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A panel of federal judges ruled Thursday that US President Donald Trump’s sweeping 10% tariffs on most imports are unlawful, another major legal blow to the centerpiece of the Republican president’s economic agenda—which has failed to produce the manufacturing boom he repeatedly promised on the campaign trail.
Connecticut’s members of Congress are calling for an investigation into the alleged misuse of federal funds intended to make Puerto Rico’s energy grid more resilient.
A newly reported failure of the Trump administration’s ability to handle sensitive private information in the social programs it is tasked with operating triggered a fresh wave of anger over the weekend after it was revealed that healthcare providers’ Social Security numbers were made public as part of a faulty Medicare po
The Social Security numbers of numerous healthcare providers were accidentally published in a publicly accessible Medicare portal database, sparking immediate concerns about identity theft and the compromise of frontline workers' personal data. This oversight has raised immediate alarms about the potential for fraudulent activity after the breach was first detailed in a Washington Post investigation.
House Republicans on Wednesday passed a budget resolution that sets the stage for GOP lawmakers to draft and approve more funding for immigration enforcement without any support from Democrats, who condemned the proposal as another “blank c
Several U.S. House of Representatives members from Connecticut are applauding a $369 million contract modification for Pratt & Whitney that keeps the state at the center of the new F135 fighter jet engine construction.
WASHINGTON, DC — Connecticut U.S. Rep. John B. Larson joined Rep. Steven Horsford of Nevada and 13 other Democrats in asking 10 major companies to ensure federal tariff refunds are passed on to customers.
Larson's office said the letter was sent Thursday from Washington, D.C., to the CEOs of Walmart, Home Depot, Target, Best Buy, FedEx, Amazon, Lowe’s, Costco, UPS and DHL. All have a sizable presence in Connecticut, most in the Buckland Hills retail district in Manchester.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. couldn’t avoid heated exchanges with Democrats over vaccines and the administration’s health fraud investigations Thursday, despite an apparent effort to stay on message.
The Ways and Means Committee hearing Thursday kicked off a marathon of Kennedy appearances in Congress over the next week – the first since the administration significantly pared backfederal childhood vaccine recommendations.
House Democrats filed six articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth on Wednesday, accusing the defense secretary of “high crimes and misdemeanors”, in reference to the attack on Iran without congressional authorization and deadly strikes on suspected drug smuggling boats, among other official acts.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The City of New Haven and State of Connecticut are receiving national attention after being targeted this week by a lawsuit from the U.S. Justice Department regarding their sanctuary policies.