New England senators seek help to avoid energy disruptions
November 30, 2022 GMTHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Senators from Connecticut, Vermont and Maine called on the Biden administration Tuesday to bring together federal, state and regional officials to find ways to prevent possible energy disruptions this winter across New England.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
November 25, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Reps. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, and Mike Turner, R-Ohio; Dr. Ashish Jha, White House COVID-19 response coordinator.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
June 3, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Treasury Secretary Pete Buttigeg; Rep. Tom Rice, R-S.C.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Preempted by coverage of the French Open tennis tournament.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
May 28, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn.; Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J.; former Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake; Tony Monalto, president of Stand with Parkland.
After Texas shooting, Conn. senator begs for gun compromise
May 25, 2022 GMTHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A U.S. senator who came to Congress representing the Connecticut community where 26 elementary school students and educators were killed nearly a decade ago begged his colleagues Tuesday, as the latest school shooting unfolded, to pass legislation addressing the nation's gun violence problem.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
May 7, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Gov. Larry Hogan, R-Md.; Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.
North Carolina Rep. Deborah Ross tests positive for COVID-19
April 26, 2022 GMTRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Deborah Ross said she tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday.
In a tweet, the first-term Democrat from Raleigh representing the 2nd Congressional District said she's experiencing mild symptoms.
Sen. Chris Murphy tests positive for the coronavirus
April 26, 2022 GMTHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut said he tested positive for the coronavirus Tuesday after experiencing mild symptoms overnight.
“We've done the contact tracing and let people know,” the Democrat said in a Twitter post.
US urges Serbia to join sanctions against its ally Russia
April 19, 2022 GMTBELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A U.S. Senate delegation on Tuesday urged Serbia to join the rest of Europe and impose sanctions against Russia for its bloody campaign in Ukraine.
“We understand Serbia has a long cultural and economic history with Russia,” said Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) after the three-member bi-partisan delegation met Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
March 19, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and John Barrasso, R-Wyo.; Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg; Sen.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
March 18, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and John Barrasso, R-Wyo.; Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg; Sen.
Coast Guard museum gets boost to begin summer construction
March 13, 2022 GMTNEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — A project to build a Coast Guard museum in New London could begin preliminary construction this summer after getting a boost from the federal government.
An omnibus bill passed by the House last week contains $50 million for the museum, raising the total federal investment to $70 million, according to Democratic U.S.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
March 5, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield; Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Secretary of State Antony Blinken; former U.S.
Key Dem senator presses Biden for ‘more urgency’ on guns
March 2, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — A leading Democratic senator is calling out President Joe Biden to show “more urgency” to address gun violence by executive action, as the prospects of legislation on Capitol Hill to pass gun control reforms remain slim.
Senators say they were denied full access to federal prison
January 26, 2022 GMTTwo U.S. senators said Wednesday that they were denied access to parts of a federal prison in Connecticut while trying to examine conditions there in response to correctional officers' complaints about a staffing shortage and lack of coronavirus precautions.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
December 3, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colo.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health; Sens.
Union: Group homes owner threatens striking workers’ jobs
December 2, 2021 GMTHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Group home workers in Connecticut who have been on strike for nearly two months said Thursday that owner Sunrise Group has threatened to permanently replace them as they continue to seek a new contract with better wages and health care benefits.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
August 28, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb.
Voting bill showdown looms as GOP rejects Manchin plan
June 17, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is set for a key vote Tuesday on a sweeping rewrite of voting and election law, setting up a dramatic test of Democratic unity on a top priority that Republicans are vowing to block.
Democrats push bill allowing college athletes to organize
May 27, 2021 GMTCollege athletes would have the right to organize and collectively bargain with schools and conferences under a bill introduced Thursday by Democrats in the House and Senate.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
March 27, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows:
ABC’s “This Week” — White House communications director Kate Bedingfield; Sen...
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
March 12, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows:
ABC’s “This Week” — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif...
Impeachment over, Congress shifts focus to security failures
February 17, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — In the still shaken and heavily guarded U.S. Capitol, thousands of National Guard troops still wander the halls. Glass windows remain broken. Doors swing without handles. And in the grand marble hallways, which amplified the shouts of insurrectionists just over a month ago, there is an uncomfortable silence...
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
February 13, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows:
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
February 6, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows:
ABC’s “This Week” — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg; Sen...
Report: Social media manipulation affects even US senators
December 21, 2020 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — The conversation taking place around two U.S. senators’ verified social media accounts remained vulnerable to manipulation through artificially inflated shares and likes from fake users, even amid heightened scrutiny in the run up to the U...
Trump’s Ukraine envoy pick says he’ll flag election meddling
August 5, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next U.S. ambassador to Ukraine says he will not meet Americans with overtly partisan political agendas if he is confirmed to the post and will report any attempt to interfere in November’s election...
Democrats press Trump for answers on foiled Venezuela raid
May 7, 2020 GMTMIAMI (AP) — Three Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are demanding answers from the Trump administration about how much it knew about an attempted raid to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, an operation they said potentially violated U...
Iran’s FM says his meeting with US senator spooked Trump
February 19, 2020 GMTTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister said Wednesday that he believes his recent meeting with a U...
Murphy says failed impeachment could have lasting benefits
February 7, 2020 GMTHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy said Thursday he believes the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump could have some lasting benefits for the nation, despite the Republican ultimately being WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
September 28, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:
ABC's "This Week" — Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer; Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.
Senators hope to force vote on arms sales to Saudi Arabia
June 9, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Opposition to President Donald Trump's Saudi Arabia policy and use of executive power is building in Congress, where senators have introduced more legislation aimed at blocking the sale of weapons to the kingdom.
Donald Trump, Congress set for Saudi Arabia showdown over Jamal Khashoggi murder
February 10, 2019 GMTCongress was heading for a showdown with President Trump on Sunday over sanctions against Saudi Arabia for the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, amid growing bipartisan criticism of the president's reluctance to pin blame on the Saudi royal family.
Murphy takes aim at U.S. News and World Report’s college rankings
December 5, 2018 GMTWashington - Sen. Chris Murphy is tussling with U.S. News and World Report over the publication’s popular college rankings, arguing that enrollment of low-income and minority students are not given enough weight.
Chris Murphy deserves another term in Senate
October 25, 2018 GMTAs a Democrat, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy has spent the last four years of his six-year term in the minority. Such a situation would hinder the effectiveness of any elected leader, never mind a freshman senator.
Michael J. Daly Cameras gone, The Avenue unchanged
October 22, 2018 GMTWhen the cameras are gone and the candidates have left the neighborhood, as usually happens, and particularly in the fraying East End of Bridgeport, things quickly revert to routine.
On Friday morning, Union Avenue, which is in the East End, was in the running for the safest spot in Connecticut with the ratio of law enforcement to politicians somewhere around one-to-one.
Senate making wrong decision on Kavanaugh
October 5, 2018 GMTUnless something unexpected happens, the U.S. Senate this weekend will vote by a narrow margin to confirm federal Judge Brett Kavanaugh's appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. It will prove to be a mistake.
Conn. Dems look to put Kavanaugh nomination into tailspin
September 17, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON — For Connecticut Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy and their Democratic colleagues, last-minute surfacing of a sexual-abuse allegation may do to Brett Kavanaugh what hearings did not: Delay confirmation or sink his Supreme Court nomination entirely.
Blumenthal, Murphy co-sponsor National Lobster Day resolution
July 31, 2018 GMTA resolution co-sponsored by U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, both D-Conn., that designates Sept. 25 as National Lobster Day unanimously was approved by the Senate late Monday night.
Tasty typo confuses Senate candidate with a sandwich
July 5, 2018 GMTHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A tasty typo mistakenly turned a U.S. Senate candidate's name into that of a sandwich...
Candidate’s website mistakes him for a sandwich
July 5, 2018 GMTHARTFORD — “Approved by Dominic Panini” declares the campaign website of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dominic Rapini.
“Oh my god, you’re kidding me!” Rapini, a longtime Apple executive from Branford, exclaimed when he heard this fact.
Getting There: Transportation funding crisis postponed, not averted
April 30, 2018 GMTThere is an angry and confused tone among commuters as the clock ticks down on the Legislature’s efforts to avert service cuts and fare hikes.
Most of those who attended a recent “listening session” in New Canaan cared little about U.S.
Chris Murphy: Donald Trump needs new AUMF for Syria strikes
April 13, 2018 GMTSen. Chris Murphy said Friday that President Trump needs to come before Congress to get authorization before taking action in Syria.
"I think there's a real dangerous precedent that continues to be set here if the president doesn't come to Congress," Mr.
A win for bad paper veterans tucked into major federal spending package
March 22, 2018 GMTTucked into the massive federal spending package is a proposal worked on by Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., to allow service members separated from the military for misconduct to access behavioral and mental health services through the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Congress stalls on guns as Trump’s stance scrambles debate
March 2, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Action on gun legislation skidded to a halt Thursday in Congress — not for a lack of bipartisan proposals, but because President Donald Trump's stunning shift on gun policy left some in his party confused, irritated and scrambling to figure out what to do next...
Trump to Republican senator: ‘You’re afraid of the NRA’
March 1, 2018 GMTPresident Donald Trump asked Sen. Pat Toomey, a Pennsylvania Republican who's worked on a bill to strengthen background checks for gun purchases, whether he left out a proposal to raise the gun purchasing age to 21 out of his measure because senators are "afraid of the NRA."
Kenneth Konrad Miller: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. showed how to be kind
February 28, 2018 GMTEditor’s note: About 700 students across Connecticut participated in the second annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Essay Challenge by U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy. Elementary, middle and high school winners for the five Congressional Districts were chosen.
Reasonable bipartisan gun control is possible
November 26, 2017 GMTSen. Chris Murphy called it a rare "bright spot” in the darkness of the highly partisan politics that have come to define Washington in recent years. That bright spot is a piece of legislation, jointly sponsored by Democrats and Republicans, that would stiffen rules to keep guns out of the hands of certifiably dangerous people.
Can Chris Murphy save us from Trump?
November 25, 2017 GMTPresident Donald Trump has not been very successful in steering policy through Congress. But that doesn't mean terrible things aren't happening in the rest of government.
The previously regulated are becoming the regulators of our environment, free to pollute and harm as profits dictate.
Sen. Murphy weighs in on Russia probe, North Korea tensions
November 22, 2017 GMTNew London — To Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., "one of the most bizarre, unexplainable things happening" in the Trump administration is what he calls the "open warfare" against the State Department.
He is not satisfied with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's explanation of doing more with less and the argument that the State Department is bloated, considering the hiring freeze remained there after it was lifted from other departments.
Murphy releases statement on Sutherland Springs mass shooting
November 5, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on Sunday after more than 25 people were killed and injured in a shooting inside the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas:
Bridgeport residents express continued concern for Puerto Rico
October 12, 2017 GMTBRIDGEPORT — City residents gathered with state officials Wednesday to share their concerns for family and friends in Puerto Rico.
The island was devastated when Hurricane Maria thrashed across it.
Arpaio’s bigoted treatment of immigrants was nurtured
September 5, 2017 GMTNow that President Trump has pardoned Joe Arpaio, the former sheriff of Arizona’s Maricopa County, many Latinos are feeling enraged. And a lot of white liberals — in the media, academia and politics — are, as usual, acting morally superior.
Blumenthal: Sale of Plum Island must be blocked
August 8, 2017 GMTU.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal will announce new legislation to permanently protect the environmental integrity of Plum Island Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the New London Maritime Society.
Connecticut students appointed to military academies
June 15, 2017 GMTSixty-one students in Connecticut have accepted appointments to one of the nation’s four service academies, according to the state’s all-Democratic congressional delegation.
Trump gun tweet prompts criticism from Murphy
June 5, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON — Connecticut Democratic lawmakers denounced President Donald Trump's pro-gun tweet Monday in response to the London terrorist attacks.
``Did you notice we are not having a gun debate right now?
D.C. Buzz: Not lining up to run for governor
April 19, 2017 GMTNot many interested Connecticut Dems waited for the exit door to hit Gov. Dannel Malloy in the hind-quarter before throwing their hats in a circle of nutmeg. But conspicuously absent were any Democrats of the congressional delegation in D.C.
Obamacare battle reignites for Connecticut
April 18, 2017 GMTHARTFORD — Threats by President Donald Trump to end over $7 billion in Obamacare subsidies nationally is raising fears that nearly 50,000 Connecticut residents could soon be left without health insurance.
Murphy tours Ansonia, touts tax breaks for brownfield clean up
April 13, 2017 GMTANSONIA — Federal funding and tax credits could help turn the city’s brownfields green again.
And U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy said Congress’ passing his and U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty’s joint clean-up legislation could make that happen.