Jane O’Meara Sanders, the wife and senior political advisor of former US Presidential Democratic candidate, Senator Bernie Sanders, said she hopes to further investigate her Cork family roots.

Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders has said the gunman who shot Republican politician Steve Scalise had apparently volunteered on his presidential campaign.

Feel the Bern.

US Senator and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is to come to Ireland in June, it has been announced.

Twitter couldn't handle this much heat!

“I don’t mean to be disrespectful (but) this guy is a fraud.”

Vermont senator Bernie Sanders has called on Donald Trump to apologise for his inflammatory rhetoric during the presidential campaign.

Hillary Clinton’s one-time rival in the White House race, Bernie Sanders, is launching a national movement to help propel progressive candidates into power in the US general election.

America's first lady has joined Bernie Sanders to make an impassioned plea for Democrats to get behind Hillary Clinton's bid to be the nation's next president.

The Democratic convention got off to a bad start in Philadelphia with the resignation of the chairwoman of the party's national committee over an email scandal.

Ted Cruz, who knew all the election rules of the GOP, failed to top Trump, while Hillary Clinton was almost toppled by a socialist. The rules are changing and so are the voters, writes Ross Barkan

US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton’s campaign has confirmed that her former Democratic rival Bernie Sanders will join her at a New Hampshire event, where he plans to endorse her.

US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton's campaign has confirmed that her former Democratic rival Bernie Sanders will join her at a New Hampshire event, where he plans to endorse her.

The FBI will not recommend criminal charges against Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server while US secretary of state, the agency’s director James Comey has said.

Bernie Sanders has given his backing to Hilary Clinton.

Bernie Sanders has told supporters that his campaign against economic inequality in the US is "just getting started".

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has told his supporters he will work with Hillary Clinton to transform the party, adding that his "political revolution" must continue and ensure the defeat of Donald Trump.

Hillary Clinton will become the first woman to top the presidential ticket of a major US political party, according to an Associated Press count.

Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign has requested a re-canvass in Kentucky's presidential primary, where he trails Hillary Clinton by less than 0.5% of the vote.

Billionaire businessman Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders have won their parties' presidential primary contests in Oregon, as Hillary Clinton claimed victory in a neck-and-neck battle in Kentucky.

Democratic Party leaders are upping the pressure on Bernie Sanders to drop his presidential campaign, alarmed that his continued presence is undermining efforts to beat the presumptive Republican nominee, Donald Trump, and again win the White House.

US presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders’ claims that proposed Cork-US flights could cost thousands of jobs have been dismissed as “groundless”.

Healthcare in the US is the most expensive in the world. Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ has put forward a plan that makes sense — just not financially, writes Bert Rurup

Bernie Sanders is acknowledging that his path to the Democratic nomination to run for the White House depends on flipping superdelegates, the party insiders who can back either candidate and are overwhelmingly behind rival Hillary Clinton.

As the ‘nuclear option’ of a contested convention looms large for the Republicans, the Democrats face their own woes after a bruising candidate battle left the party wounded, writes Bette Browne

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is backing legislation that would let Americans sue Saudi Arabia over the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders aggressively challenged each other's fitness to be president in a Democratic debate, with the vital New York primary just days away.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders won his first endorsement from a fellow US senator, and he and rival Hillary Clinton both announced backing from New York City labour unions as they battled to win next week’s state primary.

Republican Ted Cruz and Democrat Bernie Sanders are angling for victories in the Wisconsin presidential primaries that could give their campaigns a much-needed boost.

The senator is a cause rather than just a candidate and thus has a real chance to beat Clinton, writes Robert L Borosage

US Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders easily won nominating contests in Alaska, Hawaii, and Washington, chipping away at front-runner Hillary Clinton’s commanding lead in the race to pick the party’s candidate for the White House.

Bernie Sanders has won the Democratic presidential caucuses in Hawaii, his third win over front-runner Hillary Clinton in the three states that held party caucuses on Saturday.