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Special prosecutor Robert Mueller and his team have a big advantage in the Washington debate about the story of the Trump campaign and the Russian government : a wellspring of new evidence gathered by the FBI and the NSA , with warrants approved by the federal courts. Mainstream media news organizations cultivate this relationship.
Hartford - Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy has ordered flags lowered to half-staff until Friday to honor the victims of the shooting in Las Vegas. Democratic Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal on Monday both criticized their colleagues in Congress for failing to act to prevent gun violence, while also expressing their sorrow.
A number of familiar - and delicious - brands were in the spotlight this week for the "Discover CT" event in D.C., where local Connecticut businesses showcased their products in the Capitol. Some of the brands in attendance were from Fairfield County, dishing up tastes or spreading their wares for a welcoming crowd.
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal said Wednesday he is "deeply concerned" Senate Republicans will rush ahead next week with legislation replacing the Affordable Care Act with an alternative plan that will do far greater harm to the nation's health care system than earlier GOP proposals. "President Trump said the original House version was 'mean' but this measure is the king of mean - on a scale of 1 to 10 it is off the charts," the Connecticut Democrat said.
After a five-hour meeting with congressional investigators, Donald Trump Jr. said he felt his interview "fully satisfied their inquiry," but Democratic lawmakers tell ABC News he didn't come close. "There are gaps in the information we have today that we need to fill.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, arrives at the Capitol as his panel prepares to interview Donald Trump Jr., behind closed doors about the meddling and possible Russian links to President Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017.
Donald Trump Jr. says he met with a Russian lawyer last year simply to learn about Hillary Clinton's "fitness, character or qualifications," insisting he did not collude with Russia to hurt her campaign against his father. Trump Jr. described the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower in New York in a statement at the outset of the Senate panel's interview.
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President Donald Trump's oldest son is scheduled to make his first appearance on Capitol Hill Thursday as part of a Senate investigation into Russian meddling in the presidential election and a meeting he had with Russians during his father's campaign last year. Donald Trump Jr. will be interviewed by staff on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is one of three congressional committees investigating the meddling and possible Russian links to his Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal-D-Conn takes the podium at Americares' global distribution center on Hamilton Avenue in Glenbrook on Monday Aug 28, 2017. Blumenthal joined the global relief organization to urge the public to step up generosity towards relief and recovery efforts in the Gulf Coast following Hurricane Harvey.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy likened the decision to former President Richard Nixon's "Saturday Night Massacre," when he fired two U.S. attorneys general before a third agreed to fire the special prosecutor investigating Watergate. "Nixon had his 'Saturday Night Massacre,' and tonight should go down in history as President Trump's 'Friday Night Massacre,'" Malloy said.
U.S. Sen. Edward Markey is calling for a ban on menthol cigarettes, arguing that tobacco companies disproportionately target African-Americans when they market and promote the cigarettes. The Massachusetts Democrat is leading a group of fellow senators in calling on the Food and Drug Administration to prohibit the cigarettes, noting that African-Americans suffer the greatest burden of tobacco-related mortality of any ethnic or racial group in the U.S. The letter to the FDA sent earlier this week was also signed by fellow Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren, of Massachusetts, Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, of Rhode Island, and Richard Blumenthal, of Connecticut.
In this photo taken July 12, 2017, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, talks with the Committee's ranking member Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., on Capitol Hill in Washington. Glenn Simpson, the co-founder of a Washington opposition research firm that produced a dossier of salacious allegations involving President Donald Trump is to be interviewed by the Senate Judiciary Committee next week.
Murphy is scheduled to appear at 11:15 a.m. at the Bruce Museum Seaside Center at Greenwich Point along with local officials, advocates and new Soundkeeper Bruce Lucey to talk about how the Sound would be affected by President Donald Trump's plan to cut 30 percent of the Environmental Protection Agency's budget. "We had a big win for Long Island Sound in the budget last year when we doubled the LIS Geographic Program funding," Laura Maloney, press secretary for the senator, said on Wednesday.
United States Sen. Richard Blumenthal will meet and participate in a roundtable discussion with participants and host agencies of the MaturityWorks program on Monday at Burroughs Community Center, 2470 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport. less United States Sen. Richard Blumenthal will meet and participate in a roundtable discussion with participants and host agencies of the MaturityWorks program on Monday at Burroughs Community Center, 2470 ... more United States Sen. Richard Blumenthal will meet and participate in a roundtable discussion with participants and host agencies of the MaturityWorks program on Monday at Burroughs Community Center, 2470 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport.
Every family who lives in state Sen. Bob Duff's district and every business operating in Fairfield County needs to be aware of what their elected state senator just did to threaten their livelihoods last week. The labor contract agreement that just passed and will now become law is another in a long line of sweetheart deals with unions negotiated by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy that has prolonged the fiscal crisis and created the poor economic climate our families and businesses suffer in every day.
US Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., speaks regarding a lawsuit they have filed against President Donald Trump for violating the emoluments clause of the US Constitution during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. less US Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., speaks regarding a lawsuit they have filed against President Donald Trump for violating the emoluments clause of the US Constitution during a press conference on Capitol ... more Long before the Twitter age, cloak-and-dagger meetings with Russians and Trump's bold conquest of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. - the president has denied calling the White House a "real dump" - there was a grudge over another real estate commodity.
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said the execution of a search warrant on Paul Manafort's home was a "stunning development" and an indication of "criminal wrongdoing." "This kind of raid - in the early morning hours with no advanced notice - shows an astonishing and alarming distrust for the President's former campaign chairman," Blumenthal said Thursday.
One of President Donald Trump's recent Twitter targets has been Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., with the president recently reviving a controversy involving Blumenthal's military service. Blumenthal's career started in law and then merged into government and public service, but his familial ties put his relatives in Trump's real estate orbit.
White House officials have been urging President Trump to double down on the platform that got him elected into the nation's highest office, while he tries to re-energize his staunchest allies. Advisers have been urging Trump to refocus on immigration and other issues that resonate with the conservatives, evangelicals and working-class whites who propelled him to the Oval Office.