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The new president delivered an inaugural address Friday that was straight from his campaign script - to the delight or dismay of different subsets of Americans. Trump gave nods to unity and began with kind words for Barack and Michelle Obama, but pivoted immediately to a searing indictment of the status quo and the Obama years.
Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut about hearings for Betsy DeVos, Trump's pick for education secretary, and Tom Price, Trump's pick to lead Health and Human Services.
The New Haven Museum will host storytelling and other activities as a part of the Yale Peabody Museum's 21st Annual "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's Legacy of Environmental and Social Justice." The free event is from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. The New Haven Museum is located at 170 Whitney Avenue.
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy will head to Waterbury on Thursday in an effort to help the homeless escape from the cold. The hospitality center welcomes those looking to escape from the harshness of living on the street and get some of their basic needs fulfilled.
Josh Scussell has fought his non-Hodgkins lymphoma for years, enduring stem-cell transplants and rounds of chemotherapy as doctors worked to sustain his life. But the Guilford resident on Wednesday said the real reason he's still among the living is the federal Affordable Care Act - otherwise known as Obamacare - that the newly elected Republican majority in Congress intends to repeal.
The Federal Rail Authority today released the Tier 1 Final Environmental Impact Statement for NEC FUTURE and it is now available for download at www.necfuture.com . The preferred route includes the controversial Old Saybrook to Kenyon, R.I., by-pass which runs through Old Lyme, and a tunnel in the same area.
Kellyanne Conway, a top adviser and former campaign manager to President-elect Donald Trump, appeared to brush off the hand-wringing over Trump's unprecedented phone call with Taiwan's president on Friday. The phone call was seen as a troubling break from longstanding policy , since no US president or president-elect has engaged in such direct contact with Taiwan in nearly 40 years.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump spoke by phone on Friday with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, a transition team spokeswoman said, the first such contact by a president-elect since President Jimmy Carter adopted a one-China policy in 1979. Hope Hicks, a spokeswoman for the Trump transition, confirmed the call had taken place, and the transition team later issued a statement saying the two had noted that "close economic, political and security ties exist between Taiwan and the United States."
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy held a mental health roundtable in Bridgeport on Monday, in hopes of getting the Mental Health Reform Act he co-authored onto "the last train leaving the station" before the Trump Administration moves into the White House. "We have a chance to pass this in the next few weeks," Murphy told an overflow crowd at the Southwest Community Health Center.
The Pentagon has notified Congress that it plans to stop buying Russian Mi17 helicopters for Afghanistan and will start buying American helicopters, legislators from the state of Connecticut said. "I'll never understand why the U.S. government sent taxpayer money to Russia for helicopters in Afghanistan while Russia was supporting the Assad regime in Syria and invading eastern Ukraine," said Senator Chris Murphy in announcing the decision on November 18. The Department of Defense, after buying Russian helicopters for Afghan forces, said it will transition to buying Sikorsky Blackhawk helicopters that are made in Connecticut.
JULY 27: Sen. Chris Murphy delivers remarks on the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 27, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton received the number of votes needed to secure the party's nomination.
The Pentagon announced on August 9 that the State Department had approved the potential sale of more than 130 Abrams battle tanks, 20 armored recovery vehicles and other equipment to Saudi Arabia... There are Republicans and Democrats-a bipartisan coalition, however great or small their numbers-who reject America's longstanding foreign policy consensus and seek a more sober look at national security and foreign affairs. Rand Paul, R-Ky., that would have blocked a $1.15 billion proposed sale of tanks and other weapons.
"The United States is at war in Yemen today," said Sen. Chris Murphy during a Senate debate this morning over a bipartisan resolution seeking to block a $1.15 billion arms dea l that would supply Saudi Arabia with Abrams tanks and an assortment other weaponry. While the resolution was voted down, 71 to 21, it marked the first time that members of Congress have publicly debated the wisdom of the United States' role in a conflict that's left thousands of civilians dead and millions on the verge of starvation.
The U.S. Senate cleared the way for a $1.15 billion sale of tanks and other military equipment to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, defending a close U.S. ally in the Middle East recently subject to harsh criticism in Congress. The overwhelming vote stopped an effort led by Republican Senator Rand Paul and Democratic Senator Chris Murphy to block the sale over concerns including Saudi Arabia's role in the conflict in Yemen and worries that the sale might fuel an ongoing regional arms race.
The Senate on Wednesday backed the Obama administration's plan to sell more than $1 billion worth of American-made tanks and other weapons to Saudi Arabia, soundly defeating a bid to derail the deal pushed by lawmakers critical of the kingdom's role in Yemen's civil war. Senators who supported the sale said the United States can't deny its Middle East allies the weapons they need to combat Islamic State extremists and check Iran's aggression in the region.
The 2016 election has been defined by debates on important issues of the day -- the economy, health care, foreign policy, immigration -- but perhaps no debate has been fiercer than this one: Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy became the highest-profile voice to take a stand when he tweeted Tuesday, "I like Fight Song ALOT. @HillaryClinton should keep it.
Secretary of State John Kerry is heading to Saudi Arabia as the Obama administration faces increasing pressure for its support of the Saudi-led war in Yemen. Over the past two weeks, the U.S.-backed Saudi coalition has bombed a Doctors Without Borders hospital, killing 19 people, and bombed two schools in northern Yemen, killing at least 14 children.
Republican Donald Trump has sparked anger by suggesting his supporters could stop his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton by exercising their gun rights. He said that Mrs Clinton would put liberal justices on the Supreme Court if she wins the presidency in November, threatening gun ownership rights.
Donald Trump said Tuesday that Second Amendment advocates might find a way to stop Hillary Clinton from rolling back gun rights if she's elected, setting off a political firestorm as Democrats quickly accused him of encouraging violence against his opponent. Speaking at a rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, the Republican nominee said incorrectly his general election opponent wants to "abolish, essentially, the Second Amendment."