*By Christian Smith*
Bernie Sanders is considering another run for president in 2020 the Vermont Senator's former campaign manager said.
"He's actively considering it. He hasn't said yes. He hasn't said no," said Jeff Weaver, who ran Sanders's 2016 campaign. "I think going into 2020 he will take a hard look at whether he would be the person who is best able to beat Trump."
Sanders won't have to declare his intention to run for president for at least another year, but the septuagenarian socialist firebrand announced early Monday that he will seek re-election to the Senate this November. Sanders [tweeted](https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/998573429946245120) that he plans to run a grassroots campaign with modest fundraising goals, which is the same strategy he used to challenge Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016.
That campaign is at the heart of Weaver's new book, "How Bernie Won: Inside the Revolution That's Taking Back Our Country-and Where We Go From Here." In the book, Weaver, a longtime Sanders aide and adviser, discusses the progressive candidate's lasting impact on the Democratic Party.
"It's been changed immeasurably," Weaver said. "The rank and file of the party wants a bold progressive vision. They're very excited about it, and we need to make sure that the sort of party insiders and some of the establishment folks get that."
Weaver, who is still involved with Sanders's campaign, said that the popular embrace of "fringe" policies like a $15 minimum wage and universal health care are examples of Sanders's victory.
"The debate in this country has really moved away from the sort of rightward drift that the Democratic Party was undergoing over the last 20 years," Weaver said.
Sanders, who was first elected to Congress in 1990, has long been considered one of the most progressive members of Congress. The Democratic party is finally catching up, Weaver said.
For the full interview, [click here](https://cheddar.com/videos/how-bernie-sanders-changed-the-democratic-party).
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The White House budget office says mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues.
President Donald Trump says “there seems to be no reason” to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as part of an upcoming trip to South Korea after China restricted exports of rare earths needed for American industry. The Republican president suggested Friday he was looking at a “massive increase” of import taxes on Chinese products in response to Xi’s moves. Trump says one of the policies the U.S. is calculating is "a massive increase of Tariffs on Chinese products coming into the United States." A monthslong calm on Wall Street was shattered, with U.S. stocks falling on the news. The Chinese Embassy in Washington hasn't responded to an Associated Press request for comment.
Most members of the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate setting committee supported further reductions to its key interest rate this year, minutes from last month’s meeting showed.
From Wall Street trading floors to the Federal Reserve to economists sipping coffee in their home offices, the first Friday morning of the month typically brings a quiet hush around 8:30 a.m. eastern, as everyone awaits the Labor Department’s monthly jobs report.
The Supreme Court is allowing Lisa Cook to remain as a Federal Reserve governor for now.
Rep. John Moolenaar has requested an urgent briefing from the White House after Trump supported a deal giving Americans a majority stake in TikTok.
A new report finds the Department of Government Efficiency’s remaking of the federal workforce has battered the Washington job market and put more households in the metropolitan area in financial distress.
A new poll finds U.S. adults are more likely than they were a year ago to think immigrants in the country legally benefit the economy. That comes as President Donald Trump's administration imposes new restrictions targeting legal pathways into the country. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey finds Americans are more likely than they were in March 2024 to say it’s a “major benefit” that people who come to the U.S. legally contribute to the economy and help American companies get the expertise of skilled workers. At the same time, perceptions of illegal immigration haven’t shifted meaningfully. Americans still see fewer benefits from people who come to the U.S. illegally.
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