Independent senator, 82, stresses need to improve healthcare and protect abortion rights – and condemns ‘extremist’ NetanyahuBernie Sanders, the Vermont independent senator and former candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, announced on Monday that he will run for a fourth six-year term – at the age of 82.In a video statement, Sanders thanked the people of Vermont “for giving me the opportunity to serve in the United States Senate”, which he said had been “the honor of my life.... Read this story
