U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson exemplifies the core values of the Democratic party.
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CT GOP doing its best to ignore Trump’s baseless claims of stolen election
Trump’s insistence the election was rigged is a distraction that GOP candidates in Connecticut say they are intent on ignoring.
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President Joe Biden comes to Connecticut for a friend, and human rights
President Joe Biden visited Connecticut to promote the hopes of his presidency and legacies of two former senators named Dodd.
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Lamont faults CDC on J&J vaccine pause: ‘I would have handled it differently’
Gov. Ned Lamont and other governors expressed dismay to the White House over pausing the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
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Sen. Chris Murphy steps carefully as border politics ripple north
Sen. Chris Murphy offered mild criticism of the Biden administration and accused Republicans of using the issue as a distraction.
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The game is changing. Chris Murphy says he’s ready to play.
The question for Sen. Chris Murphy no longer is where might he go next, but what can he do now.
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Joe Biden takes office: ‘At this hour, my friends, democracy has prevailed.’
America took a deep breath and watched Joe Biden uneventfully inaugurated outside a Capitol invaded two weeks ago by rioters.
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Sunday in Hartford: Massive show of police, not protesters
Reporters outnumbered protesters. Cops outnumbered everyone. Sunday at the Connecticut Capitol was peaceful and well-documented.
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The mob arrived. As police retook the Capitol, Himes told the story.
Aides appeared, whispering to bosses. Then came noises in the hall. The U.S. Capitol was breached.
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Best of 2020: For Ned Lamont, it was Joe Biden from day one
How Ned Lamont came to commit to Joe Biden on day one is not a tale of political calculation.
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For CT’s Miguel Cardona, new post as U.S. Secretary of Education is a key part of Joe Biden’s agenda
President-elect Joe Biden Tuesday evening announced that Connecticut’s Miguel Cardona is his pick to lead the U.S. Department of Education.
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Biden selects CT’s Miguel Cardona to lead the U.S. Department of Education
If confirmed by the Senate, Cardona will take the reins of the department during a pivotal time in education.
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As Biden eyes Cardona for education secretary, focus is on how he handled school reopening
One of Joe Biden’s top three priorities for his first 100 days is to “reopen the majority of schools.”
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Connecticut’s Miguel Cardona in the mix for Biden’s education secretary
Connecticut’s education commissioner is under consideration for U.S education secretary. A Connecticut source says the vetting is serious and substantive.
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Electoral College affirms: Biden is the president-elect.
Connecticut cast its seven Electoral College votes for President-elect Joe Biden, normally a perfunctory postscript to a presidential election.