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The Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget said it plans to release more than $184 million in funding for AmeriCorps, after Connecticut, New York and other Democratic-led states sued over the cuts.
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U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum (R) defends the Trump administration’s decision to issue a stop-work order to Revolution Wind.
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U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) is pushing for tougher sanctions against Russia ahead of President Donald Trump’s expected summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Connecticut will not comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order that calls on states to criminalize homelessness and institutionalize unhoused people with mental health disabilities and substance abuse disorders.
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Attorneys General William Tong (D) and Letitia James (D) claim the administration is imposing a de facto national ban on gender-affirming care for people younger than 19 by threatening lawsuits against providers in states like Connecticut and New York, where the care for minors is legal.
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U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) are invoking the “Rule of Five,” a century-old law that allows five senators on the Homeland Security Committee to compel the executive branch to release the Epstein files.
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The Trump administration recently released $10.8 million in funding for Connecticut’s after-school programs, which is only a small part of the over $50 million in federal education funding that was withheld.
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Connecticut Attorney General William Tong is suing the Trump administration for attempting to cut federal funding for Planned Parenthood.
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President Trump signed an executive order banning “woke” AI models in federal agencies. Connecticut Senator James Maroney says the move could increase bias in algorithms, not reduce it.
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The U.S. Senate may approve Emil Bove, a former Donald Trump defense lawyer and current top Justice Department official, to the U.S. Appeals Court, despite having no support from senators in Connecticut and New York.