Protests

As thousands of No Kings protesters took to the streets across the United States and Long Island on Saturday, protesters gathered in Port Jefferson Station to oppose President Donald Trump’s administration and emphasize the importance of voting ahead of November’s midterm elections.

New Haven residents and advocates protested after ICE detained a local woman.

Connecticut Democrats, including Gov. Ned Lamont and Attorney General William Tong, criticized President Trump’s deployment of federal troops to Los Angeles without the governor’s request, calling it dangerous and inflammatory. They pledged to prevent similar intervention in CT.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont and members of the state’s congressional delegation joined disability rights advocates outside the state Capitol in Hartford on Tuesday to rally against anticipated federal cuts to Medicaid.

People took to the streets in several cities across Connecticut Monday as part of nationwide protests against the Trump administration.

The March for Life drew more than 1,500 people who called on CT to halt a proposal to enshrine reproductive rights in the state Constitution.

During a protest against the war in Gaza on the New Haven Green attended by more than 100 people, a protester climbed the city’s 30-foot menorah to hang a Palestinian flag.

Members of the International Longshoremen Association began their strike at the State Pier in New London, Connecticut on Monday. The union says Orsted is ignoring their jurisdiction by giving jobs to their own workers.

After 10 years as president, Katherine Bergeron said she had thought hard about being accused of scheduling a college fundraiser at a Florida club facing allegations of racism and antisemitism, the school’s chief diversity officer resigning and bullying in leadership.

The Connetquot school community rallied Tuesday in support of the high school principal who suddenly left his post this month. Supporters say he was forced out by the Board of Education for supporting LGBTQ students.