Michael Kranish, Author at Valley News

Mayor Bernie Sanders of Burlington, Vt., pauses at a recording session, Nov. 20, 1987. The mayor, accompanied by a backup group of Vermont singers, is putting out a tape of five songs and a discussion of his philosophy that will be available in stores. Sanders feels music is a powerful way to communicate with the masses. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

Inside Sanders’ 1988 trip to the USSR

by Michael Kranish The Washington PostMay 5, 2019

Bernie Sanders was bare-chested, towel-draped, sitting at a table lined with vodka bottles, as he sang This Land Is Your Land to his hosts in the Soviet Union in the spring of 1988. The just-married socialist mayor from Vermont was on what he called…

Will the Power Shift in Washington Give Democrats and Trump a Chance to Perfect the Art of the Deal?

by Michael Kranish The Washington PostNovember 8, 2018

FILE - This Wednesday, April 11, 2018 file photo shows attorney Michael Cohen in New York. The Treasury Department’s internal watchdog says it’s investigating how detailed allegations about the banking records of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer became public. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Trump Lawyer Cohen Convinced Firms to Pay Millions

by Michael Kranish The Washington Post, Rosalind S. Helderman The Washington Post, Carolyn Y. Johnson The Washington Post, and Josh Dawsey The Washington PostMay 9, 2018

President Barack Obama, joined by first lady Michelle Obama, speaks during an event to thank service members and their families at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama Says He Could’ve Beaten Trump

by Michael Kranish The Washington PostDecember 26, 2016