekend, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is aiming for President Donald Trump's $300 million White House ballroom project, accusing the billionaire and his corporate allies of turning political payoffs into architectural grandeur.

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Bernie Sanders Advocates OpenAI Breakup Citing 'Deeper Issue': 'We Gotta Be Prepared...'

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) expressed concerns about the growing influence of artificial intelligence (AI) and called for the breakup of ChatGPT-owner OpenAI.

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Bernie Sanders Slams Jeff Bezos For Reportedly Replacing 600,000 Amazon Jobs With Robots: 'That's The Direction Of Every Major Corporation'

On Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) criticized Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos for potentially replacing hundreds of thousands of jobs with robots, while Elon Musk weighed in on AI's broader impact on the workforce.

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Elizabeth Warren, Democrats Demand Answers About Google's $24.5 Million Trump Settlement: 'The Public Deserves To Know'

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Ron Wyden (D-Ore), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore) have demanded answers from Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google executives about the company's $24.5 million settlement with President Donald Trump.

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Bernie Sanders And Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Blast GOP's Dirty Trick Budget Plan As Government Shuts Down: 'We're Not Going To Let That Happen'

On Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) used a joint video message to accuse Republicans of pushing a dirty trick healthcare plan during the first day of the U.S. government shutdown.

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Bernie Sanders Slams 'Collapsing System' As Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, And Mark Zuckerberg Amass $1.3 Trillion While Americans Struggle To Eat, Pay Rent

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said the U.S. economy is collapsing for ordinary Americans while the richest 1% continue to amass unprecedented wealth and power.

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