As the Trump administration tries to end Temporary Protected Status for countries such as El Salvador, Honduras and Haiti, thousands of immigrants fleeing the economic and political crisis in Venezuela are looking for humanitarian protections under TPS, so they won’t be deported. TPS allows immigrants to live and work legally in the U.S.,... Read More

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) - Senator Chris Murphy will be joining the celebration today. Murphy is marching with the people of New Haven in the St. Patrick's Day parade later this afternoon. Murphy is heading to Milford after the parade to host a round-table discussion on the future of the Long Island Sound. The discussion is meant to improve projects... Read More

For the first time since the Clinton era, Congress has advanced gun control measures Last week, House Democrats passed legislation to require universal background checks for gun sales, closing loopholes that allow one-in-five guns to be sold without a completed check. After decades of frustration — and of free rein by the NRA in Washington... Read More

GROTON, Conn. (WTNH) - Among the pictures of famous faces covering the walls of Pizza Today, there are also images of submarines, and they may be the most valuable to the Groton business. Many of the early orders come from Electric Boat workers wanting to pick up a pizza or sandwich for lunch. "All the morning is pretty much EB, and it's not only... Read More

A bipartisan effort to rein in U.S. support for the war in Yemen will come to the Senate floor as soon as next week, setting up President Donald Trump for a likely second veto fight in his presidency. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said he and Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will seek to bring up a resolution curtailing the U.S.... Read More

Washington – Gun control supporters and victims of gun violence in the U.S. House gallery yelled “thank you” to the group of mostly-Democratic lawmakers who passed a bill Wednesday that would expand federal background checks for gun purchases and transfers. The vote on the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 was ... Read More

WASHINGTON — A sprawling natural resources bill containing designation for the lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook as a national “Wild and Scenic River” overwhelmingly passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, and now heads to the president’s desk to be signed into law. The roughly 62-mile portion that would... Read More

British Brexiteers and their U.S. cheerleaders promised a return to Britain’s glory days once they shed the bureaucratic constraints of the European Union. Steve Bannon celebrated Brexit as a victory for far-right nationalism and called for other countries to follow. The reality of Brexit, of course, is turning out to be entirely different.... Read More

Washington – More than six years after the Newtown shootings, the U.S. House of Representatives plans this week to pass a bill introduced in response to that massacre that would mandate federal background checks on all gun sales, including private transactions. The expanded background check bill has faltered several times in the Senate, and... Read More

(WTNH) - The federal government is making investments to improve and protect the quality of Long Island Sound. The U.S. Senate approved the National Resources Management Act. Senator Chris Murphy says the money will help protect Connecticut and New York's coast lines from pollution, and to monitor water quality and prevent agricultural runoff. Read More

U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy of Connecticut, together with Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, are introducing the Plum Island Conservation Act to stop the sale of the island to potential developers. Plum Island is located off Orient Point in Long Island Sound and is owned by New York. It’s the home... Read More

WASHINGTON (WFSB) - Connecticut's senators cosponsored a bill to repeal the president's tax cut act, which led to the double taxing of millions of middle class Americans. Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal joined the legislation led by Sen. Bob Menendez and Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. of New Jersey. The bill would repeal the federal cap on state... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday approved legislation to designate portions of three New England rivers as “wild and scenic” — including two in Connecticut. The protective designations, which make the rivers eligible for up to $100,000 a year in federal funds for conservation purposes, were included a broader public lands... Read More

Blumenthal and Murphy joined the measure’s chief sponsor, Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., in saying that smaller magazine capacity means a shooter must reload more often, giving potential victims time to flee or resist. Murphy said that at Sandy Hook Elementary School, “children fled the school most likely while the shooter fumbled with... Read More

United States Sen. Chris Murphy discussed potential solutions to food insecurity in higher education at a roundtable with University of Connecticut students and professors and nearby community members Monday morning. According to the Journal of Nutrition, food insecurity is defined as “limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally... Read More

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Christopher S. Murphy have reintroduced federal legislation aimed at providing $200 million to homeowners and business owners with crumbling foundations. A bill led by Blumenthal would establish a grant program administered through the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide up to $100... Read More

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) - Google is spending some time in Connecticut this week. The search engine giant is helping local businesses, students and job seekers expand their digital skillsets. Monday's "Grow with Google" workshop took place at the Hartford Public Library. Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy was there to meet with local leaders and small... Read More

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy has compared the Green New Deal proposal floated by U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to the 1960s space program. In a Sunday interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” the Connecticut Democrat pushed back at concerns raised by U.S. Sen. Angus King of Maine and Obama former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz that... Read More

NEW BRITAIN - U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy treated the winners of his third annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Essay Challenge to a pizza party Sunday at the New Britain Police Department. Last month, the senator announced the 15 elementary, middle and high school students from across Connecticut who had been selected as winners. The contest asked... Read More

WASHINGTON — Connecticut Democratic lawmakers on Thursday called on President Donald Trump and congressional leaders to adjust the $10,000 cap on state and local taxes — SALT — after Trump said in an interview that he was “open to talking about” revisions to the 2017 GOP tax law. "The number one concern I've heard over... Read More