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  • October 13, 2023 — by Jessica Fontaine
    BERLIN - During his annual Walk Across Connecticut, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy visited the Berlin Senior Center to discuss the weekend's attacks in Israel by Hamas and other concerns from town residents, including gun control, education, housing and immigration. Murphy, a member of the Foreign Relations committee who chairs the oversight committee... Read More
  • October 06, 2023 — by Ben Samuel
    Twenty U.S. senators on Wednesday urged U.S. President Joe Biden to preserve the option of a two-state solution in any potential Israel-Saudi Arabia normalization agreement, further detailing their concerns with Riyadh's demands from the U.S. The letter - led by Sens. Chris Murphy, Chris Van Hollen, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin and Peter Welch... Read More
  • October 06, 2023 — by Iain Marlow
    A group of 20 US lawmakers urged President Joe Biden to insist on substantial concessions as his team pursues normalization between Saudi Arabia and Israel, highlighting congressional skepticism about the terms of a possible deal. The senators, led by Democrats Chris Murphy and Chris Van Hollen, expressed support for normalized ties but questioned... Read More
  • October 06, 2023 — by Mark Zaretsky
    NEW HAVEN — Given that one out of four women — and one out of 10 men — are believed to be victims of domestic violence, it should be no surprise that the one speaker identified as a survivor at Monday's Domestic Violence Awareness Month event wasn't the only one. Before survivor and "thriver" Adanna Springer even was called up to speak in the... Read More
  • October 06, 2023 — by Steve Benen
    It is undoubtedly good news that the federal government did not shut down on Saturday night at midnight. No one benefits from government shutdowns, and it was a positive development when House Speaker Kevin McCarthy unexpectedly changed his position and unveiled a stopgap spending bill that Democrats could support. The American public can now feel... Read More
  • October 06, 2023 — by MARY CLARE JALONICK AND KEVIN FREKING
    A path for additional U.S. aid to Ukraine appears increasingly fraught after the ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, with many House Republicans opposing help for the war-torn country as they search for a new leader. Tuesday’s historic vote to remove McCarthy as speaker comes at a critical time, with a deadline for funding the government little... Read More
  • October 06, 2023 — by Charles R. Davis
    The Biden administration may be on the verge of damaging America's reputation and US national security by agreeing to a defense pact with an "authoritarian regime" in Saudi Arabia, a group of 20 Democratic senators warned in a letter to the president on Wednesday. The New York Times reported last month that the Biden administration is considering a... Read More
  • October 06, 2023 — by Matt Spetalnick and Patricia Zengerle
    Twenty Democratic U.S. senators on Wednesday expressed support for a potential Israeli-Saudi normalization deal but laid out concerns about any U.S. security guarantees or nuclear assistance to Riyadh. In a letter to President Joe Biden, the senators underscored resistance the White House could face from Congress if the administration brokers a... Read More
  • October 06, 2023 — by Lisa Hagen
    President Joe Biden will nominate Quinnipiac University law professor Sarah Russell, who previously served as a federal public defender, to sit on the U.S. District Court in Connecticut. Russell, who has taught at Quinnipiac since 2011, is the director of the law school’s Legal Clinic and works on juvenile sentencing and parole issues. Through the... Read More
  • October 06, 2023 — by Cassandra Basler
    Advocates for affordable food, housing and health care in Connecticut are sounding the alarm that the temporary federal funding bill hammered out by lawmakers over the weekend will expire just before Thanksgiving. Republican threats to cut federal food benefits to mothers, children and the elderly are causing confusion, said Lucy Nolan, executive... Read More
  • September 22, 2023 — by Molly Nagle, Liz Landers, and MaryAlice Parks
    President Joe Biden announced on Friday the establishment of the first-ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention to help reduce the nation's epidemic of gun violence. Speaking from the Rose Garden, the president said he took this action "to send a clear message about how important this issue is to me and to the country.""After every mass... Read More
  • September 19, 2023 — by Michayla Savitt
    Top federal lawmakers in the Northeast have penned a letter to Congress asking them to provide more direct help to local growers impacted by July’s historic flooding. Lawmakers are asking the federal government to approve more aid for New England farmers as part of a spending package needed to avert a government shutdown on Oct. 1. The letter was... Read More
  • September 19, 2023 — by Katherine Lutge
    NORWALK — The city is preparing to undergo an affordable housing study required by state law this fall amid a housing crisis in Fairfield County. "AKRF, the City’s affordable housing consultant, spent the summer reviewing the policy documents and draft zoning for Norwalk’s Affordable Housing Study," the city said in a statement. "They are in the... Read More
  • September 19, 2023 — by Laura Grainger and Niall Deeney
    Irish American politicians have spoken out against the controversial Legacy Bill, with the latest progress through the UK Parliament described as "shameful". The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill passed last week after an attempt by the House of Lords to amend it was defeated. It is expected to go before the House of Lords... Read More
  • September 19, 2023 — by Andrea Mitchell
    President Joe Biden arrived in India for the G20 Summit, where Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping are notably absent. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) joins Ryan Nobles to discuss Biden’s foreign policy and what might come out of the G20 summit. “There's no doubt that China is growing in military prominence and prowess, but their primary... Read More
  • September 19, 2023 — by Nolan D. McCaskill
    Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer suggested Tuesday that the onus is on House Republicans to pass a short-term spending agreement before the Senate acts. “Our first job is to get the House to pass something,” Schumer, D-N.Y., told reporters at his weekly news conference. “We’ll see if they can. But we need a bipartisan bill in each body.” While... Read More
  • September 19, 2023 — by Svetlana Shkolnikova
    WASHINGTON — The names and faces of hundreds of senior military nominees blocked from promotion by Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama dotted a lawn outside the Senate on Tuesday as Democrats stepped up their pressure campaign for him to end his hold. The visual installation by the progressive veterans group Vote Vets served as a backdrop... Read More
  • September 18, 2023 — by Jayne Chacko
    WESTON, Conn. (WTNH) — A Weston resident is one of the five Americans released Monday after serving years behind bars in Iran.   According to the White House, Morad Tahbaz from Weston and four other Americans boarded a Qatari plane en route to Doha early Monday. They will then travel to Washington to reunite with their families. With them, two... Read More
  • September 18, 2023 — by Jon Gambrell
    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) —  Five Americans, one of whom was from Connecticut, detained for years in Iran walked off a plane and into freedom Monday, many arm-in-arm, as part of a politically risky deal that saw President Joe Biden agree to the release of nearly $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets owed by a third country, South Korea. The... Read More
  • September 18, 2023 — by Katie Pellico and Catherine Shen
    Approximately half of U.S. adults reported experiencing loneliness, even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The issue recently moved U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy to issue an advisory around the "loneliness epidemic" in America. Soon after, Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy introduced a bill that would launch an Office of Social Connection Policy,... Read More

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