In addition to other treasury duties, Janet Yellen will also be in charge of distributing congressional stimulus spending.
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Trump races to weaken environmental and worker protections before Jan. 2
The final weeks of Trump’s presidency are solidifying conservative policies, making it harder for Biden to advance his agenda.
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Trump’s threatened defense veto echoes in CT
Trump’s threatened veto of $740 billion in defense spending is to keep Confederate names on U.S. military bases.
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Rapid testing is less accurate than the government wants to admit
Unlike lab-based tests, antigen tests are less sensitive because they can only detect samples with a higher viral load.
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Joe Biden taps Marcella Nunez-Smith, Yale health care equity expert, for coronavirus task force
President-elect Joe Biden tapped Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, a Yale University expert on healthcare equity, to lead the fight against COVID-19.
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Dems unlikely to seize control in U.S. Senate
Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy still hold out hope
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Jahana Hayes, David Sullivan running classic race for U.S. House in unusual times
With the pandemic upending traditional politics, Hayes is running on her record and Sullivan on the need for change.
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Bolstered by the power of incumbency, CT Dems in Congress favored for re-election
All five Connecticut U.S. House lawmakers are favored to win re-election, although a couple are facing tougher competition than expected.
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Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court; Sen. Blumenthal says day was ‘sad, surreal’
A bitterly divided Senate confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in a vote Sen. Richard Blumenthal called ‘surreal.’
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Biden’s big health agenda won’t be easy to achieve
If Biden wins the presidency, health will be a high priority. Just not in the way he might have thought.
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Who decides when vaccine studies are done?
Dr. Anthony Fauci will oversee most of the ongoing COVID-19 vaccine trials in the U.S., but not Pfizer’s.
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Inside the fall of the CDC
At 7:47 a.m. on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, Dr. Jay Butler pounded out a grim email to colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Butler, then the head of the agency’s coronavirus response, and his team had been trying to craft guidance to help Americans return safely to worship […]
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Blumenthal tries to stall Barrett confirmation, but procedural move fails
Unsuccessful in their bid to stall Barrett’s confirmation Thursday, Democrats focused on slamming the process.
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Barrett dodges Blumenthal on birth control, gay marriage and climate change
“Whether a question is easy or hard, I can’t take a position on it,’ Supreme Court nominee Amy Barrett said.
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Blumenthal presses Barrett on anti-abortion ads, gun case
But as she had during hours of her confirmation hearing, the Supreme Court nominee deflected Blumenthal’s questions.
