Trump administration plans to host a G-7 Summit at a Trump family resort in Florida — the kind of behavior Sen. Richard Blumenthal is trying to stop with a lawsuit — has put a new focus on an obscure section of the U.S. Constitution known as the emoluments clause.
Mick Mulvaney
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Relief program for Coast Guard members off to slow start
WASHINGTON — Few have taken advantage of a Connecticut program that provides thousands of dollars for Coast Guard employees.
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Trump budget would cut or end food stamps for many in CT
WASHINGTON — Kimberly Hart of New Haven is among more than 400,000 Connecticut residents who depend on food stamps — a program that would be cut under President Donald Trump’s budget, which also shifts some of the responsibility of feeding those in need to individual states.
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Trump budget: CT health, education, research hit — defense a mixed bag
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s budget would require Connecticut to drop residents from key social and health programs in the state, and make tough decisions on how to handle other proposed federal cuts to education, housing and the environment. Connecticut’s congressional delegation vowed to fight it.