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Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Liz Cheney may hold views that are typically at polar opposites of the political spectrum. But on Thursday the progressive lawmaker from Vermont jumped to the defense of the Wyoming conservative, as she's expected to be ousted from her leadership position by House Republican leaders. -snip- "Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) will likely be voted off the House Republican Leadership. Her crime: acknowledging the reality that Trump lost the election," Sanders, an independent who identifies as a democratic socialist, tweeted Thursday afternoon. The Vermont senator then took aim at the GOP more broadly. "The Republican Party...

At the White House today, President Bush talked about embryo adoption and ethical stem cell research. The White House criticized as 'morally troubling' legislation that would loosen restrictions on government funding of embryonic stem cell research, ahead of a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives, saying the legislation would overturn President Bush's 2001 policy, in which he allowed federal funding for stem cell research but limited it to 78 stem cell lines that existed prior to Bush's policy implementation. The president promoted Social Security reform in New York. The vice president met with Senators on Capitol Hill over the...